Method and system for autonomous or semi-autonomous delivery

A system comprising:

• at least one server adapted for at least:
• coordinating communication within the system, and for one or more of:
• receiving data, storing data, sending data, and performing computations;
• at least one robot navigating and operating at least semi-autonomously and adapted to communicate with the at least one server in order to facilitate transport of a delivery by the at least one robot to at least one recipient, said delivery comprising at least one delivery item;
• at least one delivery terminal communicating with one or more of:
• the at least one robot and the at least one server;
• and
• an operator terminal, wherein, in response to a request to the at least one server from the at least one robot when faced with a potentially hazardous setting while the robot was navigating and operating autonomously, the operator terminal controls the robot, through the at least one server, in the potentially hazardous setting, after which the robot resumes autonomous navigation and operation, wherein the potentially hazardous setting comprises a street to be crossed by the at least one robot.

A method, in a system comprising:

• at least one server adapted for at least:
• coordinating communication within the system, and for one or more of:
• receiving data, storing data, sending data, and performing computations;
• a plurality of robots navigating and operating at least semi-autonomously and adapted to communicate with the at least one server in order to facilitate transport of a delivery by a particular robot of the plurality of robots to at least one recipient, said delivery comprising at least one delivery item;
• and
• an operator terminal,
• the method comprising:
• providing instructions from the at least one server to the particular robot about the at least one delivery, the instructions comprising information about a particular delivery location;
• the particular robot navigating autonomously to the particular delivery location, wherein the particular robot navigates and operates, at least in part, on pedestrian paths;
• and then
• the particular robot navigating autonomously to another location,
• wherein,
• during said navigating, while navigating and operating autonomously, the particular robot determining that the particular robot is facing a potentially hazardous situation;
• and then,
• in response to said determining in, the particular robot notifying the at least one server of the potentially hazardous situation;
• and then,
• in response to the notifying in, an operator terminal controlling the particular robot while dealing with the potentially hazardous situation, wherein the operator terminal communicates with and controls the particular robot through the at least one server;
• and then,
• after the particular robot has dealt with the potentially hazardous situation, at least in part under control of the operator terminal, said particular robot resuming autonomous navigation and operation, and
• wherein the potentially hazardous situation comprises:
• the particular robot crossing a street, and/or the particular robot at a traffic light, and/or the particular robot at a pedestrian crossing.