Grain management in a bulk store

A robot comprising:

• an auger-based drive system;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled with the memory and configured to:
• control movement of the robot, via the auger-based drive system, relative to grain in a bulk store;
• direct traversal, by the robot, of a landing zone portion of a surface of a pile of the grain during load-in of the grain to disperse broken grain and foreign material away from the landing zone portion, wherein the landing zone portion is where the grain of the pile of grain lands as it falls into the bulk store during load-in, and wherein the dispersal is effected in part by rotation of augers of the auger-based drive system;
• direct additional traversal, by the robot, of a sloped portion of the pile of grain to incite sediment gravity flow in the sloped portion of the pile of grain by disruption of viscosity of the sloped portion of the pile of grain through agitation of the sloped portion of the pile of grain by rotation of the augers of the auger-based drive system, and wherein the sediment gravity flow reduces a slope of the sloped portion from outside a predefined range to within the predefined range and further disperses the broken grain and foreign material away from the landing zone portion;
• and
• direct performance of an extraction traversal, by the robot, of the pile of the grain during a load-out of grain from the bulk store, wherein the extraction traversal moves grain of the pile of grain toward an extraction point.

A method of grain management in a bulk store, the method comprising:

• controlling via an auger-based drive system of a robot, by a processor of the robot, movement of the robot relative to grain in a bulk store;
• traversing, by the robot, a landing zone portion of a surface of a pile of the grain during load-in of the grain to disperse broken grain and foreign material away from the landing zone portion, wherein the landing zone portion is where the grain of the pile of grain lands as it falls into the bulk store during load-in, and wherein the dispersal is effected in part by rotation of augers of the auger-based drive system;
• additionally traversing, by the robot, a sloped portion of the pile of grain to incite sediment gravity flow in the sloped portion of the pile of grain by disruption of viscosity of the sloped portion of the pile of grain through agitation of the sloped portion of the pile of grain by rotation of the augers of the auger-based drive system, and wherein the sediment gravity flow reduces a slope of the sloped portion from outside a predefined range to within the predefined range and further disperses the broken grain and foreign material away from the landing zone portion;
• and
• performing an extraction traversal, by the robot, of the pile of the grain during a load-out of grain from the bulk store, wherein the extraction traversal moves grain of the pile of grain toward an extraction point.