Robot pickup method
AssigneeAutonomy Squared LLC
InventorGabriel T Sibley
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Abstract
A computer-implemented robot pickup method including receiving a request from a user to pick up an article at a first location. A robot having a closeable transport container is navigated to the first location. The robot opens the closeable transport container and moves the article inside the closeable transport container at the first location, and navigates over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location to deliver the article to the second location.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method of autonomously picking up a purchased article of a consumer, comprising receiving a request from the consumer to pick up the article in a position at a first location, navigating a robot having a plurality of wheels and a closeable transport container carried by the plurality of wheels to the first location, moving the closeable transport container relative to the plurality of wheels as a function of the position of the article at the first location to permit autonomous loading of the article into the closeable transport container, causing the robot to open the closeable transport container and autonomously move the article inside the closeable transport container at the first location with a transport mechanism that is part of the closeable transport container and navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to a second location to deliver the article to the second location.
A computer-implemented method of autonomously picking up a purchased article of a consumer, comprising receiving a request from the consumer to deliver the article from a first location to a second location, placing the article in an immovable pickup container at the first location, navigating a robot having a plurality of wheels and a transport container carried by the plurality of wheels to the first location, moving the transport container relative to the plurality of wheels to align the transport container with the pickup container to permit autonomous loading of the article into the transport container, autonomously moving the article from the pickup container to the transport container in a secure manner at the first location and additionally navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location to deliver the article to the second location.
A computer-implemented method of autonomously picking up a purchased article of a consumer, comprising receiving a request from the consumer to pick up the article at a first location, navigating a robot having a plurality of wheels and a closeable transport container carried by the plurality of wheels and having an opening to the first location, moving the entire closeable transport container relative to the plurality of wheels to align the opening of the closeable transport container with the article at the first location, causing the robot to open the closeable transport container and move the article inside the transport container in a secure manner at the first location and navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to a second location to deliver the article to the second location.
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