A method includes: receiving, at a mobile robot from a central server, a rescue command including a rescue location corresponding to an incapacitated mobile robot; controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile robot to travel towards the rescue location; capturing, using a sensor of the mobile robot, sensor data representing the rescue location; at the mobile robot, identifying the incapacitated mobile robot from the sensor data; controlling the locomotive assembly to position the mobile robot in a predetermined pose relative to the incapacitated robot; and controlling a charging interface of the mobile robot to transfer energy from a battery of the mobile robot to a battery of the incapacitated mobile robot.
Automated Recovery Assistance for Incapacitated Mobile Robots
2024-04-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
Automated Recovery Assistance for Incapacitated Mobile Robots
European Patent Office | 2024
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