Maintenance aware robot-based delivery system

A coordination server for coordinating a robot-based delivery system, the coordination server comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• receiving performance information associated with a delivery robot of the robot-based delivery system, the performance information indicative of operational parameters of the delivery robot;
• determining one or more maintenance tasks to be performed on the delivery robot prior to a delivery task in collecting a package and delivering the package based on the performance information;
• determining a time required to perform the one or more maintenance tasks;
• determining a location on a delivery arrangement of the robot-based delivery system based on the one or more maintenance tasks and the time, the delivery arrangement including a package conveyor on which the package is placed and moved therealong and a delivery robot conveyor on which the delivery robot is to be placed and moved therealong;
• and
• transmitting an instruction to the delivery robot to land on the delivery robot conveyor at the location such that the one or more maintenance tasks being performed is synchronized with the delivery robot being prepared for the delivery task.

A robot-based delivery system, comprising:

• a delivery arrangement comprising:
• a package conveyor on which a package is placed and moved therealong;
• and
• a drone conveyor on which a drone is to be placed and moved therealong;
• and
• a coordination server configured to receive performance information associated with the drone, the performance information indicative of operational parameters of the drone, the coordination server configured to determine one or more maintenance tasks to be performed on the drone prior to a delivery task in collecting the package and delivering the package based on the performance information, the coordination server configured to determine a time required to perform the one or more maintenance tasks, the coordination server configured to determine a location on the delivery arrangement based on the one or more maintenance tasks and the time, the coordination server configured to transmit an instruction to the drone to land on the drone conveyor at the location such that the one or more maintenance tasks being performed is synchronized with the drone being prepared for the delivery task.