Method and system for controlling elevator for robot passengers

A system for controlling an elevator for at least one robot passenger, comprising:

• at least one processor implemented to execute a computer-readable instruction, wherein the at least one processor controls the system to:
• detect that at least one robot providing a service on at least one of floors within a building has gotten on an elevator moving through the floors, and
• control the elevator to move to a floor where the robot is to provide the service;
• and
• indicate whether the robot is using the elevator on at least one of an internal user interface and an external user interface of the elevator,
• wherein the external user interface is configured to indicate that the elevator is being used as a dedicated elevator for the robot, and to disable at least one of indicators indicating whether the elevator is going up or down, a current location of the elevator, and a floor where the elevator is scheduled to stop.

A robot control method performed by a robot control system controlling a robot which moves through floors of a building using an elevator and provides a service, the robot control method comprising:

• transmitting, to an elevator control system controlling at least one elevator, a summons comprising information on a floor where the robot is located and a floor where the robot is to provide a service;
• determining whether the robot is able to get on the elevator moved to the floor where the robot is located;
• controlling the robot to get on an elevator moved to the floor where the robot is located by the elevator control system responsive to a determination that robot is able to get on the elevator;
• controlling the robot to get off the elevator when the elevator automatically moves to the floor where the robot is to provide the service based on the information included in the summons and arrives at the floor where the robot is to provide the service;
• controlling the robot to provide the service on the floor where the robot is to provide the service;
• and
• transmitting a cancellation of the summons to the elevator control system controlling the elevator and transmitting a summons for requesting another elevator responsive to a determination that the robot is unable to get on the elevator moved to the floor where the robot is located.