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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSwaminathan Balasubramanian, Radha M. De, Ashley D. Delport, Indrajit Poddar, Cheranellore Vasudevan
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Systems and a method for transporting smart shopping bags are provided herein. The system includes a plurality of drones, each of which is operable to travel to a plurality of designated locations to search for smart shopping bags. The smart shopping bags are configured to store goods for transport and are operable to store and wirelessly communicate user preferences, information related to stored goods, and one or more destinations for the goods. Upon finding a smart shopping bag, each of the drones is operable to query the smart shopping bag to determine whether the smart shopping bag is suitable for pickup by the drone. If the smart shopping bag is suitable for pickup, each of the drones is operable to transport the smart shopping bag toward a first one of the one or more destinations.
A system, comprising:
The system 1, wherein tasking the one or more of the plurality of drones to transport the smart shopping bag comprises tasking a first one of the plurality of drones to pick up the smart shopping bag at the first location and drop off the smart shopping bag at the second location.
A method for transporting items, comprising:
A system, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.