Information Processing Control for Logistics Robot Maintenance Pickup

Solution Overview

Problem

The maintenance of logistics robots permanently installed in apartment houses is costly and time-consuming due to the need for dedicated vehicles to collect and transport them for servicing.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that manages vehicles for package delivery and logistics robots, which acquires maintenance information from the robots, instructs a vehicle to collect and transport the robots to a maintenance facility, thereby reducing the need for dedicated collection vehicles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a dedicated vehicle is dispatched to collect the logistics robot for maintenance, then the robot can be transported to a maintenance facility, but the cost and time required for maintenance increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemaintenance capabilityVSAvoidmaintenance time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The delivery vehicle is designed to perform multiple functions: it can deliver packages to apartment houses and also collect logistics robots that require maintenance. The vehicle includes a cargo compartment that can accommodate both packages and logistics robots, allowing a single vehicle to handle both delivery and maintenance collection tasks without requiring separate dedicated vehicles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If a dedicated vehicle is dispatched to collect the logistics robot for maintenance, then the robot can be transported to a maintenance facility, but the cost and time required for maintenance increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemaintenance capabilityVSAvoidvehicle dispatch system

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The delivery vehicle is designed to perform multiple functions: it can deliver packages to apartment houses and also collect logistics robots that require maintenance. The vehicle includes a cargo compartment that can accommodate both packages and logistics robots, allowing a single vehicle to handle both delivery and maintenance collection tasks without requiring separate dedicated vehicles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If the logistics robot is permanently installed in the apartment house, then delivery efficiency is improved, but maintenance becomes difficult and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery efficiencyVSAvoidmaintenance accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The delivery vehicle acts as an intermediary between the permanently installed logistics robot and the maintenance facility. When maintenance is needed, the vehicle is dispatched to collect the robot from the apartment house and transport it to the maintenance facility, enabling easy maintenance of robots that are permanently installed in hard-to-reach locations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12456101B2Information processing device, delivery system, program, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.10.28 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

AI summary

The information processing device manages a vehicle for package delivery and a logistics robot permanently installed in the apartment house. The information processing device includes a control unit that acquires information on whether maintenance of the logistics robot is necessary from the logistics robot, transmits information on the logistics robot that needs maintenance to the vehicle, and instructs the vehicle to collect the logistics robot that needs maintenance.