US 2026/0285657 A1Published application

Trailer operations safety system

AssigneeGideon Brothers d.o.o.

InventorsEdin Koco, Jerko Starcevic, Vedran Brkic

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Abstract

An autonomous mobile robot operates with an adaptive safety field to detect and respond to obstacles in its environment. When traversing toward a target zone that includes a confined space, the robot dynamically adjusts its safety mechanisms. In response to detecting an object within the safety field, the robot performs a remedial including reducing speed. To facilitate entry into a confined space, such as a trailer, the robot detects a marker positioned at the entrance, indicating authorization for entry. In response to detecting the marker, the robot deactivates its safety field, allowing it to disregard obstacles, including walls, enabling safe maneuvering in close proximity within the confined space. In response to determining that the robot has exited the confined space, the safety field is reactivated to restore obstacle detection and maintain the threshold of distance.

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Dependent claims

A method for safely operating an autonomous robot in a confined space, comprising:

activating a safety field of the autonomous robot, the safety field being a region around the autonomous robot, causing monitoring of the region to detect objects within the region;
in response to detecting an object within the safety field while the autonomous robot traverses toward a target zone comprising a confined space, causing the autonomous robot to perform a remedial action including reducing speed below a threshold level;
detecting a marker positioned at an entrance to the confined space, the marker indicating that the autonomous robot is authorized to enter the confined space;
in response to detecting the marker,
deactivating the safety field to cause the autonomous robot to disregard objects within the confined space that would otherwise be detected within the safety field, thereby enabling the autonomous robot to operate close to the objects within the confined space without reducing speed below the threshold level;
determining that the autonomous robot has traversed outside of the confined space;
and
in response to determining that the autonomous robot has traversed outside of the confined space, reactivating the safety field of the autonomous robot.

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An autonomous robot comprising:

one or more sensors;
one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising:
activating a safety field of the autonomous robot, the safety field being a region around the autonomous robot, causing monitoring of the region to detect objects within the region;
in response to detecting an object within the safety field while the autonomous robot traverses toward a target zone comprising a confined space, causing the autonomous robot to perform a remedial action including reducing speed below a threshold level;
detecting a marker positioned at an entrance to the confined space, the marker indicating that the autonomous robot is authorized to enter the confined space;
in response to detecting the marker,
deactivating the safety field to cause the autonomous robot to disregard objects within the confined space that would otherwise be detected within the safety field, thereby enabling the autonomous robot to operate close to the objects within the confined space without reducing speed below the threshold level;
determining that the autonomous robot has traversed outside of the confined space;
and
in response to determining that the autonomous robot has traversed outside of the confined space, reactivating the safety field of the autonomous robot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.