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Intelligent service robot and related systems and methods

  • US 10,311,400 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2016
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robotic system for providing intelligent inventory service within a commercial facility, comprising:

  • a robot having a locomotion platform, an upper sensor for detecting objects within an upper field of view of the robot, a lower sensor for detecting objects within a lower field of view of the robot, a display, and a robot computer in communication with the locomotion platform, the upper sensor and the lower sensor, the computer having a processor and computer-readable memory; and

    a support station located remote to the robot, the support station having a support station display and a support station computer in communication with the support station display, the support station computer having a processor and computer-readable memory, wherein the support station computer further comprises programmable code executable with the processor, wherein the programmable code has a digital inventory management interface with a dashboard displayable on a GUI of the support station computer, and wherein the digital inventory management interface further comprises a graphical map of the commercial facility and an information center portion, wherein the graphical map identifies locations on the graphical ma which represent inventory discrepancies, wherein selection of the locations retrieves textual data on the inventory discrepancies at that location,wherein the robot is configured to visually capture data of items for sale within the commercial facility and communicate at least a portion of the captured data to the support station.

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