Deploying robot carts in retail environments
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichael Robillard, Rushiv Arora, Ramona Devi, Robert Lee, Yichun Xu, Xuebin He
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Abstract
A robot cart may receive input that identifies a user who will use the autonomous robot cart to hold one or more items that the user has selected. A robot cart may manage in real-time an inventory of the one or more items that the user has selected. A robot cart may provide a running total of a cost of the one or more items that the user has selected. A robot cart may move the one or more items that the user has selected to a check-out location of a retail location so that the user is able to purchase the one or more items.
Claims20
An autonomous robot cart comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, the computer-executable instructions cause the autonomous robot cart to perform at least:
- receive input that identifies a user who will use the autonomous robot cart to hold one or more items that the user has selected;
- manage in real-time an inventory of the one or more items that the user has selected;
- provide a running total of a cost of the one or more items that the user has selected;
- and
- move the one or more items that the user has selected to a check-out location of a retail location so that the user is able to purchase the one or more items.
A method for operating an autonomous robot cart in a retail location, the method comprising:
- receiving input that identifies a user who will use the autonomous robot cart to hold one or more items that the user has selected;
- managing in real-time an inventory of the one or more items that the user has selected;
- providing a running total of a cost of the one or more items that the user has selected;
- and
- moving the one or more items that the user has selected to a check-out location of a retail location so that the user is able to purchase the one or more items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.