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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2001
Allen Bancroft, Richmond, VA (US);
Charles W. Ward, Richmond, VA (US);
Intellibot, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
The system and method of the present invention provides a system, and in particular a robot system, and a variety of processes that may be performed by the robot system in a retail environment. The robot system, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a processor portion, a memory portion, an interaction portion and a transport portion. The processor portion of the robot system processes a wide variety of data in operation of the robot system based on a variety of inputs from the retail environment and information in the memory stores. The memory portion stores a variety of data including retail data relating to retail activity and information relating to customer interaction with the robot system. The processor portion both stores data in the memory portion and retrieves data from the memory portion in operation. The interaction portion interfaces with a customer in various ways.