---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002349"
title: "Interactive detection of obstacle status in mobile robots"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:12:25.138014Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002349"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
  - "g01c21/20"
  - "g05d1/622"
  - "g05d1/622"
---

# Interactive detection of obstacle status in mobile robots

## Abstract

A method includes: at a mobile robot, travelling according to a current path; using a sensor of the mobile robot, capturing sensor data representing a vicinity of the mobile robot; detecting, based on the sensor data, an obstacle obstructing the current path; in response to detecting the obstacle, outputting a request for a status change corresponding to the obstacle; receiving at the mobile robot, in response to the request for a status change, data defining an updated status of the obstacle; selecting, based on the updated status data, a navigational action between (i) continuing to travel according to the current path and (ii) generating a new path circumventing the obstacle; and executing the selected navigational action.