公开(公告)号：US11213950B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16264901

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

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

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B66F9/06

Abstract: Systems and methods for proximate robot object detection and avoidance are provided herein which include a receiver in electronic communication with an autonomous robot and configured to receive a broadcast message from a beacon, a processor, and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to detect, based on the received broadcast message, a proximity of the beacon to the autonomous robot, determine, from the received broadcast message, a beacon status, the beacon status indicating whether the beacon is stationary, approaching the autonomous robot, or withdrawing from the autonomous robot, identify, according to the detected proximity and the determined beacon status, a corresponding proximity operation, and control the autonomous robot to stop an ordinary operation and operate according to the identified proximity operation.

公开(公告)号：US20210278850A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US16809810

申请日：2020-03-05

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Thomas Moore

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S17/89 ,  B60R21/013

Abstract: A method for predicting a collision between a mobile robot and an obstacle in an environment includes obtaining laser scan data for the mobile robot at a current location in the environment. The method also includes predicting a future location of the mobile robot in the environment and producing predicted laser scan data corresponding to the future location of the mobile robot in the environment. The method further includes assessing the predicted laser scan data relative to the mobile robot at the current location to determine whether a collision with an obstacle is predicted.

公开(公告)号：US11077708B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16221865

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Hian Kai Kwa ,  Peter Sussman ,  Michael Sussman

IPC: B60B33/04 ,  B60G11/18 ,  B62D21/11 ,  B62D21/18 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60G3/02 ,  B62D61/04

Abstract: A mobile robot configured to drive on a surface with irregularities, comprising: a chassis having a front end facing a forward direction of travel, a back end, a first side, and a second side. There is a first drive wheel rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the first side and interconnected to a motor to propel it. There is a second drive wheel rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the second side and interconnected to a motor to propel it. A first caster assembly is rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the front end and includes a first caster wheel configured to rotate about a first swivel axis. A second caster assembly is rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the back end and includes a second caster wheel configured to rotate about a second swivel axis and it includes a compliant member to absorb the irregularities.

公开(公告)号：US10202047B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15833051

申请日：2017-12-06

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Hian Kai Kwa ,  Christina Nicole Fong ,  Michael Sussman

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  H01R13/05 ,  H01R13/62 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: An electrical charging system including an electrical charger assembly with a charger base coupled to an electrical power source. There is a first male terminal member terminating in a first electrical contact with at least two curved external surfaces and one flat surface. There is a second male terminal member terminating in a second electrical contact with at least two curved external surfaces and one flat surface. There is a cavity formed between the first male terminal member and the second male terminal member having an opening between the first and second electrical contacts. The cavity is defined by the flat surface of the first male terminal member and the flat surface of the second male terminal member. The flat surface of the second male terminal member has a flared surface portion proximate the opening of the cavity and angled relative to the second axis.

公开(公告)号：US20250068165A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18454126

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Changchun Li ,  Stephen V. Williams

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: A method for estimating a pose of a robot using two co-planar points on an object plane in the environment and two co-planar lines on the object plane, includes capturing with a camera on the robot an image of the object in the environment, including two observed points corresponding to the two co-planar points on the object and two observed lines corresponding to the two co-planar lines on the object; projecting onto the image plane the two co-planar points to obtain two projected points and projecting the two co-planar lines to obtain two projected lines; determining a point projection error by comparing the two projected co-planar points to corresponding observed points; determining a line projection error by comparing the two projected co-planar lines to corresponding observed lines; and estimating a current robot pose if the point projection error and the line projection error are below a predetermined error threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11724395B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US16265703

申请日：2019-02-01

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：US20230034492A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17380136

申请日：2021-07-20

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Changchun Li

IPC: G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: A system for determining pose of a lidar sensor in an environment in order to calibrate the lidar sensor. The system includes at least two calibration boards, each having a first edge and a second edge. There is a controller coupled to the lidar sensor to cause the lidar sensor to direct a lidar scan at the calibration boards. The controller causes the lidar sensor to receive a reflection of the lidar scan from the calibration boards and determine locations of a first crossing point on the first edge and a second crossing point on the second edge of the calibration boards. The controller determines a reference plane defined by the first and second crossing points of each of the calibration boards, performs a plane transform of the reference frame to obtain a lidar sensor plane and determine from the lidar sensor plane a pose of the lidar sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11334568B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US15926690

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Vijay Mohan

IPC: G06F16/27 ,  G06F16/2455 ,  G06F16/22

Abstract: A method and system for data retrieval in an enterprise portal application. The method and system include receiving, in a data access layer, a request for object data from a business logic layer. The method and system further includes validating, by a schema layer in communication with the data access layer, that cache data of a cache and data of one or more databases of the enterprise portal application are synchronized. The cache data may include table data and index data of the one or more databases of the enterprise portal application. The method and system further include retrieving, if the cache is validated, table data from the cache, and returning the object data to the business logic layer, the object data corresponding to the retrieved table data.

公开(公告)号：US20220083062A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17017801

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

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

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for robot navigation management including a server configured to define a first zone and a second, adjacent zone within an environment, a threshold along a border between the first and second zones, and a waypoint associated with the threshold. One or more autonomous robots in communication with the server are configured to determine a route from the first zone to the second zone crossing the threshold, the route including a waypoint; and navigate the robot along the route from the first zone to the second zone, including traversing the waypoint in conjunction with crossing the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20220081216A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17017833

申请日：2020-09-11

Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Sean Johnson ,  Luis Jaquez ,  Michael Charles Johnson

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J13/08

Abstract: Systems and methods for presorting and executing robot-assisted putaway tasks in a navigational space include assigning each of a plurality of item storage arrays to one of a plurality of zones defined within the navigational space, scanning an item identifier of at least one of a plurality of unsorted items to be stored at locations throughout the warehouse, retrieving, in response to receiving identifying information corresponding to the at least one scanned unsorted item, item data describing a storage location for putaway within the warehouse of each of the at least one scanned items, determining, from the storage location, a corresponding one of the plurality of zones of the warehouse in which the storage location is located, and placing each scanned unsorted item into an interconnected container of one of the item storage arrays assigned to the corresponding one of the zones.