Robot transport method with transportation container
First Claim
1. A method for transporting a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, comprising:
- receiving a transportation container of a standardized size and shape and free of a top for being carried within a transport container of any of a plurality of robots from a fleet of robots, each of the plurality of robots being configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks and being free of a human driver compartment,placing the plurality of articles in the transportation container,placing the transportation container at a pickup location at the first location,navigating a first robot from the fleet of robots to the first location,autonomously moving the transportation container from the pickup location to the transport container of the first robot at the first location,navigating the first robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location,and autonomously moving the transportation container from the transport container to a recipient location at the second location.
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Abstract
A method for transporting a plurality of articles with a transportation container that can be carried in a transport container of one of a plurality of robots. The plurality of articles is placed in the transportation container. The transportation container is placed in a pickup location at a first location. A robot is navigated to the first location and the transportation container is autonomously moved from the pickup location to the transport container of the robot. The robot is navigated over an outdoor transportation network to a second location and the transportation container is autonomously moved from the transport container to a recipient location at the second location.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for transporting a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, comprising:
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receiving a transportation container of a standardized size and shape and free of a top for being carried within a transport container of any of a plurality of robots from a fleet of robots, each of the plurality of robots being configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks and being free of a human driver compartment, placing the plurality of articles in the transportation container, placing the transportation container at a pickup location at the first location, navigating a first robot from the fleet of robots to the first location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the pickup location to the transport container of the first robot at the first location, navigating the first robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location, and autonomously moving the transportation container from the transport container to a recipient location at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for transporting a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, comprising:
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receiving an open transportation container of a standardized size and shape for being carried within a transport container of any of a plurality of robots from a fleet of robots, each of the plurality of robots being configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks and being free of a human driver compartment, placing the plurality of articles in the transportation container, placing the transportation container in a pickup container at the first location, navigating a first robot from the fleet of robots to the first location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the pickup container to the transport container of the first robot at the first location, navigating the first robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location, and autonomously moving the transportation container from the transport container to a recipient container at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for transporting a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, comprising:
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receiving one of a plurality of open transportation containers of a standardized size and shape for being carried within a transport container of any of a plurality of robots from a fleet of robots, each of the plurality of robots being configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks and being free of a human driver compartment, placing the plurality of articles in the transportation container, placing the transportation container at a pickup location at the first location, navigating a first robot from the fleet of robots to the first location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the pickup location to the transport container of the first robot at the first location, navigating the first robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the transport container to a recipient location at the second location, removing the plurality of articles from the transportation container, placing an additional plurality of articles in the transportation container, placing the transportation container at a pickup location at a third location, navigating a second robot from the fleet of robots to the third location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the pickup location to the transport container of the second robot at the third location, navigating the second robot over the outdoor transportation network from the third location to a fourth location, autonomously moving the transportation container from the transport container to a recipient location at the fourth location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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