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US 11,953,335 B2Granted
Robot
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyoungmi Kim, Yu June Jang, Jin Won Kang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a robot configured to determine a delivery priority among a plurality of destinations based on weight information of an article, and a delivery method using such a robot. The robot may communicate with other electronic devices and a server in a 5G communication environment.
Claims16
A robot comprising:
- a container comprising at least one loading space;
- a load sensor configured to detect a load weight of the container;
- a camera configured to capture images of articles;
- a memory configured to store weight information of the articles loaded in the loading space;
- and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine the weight information based on the load weight;
- determine loading characteristics of the articles based on the captured images of the articles;
- determine a loading space among a plurality of loading spaces for loading the articles based on the loading characteristics to stably transport the articles;
- open the determined loading space;
- and
- determine a route along which the robot is to visit a plurality of destinations based on the weight information, including:
- determining whether horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations are the same;
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being the same, determining a next destination based on weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations;
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being different and the weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations being the same, determining the next destination based on the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations;
- and
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being different and the weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations being different, determining the next destination based on the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations and the weights of the articles.
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A method for delivering articles using a robot, the method comprising:
- capturing images of the articles, by a camera of the robot;
- determining loading characteristics of the articles based on the captured images of the articles to stably transport the articles;
- determining a loading space among a plurality of loading spaces for loading the articles based on the loading characteristics;
- opening the determined loading space;
- loading the articles into the determined loading space of the robot;
- determining, by a load sensor of the robot, a load weight of the container;
- determining weight information of the articles based on the load weight;
- and
- determining a route along which the robot is to visit a plurality of destinations based on the weight information of the articles, including:
- determining whether horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations are the same;
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being the same, determining a next destination based on weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations;
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being different and the weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations being the same, determining the next destination based on the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations;
- and
- in response to the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations being different and the weights of the articles to be delivered to each of the plurality of destinations being different, determining the next destination based on the horizontal moving distances to the plurality of destinations and the weights of the articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.