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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
John J. O'Brien, Farmington, AR (US);
David C. Winkle, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Michael D. Atchley, Springdale, AR (US);
Nicholas Ray Antel, Springdale, AR (US);
Donald R. High, Noel, MO (US);
Brian G. McHale, Chadderton Oldham, GB;
Todd D. Mattingly, Bentonville, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to selecting tools and drones for completing a task. In some embodiments, the system comprises an autonomous vehicle configured to transport the tools and the drones including a plurality of sensors configured to detect properties of the tools and the drones, the drones, the tools, and a control circuit configured to receive, from the sensors, indications of the properties of the tools and the drones, select, based on the service requests and the indications of the properties of the tools and the drones, at least one of the tools and at least one of the drones to perform at least one of the service requests, cause the at least one of the drones to be equipped with the at least one of the tools, and transmit instructions that are based on the at least one of the service requests.
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