公开(公告)号：US11034027B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16265348

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Michael Charles Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez ,  Sean Johnson

IPC: B25J13/06 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: Systems and methods for robot assisted personnel routing including a plurality of autonomous robots operating within a navigational space, each robot including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to detect completion of a task operation by a human operator, receive status information corresponding to at least one other robot, the status information including at least one of a location or a wait time associated with the other robot, determine, from the status information, at least one next task recommendation for directing the human operator to a next robot for a next task operation, and render, on a display of the robot, the at least one next task recommendation for viewing by the human operator, the next task recommendation including a location of the next robot corresponding to the next task.

公开(公告)号：US10994933B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16262379

申请日：2019-01-30

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Michael Charles Johnson ,  Sean Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez ,  Bruce Welty

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: A method for recommending a tote type for an operator to select for use in robot induction process, wherein the robot operates under the control of a warehouse management system to fulfill orders, each order including one or more items and each item being located in a warehouse. The method includes grouping one or more orders from an order queue to form at least one order set. The method also includes identifying, based on a characteristic of the at least one order set, a preferred tote type to be assigned to the robot to carry the order set on the robot. The method further includes communicating to an operator the preferred tote type to enable the operator to select from a plurality of totes a tote of the preferred tote type to assign to the robot for execution of the order.

公开(公告)号：US10913604B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15972569

申请日：2018-05-07

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Kaitlin Margaret Gallagher ,  Sean Johnson ,  Michael Charles Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B66F9/06 ,  B25J5/00

Abstract: A method for queuing robots destined for one or more processing stations in an environment includes determining when each robot of a plurality of robots destined for the one or more processing stations have entered a predefined target zone proximate the one or more processing stations. The method also includes assigning each of the robots to one of a plurality of queue positions based on an assigned priority and directing each of the robots from its assigned queue position to a processing position of one of the processing stations. Each of the processing stations includes at least two processing positions for a like number of robots to occupy for processing by an operator.

公开(公告)号：US10243379B1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15712463

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Hian Kai Kwa ,  Christina Nicole Fong

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B25J19/00

Abstract: An electrical charging station for charging an autonomous robot includes a charging station frame having a frame base with a plurality of interconnected frame elements configured to be secured to a floor. One of the frame elements is a front side frame element. There is a charging station cover mounted on the charging station frame and the charging station cover includes a front side cover having a front surface with a charging member. There is a protective member extending across and having a front surface projecting outwardly from the front surface of the front side cover. The protective member is interconnected to the front side frame element through a plurality of apertures in the front side cover and the front side frame element is located adjacent to a back surface of the front side cover, opposite the front surface.

公开(公告)号：US12162141B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17532203

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Michael Sussman ,  Seth Edwards Allen ,  Brad Edward Fiore ,  Hian Kai Kwa ,  Keegan Burgess Smith ,  Rafael Gregorio Chavez ,  Changchun Li ,  Scott Matthew Rydbeck

IPC: B25J19/00 ,  B25F5/02 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L53/35 ,  B60L53/37 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  F21V33/00 ,  F21W131/403 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: Robot charging dock includes a charge connector configured to mate with a charging port of a mobile robot. There is a charge connector frame having a front surface on which the charge connector is mounted. The front surface has a first side edge and a second side edge. There is a front cover disposed over the charge connector frame which has an aperture through which the charge connector protrudes. At least a portion of the front cover is spaced from the front surface of the charge connector frame, defining an internal region. There is an opening to the internal region formed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture and there is a light source disposed in the internal region. The light source is directed toward the opening to allow the light source to illuminate charge connector.

公开(公告)号：USD1006848S1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US29815895

申请日：2021-11-17

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Designer： William Richardson Jones ,  Colin Alexander Davis ,  John Stephen Lanier ,  Seth Edwards Allen ,  Michael Sussman ,  Michael Charles Johnson ,  Sean Johnson ,  Brad Edward Fiore ,  Mark Kniffin ,  Hian Kai Kwa ,  Christina Nicole Fong ,  Jonathan David Dix ,  Peter Sussman ,  John Boezi, III

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of a mobile robot base with mast and shelves showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is back perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.
In the drawings, the broken lines represent portions of the article which form no part of the claimed design.

公开(公告)号：US20230202042A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18179605

申请日：2023-03-07

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Michael Charles Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez ,  Sean Johnson ,  Andrew Alcutt

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1661

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.

公开(公告)号：US11479414B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17017766

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Sean Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez ,  Michael Charles Johnson

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: Processes are provided for dynamically sorting and storing items in a warehouse without the need for presorting items and without delaying or negatively impacting the efficiency of operators in the warehouse. Items are individually scanned and placed in totes of a tote-array provided on a mobile robot. An optimized route is calculated based on the items in the tote-array, and the robot navigates to a first location on the route. When the item has been put away, a replacement item is placed in the just-emptied tote of the tote-array, and an updated route is calculated. A robot capable of navigating to predefined locations for storing items is a warehouse is provided.

公开(公告)号：US11405557B1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-02

申请号：US17380154

申请日：2021-07-20

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Changchun Li

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  B60R11/04

Abstract: A method for rolling shutter compensation for a camera sensor mounted on a moving vehicle includes estimating, based on a plurality of images of an object, a speed and a direction of movement of the vehicle; acquiring an additional image of the object having four corners; estimating a location of each of the four corners of the object in an image plane defined by the additional image; determining a corrected location in 3D space for each of the four corners of the object; determining a first compensated location for each of the four corners of the object in the image plane; determining a second compensated location for each of the four corners of the object in the image plane; and determining a difference between the first compensated locations of the four corners of the object and the second compensated locations of the four corners of the object.

公开(公告)号：US11256259B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16135329

申请日：2018-09-19

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Matthew Whitaker ,  Bradley Powers ,  Michael Charles Johnson ,  Sean Johnson ,  Thomas Moore

IPC: G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: Systems and methods for contextually mapping zones within a space for regulating robotic navigation within the space include defining, by at least one fiducial marker positioned within the space, a zone within the space, associating a rule with the zone, the rule at least partially dictating operation of one or more robots within the zone, and operating the one or more robots within the zone consistent with the rule.