System, devices and methods for tele-operated robotics

A tele-operated robot for maintenance of a property, comprising:

• a toolkit including one or more actuators configured to perform property maintenance;
• a sensor module including sensors configured to sense an environment surrounding the tele-operated robot;
• and
• a non-transitory memory coupled to a processor, the non-transitory memory having instructions thereon, the instructions causing the processor to:
• receive, during an operation of the tele-operated robot for maintenance of the property, data relating to an obstacle detected in an operating path of the tele-operated robot using a sensor of the tele-operated robot, the control center comprising a processor communicatively coupled to the tele-operated robot;
• determine whether a path avoiding the obstacle can be estimated based on the data relating to the obstacle;
• and
• initiate, upon a determination that a path avoiding the obstacle cannot be estimated, a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a flight path of the UAV being configured to obtain an aerial image of an area surrounding the obstacle for enabling estimation of the path avoiding the obstacle while minimizing deviation from the operating path of the tele-operated robot.

A method of operating a tele-operated robot for maintenance of a property, the method comprising:

• obtaining, during an autonomous operation of the tele-operated robot for maintenance of the property, data relating to an obstacle in an operating path of the tele-operated robot using a sensor of the tele-operated robot;
• determining, at a control center, whether one or both of a position and a classification of the obstacle is previously known, the control center comprising a processor communicatively coupled to the tele-operated robot;
• determining, at the control center, upon a determination that the position and the classification of the obstacle is not previously known, whether an alternate operating path that preserves an=maintained area of the property while avoiding the obstacle can be estimated based on the data relating to the obstacle;
• estimating, at the control center, upon a determination that the alternate operating path can be estimated, the alternate operating path;
• and
• continuing the autonomous operation of the tele-operated robot using the alternate operating path.