US 12,216,476 B2
Autonomous vehicle compatible robot
Richard Brian Donnelly, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,480.
Application 18/495,480 is a continuation of application No. 17/718,810, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,841,709.
Application 17/718,810 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,392, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,340,625, issued on May 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,063, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061438 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); B25J 9/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/083 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0225 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining that an autonomous vehicle has reached a particular location associated with the autonomous vehicle along a vehicle route;
providing an identifier of an autonomous robot to the autonomous vehicle to authorize the autonomous robot to board the autonomous vehicle;
controlling the autonomous robot to travel to and board the autonomous vehicle in response to the determining that the autonomous vehicle has reached the particular location associated with the autonomous vehicle; and
initiating a motion control of the autonomous vehicle to provide the transport of the autonomous robot with the autonomous vehicle along the vehicle route.