Robot and method for autonomous inspection or processing of floor areas

A mobile self-propelled robot for autonomously executing activities, the robot comprising:

• a drive module for moving the robot across a floor area;
• a processing module for executing the activities during a processing operation;
• a navigation module, wherein the navigation module is implemented to navigate the robot across the floor area during the processing operation based on a map of an environment, and wherein the navigation module stores and manages the map of the environment;
• a sensor module for acquiring items of information relating to a structure of the environment;
• an analysis unit, wherein the analysis unit is implemented to determine the floor area processed during the processing operation, wherein the analysis unit compares the floor area processed during the processing operation to a reference, and wherein the analysis unit stores items of information about a deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation;
• and
• a communication module, which is implemented to establish during, after completion, or after interruption of the processing procedure, a connection to a human-machine interface, in order to communicate the items of information about the deviation between the reference and the floor area processed during the processing operation to give a user a possibility of intervening in the processing operation, making changes to the environment, or starting a renewed processing operation,
• wherein whether the item of information is communicated upon request by the user, without request, or not communicated is based on specific, pre-definable criteria;
• wherein the communication module is further implemented to accept a control command from the user to interrupt, continue, modify, or restart the processing operation.