Warehouse location numbering conversion for aerial inventory drone

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising stored instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, by a robotic control system from a warehouse operator, warehouse layout data of a warehouse, wherein the warehouse layout data includes a first set of location coordinates in a first format that is specific to the warehouse, the first format being one of a plurality of heterogeneous warehouse-specific coordinate systems used across different storage sites, the robotic control system is adapted to process different location coordinate formats of a plurality of warehouses, the first set of location coordinates including coordinates of racks and storage locations, and the coordinates of the racks and storage locations are arranged in a first particular order according to the first format;
• analyze the first particular order of the racks and the storage locations specified in the first format to determine a data position of a storage location relative to a data position of a rack;
• select, from a plurality of candidate conversion algorithms, a conversion algorithm based on analyzing the first particular order, wherein selecting the conversion algorithm comprises:
• matching the first particular order to one of a plurality of stored numbering system templates, and
• selecting the conversion algorithm associated with the matched template;
• translate, using the conversion algorithm, the first set of location coordinates into a second set of location coordinates, wherein the second set of location coordinates are in a second format according to a unified numbering system that is used in topometric navigation;
• generate, by the robotic control system, a topometric map of the warehouse based on the second set of location coordinates, the topometric map comprising vertices corresponding to storage locations and edges representing navigable paths for an aerial inventory robot;
• and
• cause, by the robotic control system, the aerial inventory robot to navigate along a path defined in the topometric map to a selected storage location in the warehouse.

A computer system comprising:

• a robotic control system configured to:
• receive, by a robotic control system from a warehouse operator, warehouse layout data of a warehouse, wherein the warehouse layout data includes a first set of location coordinates in a first format that is specific to the warehouse, the first format being one of a plurality of heterogeneous warehouse-specific coordinate systems used across different storage sites, the robotic control system is adapted to process different location coordinate formats of a plurality of warehouses, the first set of location coordinates including coordinates of racks and storage locations, and the coordinates of the racks and storage locations are arranged in a first particular order according to the first format;
• analyze the first particular order of the racks and the storage locations specified in the first format to determine a data position of a storage location relative to a data position of a rack;
• select, from a plurality of candidate conversion algorithms, a conversion algorithm based on analyzing the first particular order, wherein selecting the conversion algorithm comprises:
• matching the first particular order to one of a plurality of stored numbering system templates, and
• selecting the conversion algorithm associated with the matched template;
• translate a first set of location coordinates to a second set of location coordinates using one of a plurality of candidate conversion algorithms, the second set of location coordinates having a second format according to a unified numbering system, wherein the second set of location coordinates are used to generate a topometric map used to navigate an aerial inventory robot within a warehouse;
• and
• generate, by the robotic control system, a topometric map of the warehouse based on the second set of location coordinates, the topometric map comprising vertices corresponding to storage locations and edges representing navigable paths for the aerial inventory robot;
• and
• the aerial inventory robot in communication with the robotic control system, the inventory robot configured to:
• move along a path within the warehouse;
• measure, with a camera module, metric values within the warehouse, wherein the metric values are associated with vertices and edges of the topometric map;
• and
• assign metric values to vertices and edges of the topometric map.