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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Robert Cantrell, Herndon, VA (US);
Donald High, Noel, MO (US);
Michael Atchley, Eureka Springs, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives suggested items for purchase, the suggested items selected by having a set of properties suitable for delivery by a selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles, where the set of properties includes product dimensions and weight; receives item costs to be provided to a user for the suggested items; displays the item costs; and transmits a message directing the dispatch module to deploy the selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles to deliver one or more items of the suggested items selected by the user.