Robot with rotatable arm

1. A mobile robot comprising:

a motorized base configured to move the mobile robot within a geographical area;

a wireless transceiver configured to communicatively couple to a remote security system;

a robot body on the motorized base comprising:

a rotatable ring encircling the robot body and configured to rotate horizontally around the robot body; and

a mechanical arm coupled to the rotatable ring, the mechanical arm configured to contract and extend relative to the robot body;

a plurality of sensors configured to collect data describing a surrounding environment of the mobile robot; and

a controller configured to:

receive the data describing the surrounding environment from the plurality of sensors, the data including a location of an access control system for a door;

based at least in part on the received data, determine a desired position of the mechanical arm relative to the robot body for presenting a security credential to the access control system;

rotate the rotatable ring until the mechanical arm is at the desired position to present the security credential;

responsive to presenting the security credential to the access control system, cause the mechanical arm to apply a force to the door to determine whether the access control system is working properly;

responsive to the security credential not having proper access to the door and the door opening, determining that the access control system is not working properly; and

updating a semantic map of the geographical area to indicate that the access control system is not working properly.

2. The mobile robot of claim 1 , further comprising one or more flippers coupled to the mobile robot within a threshold distance of the motorized base of the mobile robot, the one or more flippers configured to prevent objects from blocking movement of the mobile robot.

3. The mobile robot of claim 2 , wherein the one or more flippers are made of one or more of: rubber, plastic, metal, and a composite material.

4. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the robot body further comprises:

a counterweight coupled to the rotatable ring at a location opposite to the mechanical arm, the counterweight configured to counterbalance a weight of the mechanical arm.

5. The mobile robot of claim 4 , wherein a weight of the counterweight is equal to the weight of the mechanical arm.

6. The mobile robot of claim 4 , wherein the counterweight is configured to extend and contract relative to the robot body.

7. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable ring is configured to rotate 360 degrees in a clockwise and in a counterclockwise direction.

8. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein rotating the rotatable ring until the mechanical arm is at the desired position to present the security credential further comprises:

determining a current position of the mechanical arm relative to the robot body;

calculating an angular distance between the current position and the desired position; and

rotating the rotatable ring by the calculated angular distance.

9. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical arm is coupled to a mechanical hand that is configured to grab an object with a predetermined amount of force and to release the object in response to instructions provided by the controller.

10. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical arm comprises a depth camera.

11. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprises one or more of the following: an infrared sensor, a pressure sensor, a sound sensor, a motion sensor, an accelerometer, an altimeter, a LIDAR sensor, and a GPS sensor.

12. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical arm is coupled to the rotatable ring via a first joint, the mechanical arm configured to rotate relative to the first joint.

13. The mobile robot of claim 12 , wherein the mechanical arm is configured to rotate 360 degrees in a clockwise and in a counterclockwise direction relative to the first joint.

14. The mobile robot of claim 12 , wherein the mechanical arm comprises a plurality of arm segments.

15. The mobile robot of claim 14 , wherein a first arm segment of the plurality of arm segments is coupled to the rotatable ring via the first joint and coupled to a second arm segment via a second joint.

16. The mobile robot of claim 15 , wherein the second arm segment is configured to move relative to the first arm segment via the second joint.

17. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical arm comprises a plurality of contact points, each of the plurality of contact points comprising a pressure sensor configured to measure force applied to the contact point.

18. The mobile robot of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

compare information associated with the presented security credential to an access history of the access control system;

responsive to the information associated with the presented security credential matching the access history, determine that the access control system is properly updated; and

responsive to the information associated with the presented security credential not matching the access history, determine that the access control system is not properly updated.

19. The mobile robot of claim 18 , wherein responsive to determining that the access control system is not properly updated, the controller is further configured to update the semantic map of the geographical area to indicate that the access control system is not working properly.

20. The mobile robot of claim 18 , wherein the information associated with the presented security credential includes a time at which the security credential is presented to the access control system.