Robot congestion management
US11724395B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J9/1661
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for robot congestion management including a robot monitoring server configured to track a location of a plurality of robots within a navigational space and a plurality of robots in communication with the robot monitoring server, each robot including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to determine, from a task list assigned to the robot, a first pose location corresponding to a first task, receive, from the robot monitoring server, congestion information associated with the first pose location, identify a congested state of the first pose location indicated by the congestion information, select, responsive to the identification of the congested state, a second task from the task list, and navigate to a second pose location corresponding to the second task.
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