Delivery Robot Fleet Management for Secure Casino Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current robotic service systems lack efficient management and navigation capabilities within complex environments like casinos, leading to inefficiencies in task execution and service delivery.
Innovation Solution
A robotic management system that includes a server configured to manage a fleet of service robots, enabling centralized task scheduling, navigation, and authentication, with each robot equipped with sensors and communication devices for autonomous or semi-autonomous operation within a casino venue.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a robotic service system operates without centralized management, then individual robots can function autonomously, but system efficiency and task coordination deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized robot management system that acts as an intermediary between multiple service robots and the casino environment. This management system coordinates task assignments, monitors robot locations, and optimizes service delivery, thereby improving overall system efficiency without requiring complex peer-to-peer coordination between individual robots.
2Measurement precision
If robots navigate without centralized coordination, then navigation autonomy is maintained, but navigation precision and task execution efficiency worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the centralized management system continuously monitors robot locations, task progress, and environmental conditions. Based on this real-time feedback, the system optimizes navigation routes, reassigns tasks dynamically, and coordinates multiple robots to work together efficiently, thereby improving both navigation precision and reducing task execution time.
3Productivity
If delivery authentication is simplified, then service speed improves, but security and reliability of item delivery worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication actions where recipient verification is performed before item release. The system pre-validates recipient identities and authorization credentials, allowing for quick automated verification during the actual delivery process. This preliminary action ensures security while maintaining service speed, as the authentication framework is already established before the critical delivery moment.
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AI summary
A delivery robot includes a propulsion system, a storage area arranged to contain at least one item for delivery, a wireless interface, a memory device, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a robot management system (RMS) and via the wireless interface, a delivery request, wherein the delivery request identifies at least the item contained within the storage area, a delivery location, and a recipient. The processor is also configured to control the propulsion system to navigate the delivery robot to the delivery location in response to receiving the delivery request, receive an authentication credential from the recipient, authenticate the recipient based upon the authentication credential, and in response to authenticating the recipient, control the storage area to provide the at least one item contained within the storage area to the recipient.