SLAM robot and a paired application thereof

A cleaning robot, comprising:

• a chassis;
• a set of wheels coupled to the chassis;
• a plurality of sensors;
• a processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuate operations comprising:
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, upon first startup of the robot, and as the robot moves on a floor surface, digital representations of boundary lines of the floor surface by organizing a swarm of points to form the boundary lines, wherein:
• the swarm of points are formed based on at least light bouncing off of a wall or an obstacle captured by a sensor disposed on the robot;
• and
• a location of a boundary line corresponds to a location where the floor surface ends and a wall begins;
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot moves on the floor surface, digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents by organizing the digital representations of the boundary lines as they are composed to form the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents, wherein:
• an inner surface of each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is semi-enclosed by digital representations of respective boundary lines;
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents as they are composed in real-time;
• and
• each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is displayed in a different color;
• and
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot moves on the floor surface, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface using the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents as they are composed, wherein:
• the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is composed by iteratively connecting an inner surface of a new digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent as it is composed to an inner surface of a previously composed digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent, until the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is complete;
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, an inner surface of each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent in a different color of a color pallet as each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is composed in real-time;
• and
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface as it is composed and in completed form.

Memory storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a robot effectuate operations comprising:

• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, upon first startup of the robot, and as the robot moves on a floor surface, digital representations of boundary lines of the floor surface by organizing a swarm of points to form the boundary lines, wherein:
• the swarm of points are formed based on at least light bouncing off of a wall or an obstacle captured by a sensor disposed on the robot;
• and
• a location of a boundary line corresponds to a location where the floor surface ends and a wall begins;
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot moves on the floor surface, digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents by organizing the digital representations of the boundary lines as they are composed to form the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents, wherein:
• an inner surface of each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is semi-enclosed by digital representations of respective boundary lines;
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents as they are composed in real-time;
• and
• each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is displayed in a different color;
• and
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot moves on the floor surface, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface using the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents as they are composed, wherein:
• the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is composed by iteratively connecting an inner surface of a new digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent as it is composed to an inner surface of a previously composed digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent, until the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is complete;
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, an inner surface of each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent in a different color of a color pallet as each digital representation of a semi-enclosed floor surface constituent is composed in real-time;
• and
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface as it is composed and in completed form.

A method of composing a plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents for digitally representing a fully enclosed floor surface on a screen of a smart computing device paired with a robot, comprising:

• composing, with a processor of the robot, in real-time, upon a first startup of the robot, a first digital representation of a semi-enclosed boundary, an interior of which is colored in a first color, for digitally representing a first semi-enclosed floor surface constituent, wherein:
• each digital representation of a semi-enclosed boundary is composed of digital representations of boundary lines;
• each digital representation of a boundary line is composed of a swarm of points;
• the swarm of points are formed based on at least light bouncing off of a wall or an obstacle captured by a sensor disposed on the robot;
• a location of a digital representation of a boundary line on the screen corresponds to a location where a floor surface ends and a wall begins;
• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot performs work and moves on the floor surface, a second digital representation of a semi-enclosed boundary, an interior of which is colored in a second color, for digitally representing a second semi-enclosed floor surface constituent, wherein:
• as new swarms of points are obtained, new digital representations of semi-enclosed boundaries, an interior of each colored in a unique color, are iteratively composed for digitally representing new semi-enclosed floor surface constituents;
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• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot performs work and moves on the floor surface, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface using the digital representations of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents as they are composed, wherein:
• the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is composed after the robot navigates the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents;
• the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is stored and available to the processor of the robot for future work sessions;
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• the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface is viewed on the screen of the smart computing device and accessed by a user using an application executed on the smart computing device for at least spatially granular control of the robot.

A method for transmitting data for displaying a fully enclosed floor surface on a screen of a smart computing device paired with a robot, comprising:

• transmitting, by a processor of the robot, to an application, in real-time, and upon startup of the robot at a beginning of a first work session, sensor data associated with a first semi-enclosed floor surface constituent comprising a first digit code, wherein:
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the first digit code in a first color;
• the first color displayed represents a surface area of the first semi-enclosed floor surface constituent;
• the robot determines the first surface area and where a floor surface ends and a wall begins using a swarm of points;
• and
• the swarm of points are formed based on at least light bouncing off of a wall or an obstacle captured by a sensor disposed on the robot;
• transmitting, by the processor of the robot, to the application, in real-time, and as the robot performs work, sensor data associated with a second semi-enclosed floor surface constituent comprising a second digit code, wherein:
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the second digit code in a second color, unique to the first color;
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• the second color displayed represents a surface area of the second semi-enclosed floor surface constituent;
• iteratively transmitting, by the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot performs work, sensor data associated with each of a plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents, each comprising a unique digit code, to the application, wherein:
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, each unique digit code in a unique color;
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• each color displayed represents a surface area of a respective semi-enclosed floor surface constituent of the plurality of semi-enclosed floor surface constituents;
• transmitting, by the processor of the robot, to the application, in real-time, and as the robot performs work, sensor data associated with a last semi-enclosed floor surface constituent comprising a last digit code, wherein:
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the last digit code in a last unique color;
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• the last unique color displayed represents a surface area of the last semi-enclosed floor surface constituent;
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• composing, with the processor of the robot, in real-time, and as the robot performs work, a digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface using the semi-enclosed floor-surface constituents, wherein:
• the application displays, on the screen of the smart computing device, the digital representation of the fully enclosed floor surface as it is composed and in completed form.