公开(公告)号：US20240165802A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US17990229

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Annelise Pruitt ,  Tori Fujinami ,  Agustin MacGregor Sevilla ,  Rahul Rao ,  Derek King ,  Daniel Rovner ,  Gilberto Marcon dos Santos ,  Achal Arvind ,  Melonee Wise ,  Jenna Stephanie Guergah

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1661 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1689

Abstract: A server for scheduling mobile robots to perform tasks includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: obtain a planning period divided into a plurality of timeslots; obtain input constraints including (i) a number of mobile robots in a robot pool, (ii) a number of docks and (iii) a target number of active robots; obtain robot parameters and generate a robot agent based on the robot parameters for each mobile robot; define a work weight and a charge weight for each timeslot; determine, by each respective robot agent, a schedule portion based on the work weights, the charge weights and the robot parameters, the schedule portion selecting, for each timeslot for the mobile robot to work or to charge; and in response to determining that a finalization condition and the input constraints are satisfied by the schedule portions, send the schedule portions to each mobile robot.

公开(公告)号：US20230236600A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US17971359

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Peter Arandorenko ,  Asma Azim ,  Achal Arvind ,  Jenna Stephanie Guergah ,  Aoran Jiao

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V20/58

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V10/764

Abstract: A method includes: capturing, using a sensor of a mobile robot, sensor data representing a physical environment of the mobile robot; detecting, from the sensor data, an obstacle in the physical environment; responsive to detecting the obstacle, determining from the sensor data whether the obstacle exhibits a predetermined attribute; assigning a first operational state or a second operational state to the obstacle, according to the determination; selecting a navigational constraint based on the assigned operational state; and controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile robot to navigate the physical environment based on the selected navigational constraint.