1. A method for responding to a technological imperfection of a robot, comprising: at a command time, receiving a command to travel to an endpoint location; detecting a delocalization event within a predetermined time window of the command time; in response to delocalization event detection: performing a data-acquiring action, comprising sampling a feature of an ambient environment using a location sensor on-board the robot over a predetermined time period; and concurrently performing an expressive action over the predetermined time period; determining a robot location based on the feature and a predetermined internal map, the internal map comprising the endpoint location; generating navigation instructions to the endpoint location based on the robot location and the internal map; and controlling the robot to traverse through the ambient environment based on the navigation instructions.