Mobile Robot Single Compartment Secure Package Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parcel delivery robots face inefficiencies due to the need for individually sized compartments, leading to wasted space and increased size and weight, while also risking incorrect parcel access and theft when multiple recipients share a compartment.
Innovation Solution
A mobile robot with a single cargo compartment that uses sensors and communication components to identify and verify the correct package for each recipient, ensuring only authorized packages are removed and preventing unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple packages for different recipients are stored in separate individually sized compartments, then each recipient can securely access only their authorized package, but the robot's size and weight increase and energy efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple packages for different recipients into a single shared cargo compartment instead of using separate compartments. This merging approach reduces the robot's overall size and weight while maintaining security through individualized access control mechanisms that identify and authenticate each recipient before allowing them to retrieve their specific package.
2Reliability
If multiple packages for different recipients are stored in separate individually sized compartments, then each recipient can securely access only their authorized package, but the robot's energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple packages for different recipients into a single shared cargo compartment instead of using separate compartments. This merging approach reduces the robot's overall size and weight while maintaining security through individualized access control mechanisms that identify and authenticate each recipient before allowing them to retrieve their specific package.
3Weight of moving object
If a single shared compartment is used for multiple packages, then the robot's size and weight are reduced, but the risk of incorrect package access and theft increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where sensors detect which package is being accessed and communicate this information to a control system. The system verifies the recipient's authorization for the specific package and provides real-time feedback, allowing the robot to prevent unauthorized access, alert operators to potential theft, and ensure correct package retrieval through continuous monitoring and verification.
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AI summary
A delivery system and method for delivering packages to multiple recipients uses a mobile robot having a delivery package space suitable for accommodating at least two packages, at least one package sensor configured to output first data reflective of the presence or absence of packages within with package space, at least one processing component configured to receive and process the package sensor's first data and at least one communication component configured to at least send and receive second data. The mobile robot travels to a first delivery location, permits a first recipient to access the package space, and identifies the first recipient's package to the first recipient. The system and method use data from the package sensor to verify that the first recipient removed only his or her package, if other package(s) are also present. The mobile robot then travels to a second delivery location associated with a second recipient.