Power on self test for brakes in an autonomous delivery robot

A computer-implemented method for performing a test of a braking system on an autonomous delivery robot, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• moving each wheel of a plurality of wheels of the autonomous delivery robot in a first direction in accordance with predefined criteria, while one or more brake modules of the braking system are engaged to one or more wheels of the plurality of wheels to stop movement of the one or more wheels;
• after moving each of the plurality of wheels in the first direction, determining a first amount of movement of at least a first wheel of the one or more wheels that is engaged to a first brake module of the one or more brake modules;
• and
• upon determining that the first amount of movement of the first wheel satisfies a predetermined condition, (i) determining that the test of the braking system has failed and (ii) refraining from disengaging the one or more brake modules of the braking system in response to determining that the test of the braking system has failed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation for testing a braking system on an autonomous delivery robot, the operation comprising:

• moving each wheel of a plurality of wheels of the autonomous delivery robot in a first direction in accordance with predefined criteria, while one or more brake modules of the braking system are engaged to one or more wheels of the plurality of wheels to stop movement of the one or more wheels;
• after moving each of the plurality of wheels in the first direction, determining a first amount of movement of at least a first wheel of the one or more wheels that is engaged to a first brake module of the one or more brake modules;
• and
• upon determining that the first amount of movement of the first wheel satisfies a predetermined condition, (i) determining that a test of the braking system has failed and (ii) refraining from disengaging the one or more brake modules of the braking system in response to determining that the test of the braking system has failed.