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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Justin Miller, Berkley, MI (US);
Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);
Raj Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);
Meghna Menon, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Matthew Cui, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for navigating a robot within an environment based on a planned route includes providing the planned route to the robot, where the planned route is based on a destination of the robot and an origin of the robot. The method includes determining whether an object obstructs the robot as the robot travels along the planned route, where the environment includes the object. The method includes moving the object from the planned route in response to the robot obstructing the object.