US 11,892,848 B2
Method, robot and system for interacting with actors or item recipients
Markus Zimmermann, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES OÜ, Tallinn (EE)
Appl. No. 17/607,891
Filed by STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES OÜ, Tallinn (EE)
PCT Filed May 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229451, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19174878 (EP), filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221870 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0214 (2013.01) [B25J 11/0005 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0211 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for interaction between a mobile robot and an actor,
the mobile robot including (i) a navigation component configured for at least partially autonomous navigation in an outdoor environment; (ii) a sensor system configured for collecting sensor data during an encounter between the mobile robot and an actor; (iii) a processing component configured to process the sensor data and output actions for the mobile robot to perform; and (iv) an output component configured for executing actions determined by the processing component,
the method comprising:
(A) the mobile robot travelling on a pedestrian pathway;
(B) detecting an actor by the mobile robot via the sensor system;
(C) the processing component identifying a situation associated with the actor detected by the mobile robot in (B);
(D) in response to the situation identified in (C), the processing component determining one or more actions to be executed by the mobile robot; and then
(E) the mobile robot executing the one or more actions determined in (D).