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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jon Zimmerman, Ferndale, MI (US);
Hussein Chami, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Mcintyre, Dexter, MI (US);
Francis Maslar, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Raj Sohmshetty, Canton, MI (US);
Smruti Panigrahi, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, obtaining charging station data associated with the plurality of charging stations, and obtaining robot data associated with the one or more robots. The method includes determining, based on the vehicle data, whether a given vehicle has a given amount of electrical energy that is less than a threshold amount of electrical energy. The method includes, in response to determining that the given amount of electrical energy is less than the threshold amount of electrical energy: selecting a given charging station based on the charging station data and a given robot based on the robot data, instructing the given vehicle and the given robot to navigate to the given charging station, and instructing the given robot to initiate a charging routine when the given vehicle and the given robot are proximate to the given charging station.