Method to support autonomous robot-to-robot identification and task transfer

An automated mobile robot comprising:

• a plurality of sensors;
• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storage device storing instructions thereon, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the automated mobile robot to perform operations comprising:
• receiving over a communications network, from a trusted computing device, trusted identification information for use in authenticating a second automated mobile robot;
• and
• subsequent to receiving the trusted identification information and responsive to determining that the second automated mobile robot is in close proximity:
• obtaining a plurality of input signals from a plurality of sensors;
• for each input signal of the plurality of input signals, processing the input signal with a pre-trained machine learned model to derive identification information for use in authenticating the second automated mobile robot;
• combining the derived identification information associated with each input signal to derive a unique identifier for the second automated mobile robot;
• comparing the unique identifier with the trusted identification information to determine that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement;
• and
• responsive to determining that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement, communicating a message to the second automated mobile robot to indicate successful authentication of the second automated mobile robot, by the automated mobile robot.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving over a communications network, from a computing device, trusted identification information for use in authenticating a robot;
• and
• subsequent to receiving the trusted identification information:
• means for obtaining a plurality of input signals from a plurality of sensors;
• means for processing each input signal in the plurality of input signals to derive identification information for use in authenticating the robot;
• means for combining the derived identification information associated with each input signal to derive a unique identifier for the robot;
• means for comparing the unique identifier with the trusted identification information to determine that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement;
• and
• means for communicating a message to the robot to indicate successful authentication of the robot, responsive to determining that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement.