Autonomous Item Transport Robot With Adaptive Carrying Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile robotic devices lack the capability to autonomously carry and transport items efficiently within environments, limiting their utility in consumer and commercial settings.
Innovation Solution
A mobile robotic device equipped with a chassis, wheels, suspension system, rechargeable battery, control system module, and sensors, along with additional modules for mapping, localization, scheduling, and path planning, enabling autonomous item transportation and learning optimal routes based on observations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If mobile robotic devices are designed to perform specific tasks without human intervention, then automation and convenience are improved, but the capability to autonomously carry and transport items is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic device is designed with a universal platform that can carry various types of items including refuse containers, home assistants, bikes, remotes, speakers, food, laptops, and cell phones. The platform serves multiple functions by accommodating different item types through adjustable positioning mechanisms and varied carrying configurations, enabling the device to adapt to diverse transportation needs while maintaining autonomous operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a robotic device carries multiple types of items, then versatility is improved, but stability and item security during transport may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic device employs different positioning mechanisms tailored to specific item types and locations on the platform. Items are secured at various positions with appropriate restraint methods based on their characteristics, ensuring that each item receives localized stability measures suitable for its shape, weight, and fragility, thereby maintaining overall system stability while carrying diverse items.
Solution Approach 2:
The robotic device features adjustable and dynamic positioning mechanisms that can adapt to different item configurations. The platform allows for dynamic repositioning and reconfiguration of items during transport, enabling the system to maintain stability while accommodating various item types and arrangements based on real-time conditions.
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AI summary
An autonomous mobile robotic device that may carry and transport one or more items within an environment. The robotic device may comprise a platform on which the one or more items may be placed. The robotic device may pick up, deliver, distribution and/or transport the one or more items to one or more locations. The robotic device may be provided with scheduling information for task execution or for pick up, delivery, distribution and/or transportation of one or more items. Once tasks are complete, the robotic device may autonomously navigate to a storage location.