公开(公告)号：US20240233449A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17971345

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Annelise Pruitt ,  Peter Arandorenko ,  Benjamin Narin ,  Aoran Jiao ,  Achal Arvind

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC classification number: G07C5/008 ,  G07C5/0808 ,  G07C5/085

Abstract: A method includes: maintaining data handling settings at a mobile robot; generating operational data at the mobile robot, the operational data defining a current state of the mobile robot; storing the operational data in a memory of the mobile robot; selecting, based on the data handling settings, a portion of the operational data; transmitting the selected portion of the operational data; in response to a determination that the operational data meets a condition, obtaining updated data handling settings; and selecting a subsequent portion of the operational data for transmission according to the updated data handling settings.

公开(公告)号：US20240227183A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17971030

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Aaron Hoy ,  Derek King ,  Micaela Angeli ,  Chinmay Shah

IPC: B25J9/16

CPC classification number: B25J9/1661 ,  B25J9/1653 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J9/1692

Abstract: A method includes: storing, at a mobile robot, a local repository of self-assigned task definitions; determining, at a processor of the mobile robot, that a local activity metric associated with tasks assigned to the mobile robot by a central server meets an idle criterion; in response to determining that the local activity metric meets the idle criterion, selecting, by the processor, one of the self-assigned task definitions from the local repository; and initiating execution of a self-assigned task corresponding to the selected self-assigned task definition at the mobile robot.

公开(公告)号：US20240231390A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17971322

申请日：2022-10-21

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Derek King ,  Jenna Guergah

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60L53/36

CPC classification number: G05D1/0225 ,  B60L53/36 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a mobile robot from a central server, a rescue command including a rescue location corresponding to an incapacitated mobile robot; controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile robot to travel towards the rescue location; capturing, using a sensor of the mobile robot, sensor data representing the rescue location; at the mobile robot, identifying the incapacitated mobile robot from the sensor data; controlling the locomotive assembly to position the mobile robot in a predetermined pose relative to the incapacitated robot; and controlling a charging interface of the mobile robot to transfer energy from a battery of the mobile robot to a battery of the incapacitated mobile robot.

公开(公告)号：US20240227215A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17970366

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Aaron Hoy ,  Derek King ,  Micaela Angeli ,  Chinmay Shah

IPC: B25J19/02 ,  B25J5/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240227187A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US17970333

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Achal Arvind ,  Benjamin Narin ,  Melonee Wise ,  Derek King

IPC: B25J9/16

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240134378A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US17971322

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Derek King ,  Jenna Guergah

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60L53/36

CPC classification number: G05D1/0225 ,  B60L53/36 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a mobile robot from a central server, a rescue command including a rescue location corresponding to an incapacitated mobile robot; controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile robot to travel towards the rescue location; capturing, using a sensor of the mobile robot, sensor data representing the rescue location; at the mobile robot, identifying the incapacitated mobile robot from the sensor data; controlling the locomotive assembly to position the mobile robot in a predetermined pose relative to the incapacitated robot; and controlling a charging interface of the mobile robot to transfer energy from a battery of the mobile robot to a battery of the incapacitated mobile robot.

公开(公告)号：US20210389751A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17463350

申请日：2021-08-31

Applicant: Zebra Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Melonee Wise ,  Michael Ferguson

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G61/00 ,  B65G67/04

Abstract: A system for order fulfillment using one or more robots includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operably connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising order items; an actor robot operably connected to and selected by the server, the actor robot configured to perform one or more of picking the order item from inventory storage, moving the order item, and positioning the order item; and an order robot operably connected to the server, the order robot configured to collect the order item, wherein the order item is positioned by the actor robot so as to be accessible to the order robot, so as to perform order fulfillment using one or more robots.