Guided Travel Mode with Dynamic Force Feedback for Mobile Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20240131709A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US17970333

    申请日:2022-10-19

    CPC classification number: B25J9/1666 B25J9/1694

    Abstract: A mobile robot includes: a chassis supporting a locomotive assembly; a sensor; a processor configured, in a guided travel mode, to: detect an external force applied to the chassis in a first direction; control the sensor to capture sensor data corresponding to a physical environment of the mobile robot; detect, based on the sensor data, an operational constraint in the physical environment; determine, based on the detected operational constraint, a feedback force in a second direction opposite the first direction; and controlling the locomotive assembly according to the feedback force.

    DE-CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC-AWARE NAVIGATIONAL PLANNING FOR MOBILE ROBOTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240142985A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US17976469

    申请日:2022-10-28

    Abstract: A method includes: storing an occupancy map for a facility, the occupancy map defining: for each of a plurality of regions in the facility, a current occupancy for a present time value, and for each of at least a subset of the regions, a future occupancy for a subsequent time value; generating a path from a current pose of a mobile robot in the facility to a target pose, based on the current and future occupancies; in response to execution of the path at the mobile robot, capturing sensor data representing a vicinity of the mobile robot; detecting an obstacle from the sensor data; and transmitting occupancy data for generating an updated occupancy map including an updated future occupancy for at least one of the subset of regions, the occupancy data including obstacle data indicating a location of the obstacle, and path data defining the path.

    Interactive Detection of Obstacle Status in Mobile Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20240131735A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US17970366

    申请日:2022-10-19

    CPC classification number: B25J19/023 B25J5/007

    Abstract: A method includes: at a mobile robot, travelling according to a current path; using a sensor of the mobile robot, capturing sensor data representing a vicinity of the mobile robot; detecting, based on the sensor data, an obstacle obstructing the current path; in response to detecting the obstacle, outputting a request for a status change corresponding to the obstacle; receiving at the mobile robot, in response to the request for a status change, data defining an updated status of the obstacle; selecting, based on the updated status data, a navigational action between (i) continuing to travel according to the current path and (ii) generating a new path circumventing the obstacle; and executing the selected navigational action.

    Visual Guidance for Locating Obstructed Mobile Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20240139968A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US17976410

    申请日:2022-10-28

    CPC classification number: B25J13/089 B25J13/006 B25J9/1676

    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a pose of a mobile computing device associated with a worker in a facility; detecting a trigger event to initiate presentation, at the mobile computing device, of visual guidance corresponding to one of a plurality of mobile robots in the facility; in response to detecting the trigger event, selecting one of the mobile robots; determining, based on the pose of the mobile computing device and a map of the facility, whether the selected one of the mobile robots is visually obstructed from the pose of the mobile computing device; and when the selected one of the mobile robots is visually obstructed, providing visual guidance via the mobile computing device, the visual guidance indicating a current location of the selected mobile robot behind an obstruction.

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