Robot delivery method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising receiving a request from a user to deliver an article from a first location to a second location, directing a robot configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks to pick up the article at the first location, wherein the robot has a transport container for receiving the article at the first location, autonomously navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location, directing the robot to autonomously translate the transport container in at least one of a vertical direction and a sideways direction to align the transport container with a recipient container, autonomously removing the article from the transport container and autonomously delivering the article to the recipient container at the second location and directing the recipient container to autonomously move the article inside the recipient container at the second location.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented robot delivery method including receiving a request from a user to pick up an article. A robot having a transport container is directed to the first location to receive the article. The robot navigates over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to a second location. The robot removes the article from the transport container and delivers the article to a recipient container at the second location. The recipient container moves the article inside the recipient container.
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18 Claims
- 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising receiving a request from a user to deliver an article from a first location to a second location, directing a robot configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks to pick up the article at the first location, wherein the robot has a transport container for receiving the article at the first location, autonomously navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to the second location, directing the robot to autonomously translate the transport container in at least one of a vertical direction and a sideways direction to align the transport container with a recipient container, autonomously removing the article from the transport container and autonomously delivering the article to the recipient container at the second location and directing the recipient container to autonomously move the article inside the recipient container at the second location.
- 7. A computer-implemented method, comprising receiving a request from a user to pick up an article at a first location, directing a robot configured to travel along roads, bike paths and sidewalks and having a transport container to receive the article within the transport container at the first location, autonomously navigating the robot over an outdoor transportation network from the first location to a second location, directing the robot to autonomously translate the transport container in at least one of a vertical direction and a sideways direction to align the transport container with a recipient container, causing the robot to autonomously remove the article from the transport container and autonomously deliver the article to the recipient container at the second location and causing the recipient container to autonomously move the article inside the recipient container at the second location.
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