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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;

Inventor:

Christopher Cacioppo, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/667 (2024.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/243 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/667 (2024.01); G05D 1/243 (2024.01);
Abstract

Systems, apparatus, and methods to facilitate docking of robotic vehicles with platforms are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; machine readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to identify a property associated with a platform; determine a confidence associated with docking the platform and an autonomous vehicle based on the property associated with the platform; identify a positioning maneuver to be performed by the autonomous vehicle relative to the platform based on the confidence and the property of the platform; and output an instruction to cause the autonomous vehicle to perform the positioning maneuver.


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