Autonomous robot vehicle with securable compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Travelers face challenges in conveniently storing and retrieving items while on the move, as existing storage solutions like fixed locations are inefficient and inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A fully-autonomous or semi-autonomous robot fleet with mobile secure lockers that allow users to rent and manage storage through a user interface, featuring biometric unlocking and video recording for secure item handling, enabling flexible destination and time adjustments for delivery and retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fixed storage locations are used, then storage capacity is provided, but convenience and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms fixed, static storage locations into dynamic mobile storage units. The robot vehicle can autonomously navigate to different locations, making the storage system adaptable and mobile rather than fixed, thereby improving convenience while maintaining security through controlled access mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile storage unit is equipped with autonomous navigation capabilities, allowing it to self-propel to designated locations without human intervention. The system includes automated item retrieval and delivery functions, reducing manual effort while improving operational efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If mobile storage is implemented, then convenience is improved, but security may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple secure compartments within the robot vehicle, each capable of independent access control. This segmentation allows different security levels for different items while maintaining overall system mobility and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system between the user and the stored items. Biometric sensors and access control mechanisms act as intermediaries that verify user identity and grant appropriate access, ensuring security is maintained even as the storage unit becomes mobile.
3Productivity
If autonomous navigation is added, then delivery efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robot vehicle is designed as a multi-functional platform that combines autonomous navigation, mobile storage, item retrieval, and delivery capabilities in a single system. This universality improves overall productivity by consolidating multiple functions into one device rather than requiring separate systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The autonomous navigation system incorporates feedback mechanisms including sensors, processors, and communication modules that continuously monitor the vehicle's position, status, and environment. This feedback loop enables real-time adjustments and autonomous decision-making, improving delivery efficiency while managing complexity through intelligent control algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for a mobile secure locker in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes processor(s) and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the system to provide a user interface for a user to rent a mobile secure locker in an autonomous robot vehicle, receive information through the user interface from the user where the information includes a first destination, a second destination, and a time associated with the second destination, communicate instructions to the autonomous robot vehicle to travel to the first destination to receive the item, receive an indication from the autonomous robot vehicle that the item has been received, communicate instructions to the autonomous robot vehicle to travel to the second destination to deliver the item to the user at the time associated with the second destination, and receive from the autonomous robot vehicle an indication the item is retrieved.