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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Marius Jurt, Bristol, GB;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of transporting an object using a system comprising a plurality of robots. The method comprises one or more robots of the plurality of robots arranging themselves to each exert a respective transporting force on the object. Each of the one or more robots evaluates whether it satisfies a transport criterion while arranged to exert the respective transporting force on the object. If all of the one or more robots satisfy the transport criterion, the one or more robots exert the respective transporting forces on the object to transport the object towards a destination. At least one of the one or more robots evaluates whether it satisfies the transport criterion based on observations of other robots of the plurality of robots within its vicinity.