A robot 420 for transporting a container 410, has sensors (530,540,550, fig 5B) to sense that the container 410 is loaded and also to sense a change in load distribution or centre of gravity of the container 410 caused by a user 430 pushing or shoving the container 410. The robot 420 determines a direction of movement 440 associated with the change and a controller causes a motor to drive the robot 420 in that direction. Thus, a user 430 is able to initiate movement of the robot 420 by pushing the robot 420 in the direction the robot 420 should move.
Guiding robots transporting containers using applied force detection
2024-08-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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