Autonomous hospital bed

An autonomous hospital bed, comprising:

• a frame;
• a set of wheels;
• one or more motors to drive the set of wheels;
• a controller in communication with the one or more motors;
• one or more sensors;
• a processor;
• a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuate operations comprising:
• capturing, with the one or more sensors, depth data, the depth data indicating distances to objects within an environment of the hospital bed and directions of the distances;
• capturing, with the one or more sensors, movement data, the movement data indicating movement distance and direction of the hospital bed as the hospital bed moves within the environment;
• generating, with the processor, at least a portion of a map of the environment using at least the depth data and movement data;
• generating, with the processor, at least a portion of a movement path to a first location;
• instructing, with the processor, one or more motor drivers of the set of wheels to move the hospital bed along the at least the portion of the movement path;
• inferring, with the processor, a location of the hospital bed within the environment as the hospital bed navigates along the at least the portion of the movement path;
• transmitting, with the processor, first information to an application of a communication device paired with the hospital bed, wherein the information comprises at least one of:
• a location of the hospital bed, a movement path of the hospital bed, a map of an environment, and one or more settings of the hospital bed;
• displaying, with the application, at least one of:
• the location of the hospital bed, the movement path of the hospital bed, the map of the environment, and the one or more settings of the hospital bed;
• and
• receiving, with the processor, second information from the application of the communication device, wherein:
• the information comprises at least one of:
• an instruction to execute a particular action, an instruction to execute or modify a particular movement path, an instruction to modify the map of the environment, a schedule for executing one or more tasks, and an instruction to implement a particular hospital bed setting;
• and
• the information is provided to the application as input from a user of the communication device.