Systems and methods for autonomously delivering consumer items in disposable packages
OwnerGal Zuckerman, Moshe Salhovinventors
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Abstract
Methods and systems for autonomously delivering consumer items in disposable packages, in which the disposable package, with the consumer item inside, are carried under a wheel robot using a grabbing mechanism that holds the package under the wheel robot. The wheel robot straddles over the package to allow the grabbing mechanism access to the package during a loading process, and then straddles off the package at a delivery location after the grabbing mechanism releases the package with the consumer item inside. Releasing of the package can be done by lowering the package to the ground in a controlled manner, or by simply releasing the package above ground thereby dropping the package.
Claims20
A system operative to autonomously deliver consumer items in disposable packages, comprising:
- a wheel robot operative to straddle over and off objects;
- at least one type of disposable package comprising a respective type of disposable handle;
- and
- a grabbing mechanism embedded in the wheel robot;
- wherein:
- the wheel robot is configured to carry a consumer item in said disposable package from a pick-up location to a drop-off location, in which the grabbing mechanism is configured to grab the disposable package by the respective disposable handle and under the wheel robot during said carriage;
- upon arrival of the wheel robot to the drop-off location, the grabbing mechanism is configured to un-grab the disposable package, thereby releasing the disposable package on ground under the wheel robot;
- and
- the wheel robot is further configured to straddle off the disposable package and the consumer item, thereby leaving the consumer item in the disposable package on the ground for a consumer to pick up.
A method for autonomously delivering consumer items in disposable packages, comprising:
- receiving an order to deliver a consumer item to a consumer;
- grabbing, by a grabbing mechanism in a wheel robot, a disposable package containing the consumer item at a pick-up location;
- carrying, by a wheel robot, the consumer item in the disposable package from the pick-up location to a drop-off location, in which the grabbing mechanism is configured to grab the disposable package during said carriage and under the wheel robot;
- upon arrival of the wheel robot to the drop-off location, un-grabbing the disposable package, thereby releasing the disposable package on ground under the wheel robot;
- and
- straddling, by the wheel robot, off the disposable package and the consumer item, thereby leaving the consumer item in the disposable package on the ground for a consumer to pick up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.