Method and system for controlling elevator for robot passengers

A method, performed by a computer system, of controlling at least one elevator for at least one robot passenger, comprising:

• receiving a summons from a robot control system controlling the robot;
• selecting an elevator to be summoned to a floor indicated by the summons;
• controlling the selected elevator to move to the floor indicated by the summons;
• receiving a cancellation of the summons on the selected elevator from the robot control system when a given number or more of users or robots are present in a waiting space for getting on the selected elevator;
• selecting another elevator to be summoned to the floor indicated by the summons;
• controlling the another elevator to move to the floor indicated by the summons;
• detecting that at least one robot providing a service on at least one of floors within a building has gotten on the selected elevator or the another elevator;
• and
• controlling the selected elevator or the another elevator carrying the at least one robot to move to a floor where the at least one robot is to provide the service,
• wherein at least one of an internal user interface and an external user interface of the elevator carrying the at least one robot is configured to indicate whether the at least one robot is using the elevator carrying the at least one robot.

A method, performed by a computer system, of controlling at least one elevator for at least one robot passenger, comprising:

• receiving a summons from a robot control system controlling a plurality of robots providing services within a building;
• selecting an elevator to be summoned to at least one floor indicated by the summons;
• controlling the selected elevator to move to the at least one floor indicated by the summons;
• detecting that the plurality of robots providing services on the at least one floor within the building has gotten on the selected elevator;
• and
• controlling the selected elevator carrying the plurality of robots to move to the at least one floor where the plurality of robots is to provide the services,
• wherein at least one of an internal user interface and an external user interface of the elevator carrying the plurality of robots is configured to indicate whether the at least one robot passenger is using the elevator, and
• the controlling of the selected elevator comprises controlling the selected elevator so that a robot to get off the selected elevator later, among the plurality of robots, gets on the selected elevator first.

A system for controlling an elevator for at least one robot passenger, comprising:

• at least one processor implemented to execute a computer-readable instruction, wherein the at least one processor controls the system to:
• receive a summons from a robot control system controlling the robot;
• select an elevator to be summoned to a floor indicated by the summons;
• control the selected elevator to move to the floor indicated by the summons;
• receive a cancellation of the summons on the selected elevator from the robot control system when the robot is unable to get on the selected elevator;
• select another elevator to be summoned to the floor indicated by the summons;
• control the another elevator to move to the floor indicated by the summons;
• detect that at least one robot providing a service on at least one of floors within a building has gotten on the selected elevator or the another elevator moving through the floors, and
• control the selected elevator or the another elevator carrying the at least one robot to move to a floor where the at least one robot is to provide the service,
• wherein at least one of an internal user interface and an external user interface of the elevator carrying the at least one robot is configured to indicate whether the at least one robot is using the elevator carving the at least one robot.

A robot control method performed by a robot control system controlling a robot which moves through floors of a building using an elevator and provides a service, the robot control method comprising:

• transmitting, to an elevator control system controlling at least one elevator, a summons comprising information on a floor where the robot is located and a floor where the robot is to provide a service;
• controlling the robot to get on an elevator moved to the floor where the robot is located by the elevator control system in response to the summons;
• transmitting a cancellation of the summons to the elevator control system and transmitting another summons for requesting another elevator when the robot is unable to get on the elevator;
• when the elevator or the another elevator carrying the robot automatically moves to the floor where the robot is to provide the service, controlling the robot to get off the elevator or the another elevator;
• and
• controlling the robot to provide the service on the floor where the robot is to provide the service.