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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Locus Robotics Corp., Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Charles Johnson, Ashland, MA (US);
Sean Johnson, Danvers, MA (US);
Bradley Powers, Lowell, MA (US);
Kaitlin Margaret Gallagher, Lawrence, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1666 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39082 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40317 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for queuing robots destined for one or more target locations in an environment, includes determining if a plurality of robots destined for the one or more target locations have entered a predefined target zone proximate the one or more target locations. The method also includes assigning each of the robots to either its target location or one of a plurality of queue locations based on an assigned priority. The plurality of queue locations are grouped into one or more queue groups.