Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Jonathan Lee Zerez

Dincer Bozkaya

Gabriel Hebert

Matthew Anthony Brady

Gregory Cartagena

Stephen Charles Paschall

Caroline Anne Keely

Christopher John Schuchmann

Eric Jones

Rakesh Mishra

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated force feedback detection for autonomous robots transporting containers. In one embodiment, an example mobile robot is configured to transport a container. The mobile robot can include a first sensor, a second sensor, a motor, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine that the container is loaded, determine, using at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor, that a first change in load distribution along a first axis satisfies a threshold, determine that the first change in load distribution has persisted for a first length of time, and cause the motor to be disabled.

Automated force feedback detection for autonomous robots transporting containers

Embodiments describe techniques for controlling picking robots to retrieve items on the floor and return them to an appropriate location. In one embodiment, the picking robots wait until a sensor in a monitored area (e.g., a designated robot area or an area around a pick/stow station) detects a dropped item on the floor. A central control system then dispatches the picking robot to the location to retrieve the dropped item. In another embodiment, when not being dispatched, the picking robots patrol the area looking for dropped items.

Robotic item recovery

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Honolulu, HI, United States of America

Jonathan Lee Zerez