Coverage robots and associated cleaning bins

An autonomous coverage robot comprising:

• a chassis;
• a drive system mounted on the chassis and configured to maneuver the robot;
• a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis and comprising:
• a cleaning assembly housing;
• and
• at least one driven sweeper brush rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing;
• a controller carried by the chassis;
• a removable bin attached to the chassis and configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush, the removable bin comprising:
• an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin;
• and
• a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin, and configured to receive a signal emitted by the emitter, the emitter and the receiver disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the bin blocks the receiver from receiving emissions from the emitter;
• and
• a bin controller disposed in the bin and monitoring a signal from the detector and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service, the bin further comprising:
• a vacuum assembly having an at least partially separate entrance path into the bin and
• a plurality of teeth disposed substantially along a mouth of the bin between a sweeper bin portion and a vacuum bin portion housing the vacuum assembly, the teeth configured to strip debris from the rotating sweeper brush, the debris being allowed to accumulate in the sweeper bin portion;
• and
• a remote indicator in wireless communication with the controller and providing an indication of the cleaning service requirement determined by the controller.