Autonomous robot guidance systems and related methods

An apparatus comprising:

• memory;
• machine-readable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor circuitry circuit to execute the machine-readable instructions to:
• cause an autonomous vehicle to travel in an autonomous drive mode;
• cause the autonomous vehicle to generate a notification indicative of an unconfirmed position of the autonomous vehicle in an environment while the autonomous vehicle is in the autonomous drive mode;
• after generation of the notification, cause the autonomous vehicle to switch from the autonomous drive mode to a guided drive mode based on data associated with a movable marker;
• cause the autonomous vehicle to perform a first maneuver in the guided drive mode based on a first position of the first movable marker relative to the autonomous vehicle;
• detect a fixed marker based on image data corresponding to outputs of an image sensor collected while the autonomous vehicle is moving in the guided drive mode
• determine location information for the autonomous vehicle in the environment based on the fixed marker;
• and
• cause the autonomous vehicle to switch from the guided drive mode to the autonomous drive mode and to travel in the autonomous drive mode using the location information.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to at least:

• cause an autonomous robot to travel in an autonomous drive mode;
• responsive to a loss of access to first navigation data while the autonomous robot is in the autonomous drive mode, cause the autonomous robot to generate a notification;
• after generation of the notification, cause the autonomous robot to switch from the autonomous drive mode to a guided drive mode responsive to detection of an auxiliary fiducial, the auxiliary fiducial displayed by a user device, the autonomous robot to move in the guided drive mode in a direction corresponding to a position of the auxiliary fiducial relative to the autonomous robot;
• detect a fixed fiducial based on image data corresponding to outputs of an image sensor collected while the autonomous robot is moving in the guided drive mode;
• generate second navigation data for the autonomous robot based on the fixed fiducial;
• and
• cause the autonomous robot to switch from the guided drive mode to the autonomous drive mode and to travel in the autonomous drive mode using the second navigation data.