Patents by Inventor Dan Wivagg

Dan Wivagg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Behavior control of mobile cleaning robot
    Patent number: 12251061
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include navigating the mobile cleaning robot within an environment. Whether a movement condition is satisfied can be determined and a mopping pad tray can be moved relative to a body of the mobile cleaning robot between a cleaning position and a stored position in response to receipt of a command to move the mopping pad tray when the movement condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Clements, Varun Malhotra, Landon Unninayar, Brian Cleve Benson, Jr., Andrew Graziani, Shiwei Wang, Thomas C. Chang, Dan Wivagg
  • MOPPING BEHAVIOR CONTROL OF MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT
    Publication number: 20250049283
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include engaging a flooring surface of an environment with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot. At least one wheel of the mobile cleaning robot can be operated to move the mobile cleaning robot forward relative to the flooring surface a first time along a cleaning rank while the cleaning pad is engaged with the flooring surface. After moving forward, at least one wheel can be operated to move the mobile cleaning robot rearward relative to the flooring surface along the cleaning rank while the cleaning pad is engaged with the flooring surface. After moving rearward, at least one wheel can be operated to move the mobile cleaning robot forward a second time relative to the flooring surface along the cleaning rank while the cleaning pad is engaged with the flooring surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shiwei Wang, Jonathan J. Dorich, Jennifer Smith, Lauren D. Stern, Dan Wivagg, Whitney Crooks, Sebastian Jakymiw, Prajakta Shyamkant Dhamorikar, Brianna White
  • BEHAVIOR CONTROL OF MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT
    Publication number: 20240090733
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include navigating the mobile cleaning robot within an environment. Whether a movement condition is satisfied can be determined and a mopping pad tray can be moved relative to a body of the mobile cleaning robot between a cleaning position and a stored position in response to receipt of a command to move the mopping pad tray when the movement condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Clements, Varun Malhotra, Landon Unninayar, Brian Cleve Benson, JR., Andrew Graziani, Shiwei Wang, Thomas C. Chang, Dan Wivagg