Emergency management using robot fleet
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsCornelius Buerkle, Rita Chattopadhyay, Frederik Pasch, Pradeep Sakhamoori, Fabian Oboril, Mohammad Haghighipanah, Qutub Syed Sha
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Abstract
A server includes a memory on which a map is stored, wherein the map represents locations of a plurality of mobile units; and a processor, configured to generate an emergency response plan based on sensor data and the map, wherein the emergency response plan comprises actions to be taken by a plurality of robots within a vicinity of the mobile units; and instruct a transceiver to send a signal representing the emergency response plan.
Claims19
A server, comprising:
- a memory on which a map is stored, wherein the map represents locations of a plurality of mobile units and value information, representing a value of goods stored on each of the plurality of mobile units;
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- a processor, configured to:
- generate a priority ranking of the plurality of mobile units based on the value information;
- designate a first portion of a vicinity of the plurality of mobile units as being a first vicinity and a second portion of the vicinity of the plurality of mobile units as being a second vicinity, wherein the first vicinity is an area of increased risk of harm due to an emergency situation, and wherein the second vicinity is an area of lower risk of harm due to the emergency situation than the first vicinity;
- generate an emergency response plan based on sensor data, the map, the priority ranking, and a location of a mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units within the first vicinity;
- wherein the emergency response plan comprises actions to be taken by a plurality of robots within the vicinity of the plurality of mobile units, the plurality of robots being distinct from, and independently controllable relative to, the plurality of mobile units;
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- instruct the transceiver to send an instruction to control one or more of the plurality of robots to move the mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units from the first vicinity to the second vicinity in accordance with the emergency response plan.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- generate a priority ranking of a plurality of mobile units based on value information representing a value of goods stored on each of the plurality of mobile units;
- designate a first portion of a vicinity of the plurality of mobile units as being a first vicinity and a second portion of the vicinity of the plurality of mobile units as being a second vicinity, wherein the first vicinity is an area of increased risk of harm due to an emergency situation, and wherein the second vicinity is an area of lower risk of harm due to the emergency situation than the first vicinity;
- generate an emergency response plan based on sensor data, a map of the vicinity of the plurality of mobile units, the priority ranking, and a location of a mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units within the first vicinity;
- wherein the emergency response plan comprises actions to be taken by a plurality of robots within the vicinity of the plurality of mobile units, the plurality of robots being distinct from, and independently controllable relative to, the plurality of mobile units;
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- instruct the transceiver to send an instruction to control one or more of the plurality of robots to move the mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units from the first vicinity to the second vicinity in accordance with the emergency response plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.