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US 2017/0364073 A1Published application
Modular Robotic System
AssigneeKeith Guy
InventorKeith Alan Guy
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Methods and devices for generally fungible robots that autonomously cooperate to transport a load are provided. A method of transporting a load includes providing first and second robots each having a motive mechanism independently operable from the other. Each robot obtains estimates of a width, length, and height of the load. Each robot can obtain estimates of a weight or stability information of the load. Each robot autonomously determines how to engage the load for transportation based at least partially on the width, length, height, and weight of the load, as well as physical limitations of each robot and the terrain between the load and the delivery point. The robots autonomously cooperate with each other to transport the load. In another aspect, robots autonomously monitor the stability of a load, determine optimum configuration for stable transport of the load, and reconfigure based on stability changes during transport.
A method of transporting a load to a deposit destination by a first robot having a first motive mechanism, and a second robot having a second motive mechanism that is independently operable from the first motive mechanism, the method comprising the first robot receiving a first instruction to satisfy an objective of transporting the load to the destination, and working to accomplish the objective without acting upon any subsequent instruction as to how to transport the load to the destination, each of the first and second robots:
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A method of stably transporting a load by a first robot having a first motive mechanism, and a second robot having a second motive mechanism, which is independently operable from the first motive mechanism, the method comprising each of the first and second robots:
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