Controlling multiple robots to cooperatively unload a truck or other container

A method, comprising:

• receiving image data from a camera;
• and
• using the image data to control a first robotic arm and a second robotic arm to load or unload objects into or from a truck or other container, including by:
• determining based on said image data received from the camera that a selected object is too large or heavy to move with a single robotic arm;
• and
• in response to the determination that selected object is too large or heavy to move with a single robotic arm, using the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm cooperatively to each grasp the selected object and move the selected object together along a trajectory while maintaining the selected object in the grasp of both the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving image data from a camera;
• and
• using the image data to control a first robotic arm and a second robotic arm to load or unload objects into or from a truck or other container, including by:
• determining based on said image data received from the camera that a selected object is too large or heavy to move with a single robotic arm;
• and
• in response to the determination that selected object is too large or heavy to move with a single robotic arm, using the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm cooperatively to each grasp the selected object and move the selected object together along a trajectory while maintaining the selected object in the grasp of both the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm.