US 12,330,809 B2
Multi-robots system for cargo handling
Zamira A. Daw Perez, Albany, CA (US); Alessandro Pinto, Kensington, CA (US); Richa Varma, El Cerrito, CA (US); Xiaobin Zhang, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Binu M. Nair, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/166,657.
Prior Publication US 2020/0122834 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B60P 7/13 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01)
CPC B64D 9/003 (2013.01) [B60P 7/13 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); B60Y 2200/62 (2013.01); B64D 2009/006 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cargo handling system, comprising:
a first cargo handling robot; and
a second cargo handling robot, wherein the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot are configured to simultaneously couple to a common cargo unit to transport the cargo unit from a first position on a cargo deck to a different second position on the cargo deck, the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot configured to move in two different dimensions about the cargo deck in response to receiving instructions from a control module to move the cargo unit from the first position to the second position;
wherein the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot comprise a sensing agent comprising a sensing module, a computing module, and a communication module; and
the first cargo handling robot and the second cargo handling robot are capable of functioning autonomously.