Systems and methods of autonomous mobile disinfection with minimal input

A method comprising:

• positioning a mobile robot in an area to be disinfected;
• receiving, at a user interface or communications interface of the mobile robot, a command to perform disinfection;
• determining, at a processor of the mobile robot, whether the area is already mapped by at least one from the group consisting of:
• by determining whether a map of the area is located in a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor;
• by determining whether the map of the area is available from a server via the communications interface;
• and by detecting one or more points in the area using one or more sensors, and determining whether the detected points are included in the map stored in the memory or are accessible from the server;
• determining, at the processor of the mobile robot, whether the area is cleared for disinfection based on one or more signals outputted from the one or more sensors of the mobile robot when it is determined that the area is already mapped;
• emitting, using a light source of the mobile robot, ultraviolet (UV) light to disinfect at least a portion of the area, including at least one selected from the group consisting of:
• air, a surface, and an object;
• controlling, at the processor, a drive system of the mobile robot to move within the area to detect other surface and objects in the area using the one or more sensors;
• generating, at the processor of the mobile robot, a two dimensional (2D) map or a three dimensional (3D) map based on the detected at least one of the surface and the object as the mobile robot moves, and an exposure map of at least one of the air, the surface, and the object exposed by the emitted UV light in the area to be disinfected and dosage levels of the emitted UV light applied as the mobile robot moves;
• storing, at the memory communicatively coupled to the processor, a trajectory of the mobile robot moving within the area, the generated map, and the generated exposure map;
• and
• outputting, via the user interface or the communications interface, a disinfection report based on the generated exposure map.