公开(公告)号：US20180253108A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15968802

申请日：2018-05-02

Applicant: Starship Technologies OÜ

Inventor： Ahti Heinla ,  Kalle-Rasmus Volkov ,  Lindsay Roberts ,  Indrek Mandre

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01C21/32 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A mobile robot is configured to navigate on a sidewalk and deliver a delivery to a predetermined location. The robot has a body and an enclosed space within the body for storing the delivery during transit. At least two cameras are mounted on the robot body and are adapted to take visual images of an operating area. A processing component is adapted to extract straight lines from the visual images taken by the cameras and generate map data based at least partially on the images. A communication component is adapted to send and receive image and/or map data. A mapping system includes at least two such mobile robots, with the communication component of each robot adapted to send and receive image data and/or map data to the other robot. A method involves operating such a mobile robot in an area of interest in which deliveries are to be made.