Systems and methods for protecting robot tailgating in building environments

A method for an elevator control system to protect autonomous mobile machine tailgating, comprising:

• receiving, from an autonomous mobile machine, a restricted floor request signal requesting access by the autonomous mobile machine to a restricted floor of a facility;
• receiving, from the autonomous mobile machine, a presence signal indicating a presence of an individual in an elevator;
• in response to the restricted floor request signal being received, determining the presence of the individual in the elevator with the autonomous mobile machine based on the presence signal received from the autonomous mobile machine;
• performing a tailgate prevention operation to prevent an unauthorized access of the individual to the restricted floor by following the autonomous mobile machine, in response to the presence of the individual being determined;
• and
• providing access for the autonomous mobile machine to exit the elevator at the restricted floor, in response to the tailgate prevention operation being performed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for an elevator control system to protect autonomous mobile machine tailgating, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code that when executed by one or more processors performs a method to:

• receive, from an autonomous mobile machine, a restricted floor request signal requesting access by the autonomous mobile machine to a restricted floor of a facility;
• receive, from the autonomous mobile machine, a presence signal indicating a presence of an individual in an elevator;
• in response to the restricted floor request signal being received, determine the presence of the individual in the elevator with the autonomous mobile machine based on the presence signal received from the autonomous mobile machine;
• perform a tailgate prevention operation to prevent an unauthorized access of the individual to the restricted floor by following the autonomous mobile machine, in response to the presence of the individual being determined;
• and
• provide access for the autonomous mobile machine to exit the elevator at the restricted floor, in response to the tailgate prevention operation being performed.