Systems and methods for managing an autonomous manufacturing robot route

An autonomous manufacturing robot (AMR) route management system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory comprising instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive a route configuration for a facility comprising a plurality of facility routing cells, wherein each of the facility routing cells is associated with a position within the route configuration and a valid maneuver attribute defining at least one valid maneuver direction to an adjacent facility routing cell, the at least one valid maneuver direction comprising at least one of a forward direction, a backward direction, a left direction, and a right direction;
• receive a first AMR route of an AMR defined by a first plurality of AMR routing cells, wherein the first plurality of AMR routing cells is a first subset of the plurality of facility routing cells and each of the first plurality of AMR routing cells is associated with a route attribute including a route maneuver direction, the route maneuver direction being one of the at least one valid maneuver direction of the associated facility routing cell;
• receive sensor data from an AMR sensor system of an AMR disposed in a first AMR routing cell of the first plurality of AMR routing cells of the first AMR route;
• extract navigation cue data from the sensor data, wherein the navigation cue data comprises optical character recognition (OCR) data, object recognition data, quick response (QR) bar code data, facility floor marking data, depth detection data, gesture data, and vocal command data;
• generate navigation cues based on the navigation cue data, wherein the navigation cues comprise presence of an obstacle, a voice command, a gesture, a sign, and a gated off area;
• modify the valid maneuver attribute associated with a first facility routing cell of the plurality of facility routing cells based on navigational cues to one of delete one of the at least one valid maneuver direction and add one of the forward direction, the backward direction, the left direction, and the right direction as one of the at least one valid maneuver direction;
• modify the first AMR route to generate a second AMR route defined by a second plurality of AMR routing cells based on the first AMR route and the modified valid maneuver attribute associated with the first facility routing cell, wherein the second plurality of AMR routing cells is a subset of the plurality of facility routing cells;
• and
• issue commands to at least one AMR actuator of the AMR to operate the AMR in accordance with the second AMR route.

A vehicle manufacturing plant including an autonomous manufacturing robot (AMR) route management system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory comprising instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive a route configuration for a facility comprising a plurality of facility routing cells, wherein each of the facility routing cells is associated with a position within the route configuration and a valid maneuver attribute defining at least one valid maneuver direction to an adjacent facility routing cell, the at least one valid maneuver direction comprising at least one of a forward direction, a backward direction, a left direction, and a right direction;
• receive a first AMR route of an AMR defined by a first plurality of AMR routing cells, wherein the first plurality of AMR routing cells is a first subset of the plurality of facility routing cells and each of the first plurality of AMR routing cells is associated with a route attribute including a route maneuver direction, the route maneuver direction being one of the at least one valid maneuver direction of the associated facility routing cell;
• receive sensor data from an AMR sensor system of an AMR disposed in a first AMR routing cell of the first plurality of AMR routing cells of the first AMR route;
• extract navigation cue data from the sensor data, wherein the navigation cue data comprises optical character recognition (OCR) data, object recognition data, quick response (QR) bar code data, facility floor marking data, depth detection data, gesture data, and vocal command data;
• generate navigation cues based on the navigation cue data, wherein the navigation cues comprise presence of an obstacle, a voice command, a gesture, a sign, and a gated off area;
• modify the valid maneuver attribute associated with a first facility routing cell of the plurality of facility routing cells based on the navigational cues to one of delete one of the at least one valid maneuver direction and add one of the forward direction, the backward direction, the left direction, and the right direction as one of the at least one valid maneuver direction;
• modify the first AMR route to generate a second AMR route defined by a second plurality of AMR routing cells based on the first AMR route and the modified valid maneuver attribute associated with the first facility routing cell, wherein the second plurality of AMR routing cells is a subset of the plurality of facility routing cells;
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• issue commands to at least one AMR actuator of the AMR to operate the AMR in accordance with the second AMR route.