Robot vacuum system with obstruction control

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a robot of a tidying robot system, from a robotic control system, a starting location, a target cleaning area, attributes of the target cleaning area, a path of the robot navigating in the target cleaning area, and obstructions in the path of the robot,
• wherein the robot is configured with a chassis, a scoop, pusher pad arms with pusher pads, a robot charge connector, at least one wheel or one track for mobility of the robot, a battery, a robot vacuum system including a vacuum generating assembly and a dirt collector, a processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, allow operation and control of the robot, and
• wherein the robot is in communication with the robotic control system in at least one of the robot and a cloud server;
• determining a tidying strategy including at least one of a vacuuming strategy and an obstruction handling strategy;
• determining, by the robotic control system, at least one of whether the obstruction:
• can be picked up;
• can be relocated but cannot be picked up;
• and
• cannot be relocated and cannot be picked up;
• executing, by the robot, the tidying strategy by at least one of:
• vacuuming the target cleaning area;
• moving an obstruction;
• and
• avoiding the obstruction, wherein the obstruction includes at least one of a tidyable object and a moveable object;
• on condition the robotic control system determines the obstruction can be picked up:
• determining a pickup strategy and execute the pickup strategy;
• capturing the obstruction with the pusher pads;
• and
• placing the obstruction in the scoop;
• on condition the robotic control system determines the obstruction can be relocated but cannot be picked up:
• pushing the obstruction to a different location using at least one of the pusher pads, the scoop, and the chassis;
• and
• on condition the robotic control system determines the obstruction cannot be relocated and cannot be picked up:
• avoiding the obstruction by altering the path of the robot to go around the obstruction;
• and
• determining, by the robotic control system, if the dirt collector is full;
• on condition the dirt collector is full:
• navigating to a base station having a base station charge connector configured to couple with the robot charge connector;
• and
• on condition the dirt collector is not full:
• continuing to execute the tidying strategy.