A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles (SDVs) configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loading area includes a plurality of zones, with each zone corresponding to one or more chutes of the sorter. The control subsystem includes a controller, which is operably connected to the SDVs, and which selectively communicates instructions to dispatch SDVs to transport and replace totes in the loading area as they become filled to the predetermined capacity. A method for loading and transporting parcels in a sorting facility including a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area is also disclosed.

A traveling system includes a generation processing unit that generates a sectional traveling route that has a predetermined length and forms a part of a traveling route from a current position to a destination position of a first automatic traveling device such that the sectional traveling route of the first automatic traveling device does not overlap with the sectional traveling route generated for the other second automatic traveling device and a setting processing unit that sets a first tag included in the sectional traveling route generated for the first automatic traveling device and a second tag arranged within a predetermined range from the first tag as prohibition points to prohibit traveling of the second automatic traveling device.

A traveling system includes a registration processing unit that registers map data including arrangement information of a plurality of tags, a setting processing unit that sets arrangement information of a plurality of control points in a travelable area of a second automatic traveling device in the map data, and a generation processing unit that generates a first traveling route along which the first automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the tags and a second traveling route along which the second automatic traveling device travels by sequentially following the control points such that the first automatic traveling device and the second automatic traveling device do not interfere with each other.

Systems and methods for creating and optimizing air travel routes and corridors, such as routes and/or corridors for unmanned aircraft, are described. For example, the systems and methods may receive or access subsets of weather data, where each subset (e.g., a two-dimensional (2D) set of data) represents or characterizes a portion of the impact of a weather event (e.g., rain, wind) on a geographical location or navigation area. The systems and methods may process the subsets to generate distinct components (e.g., three-dimensional blocks) that are aligned with segments of the weather events, where the components are linked or mapped to a graphical representation of the target or affected location or region.

A facility including a first AGV including a first drive system and a first rechargeable battery for powering the first drive system to autonomously move the first AGV, a second AGV including a second drive system and a second rechargeable battery for powering the second drive system to autonomously move the second AGV, and a control server in communication with the first AGV to provide instructions to the first AGV to perform first tasks requiring movement within a first designated area within the facility and in communication with the second AGV to provide instructions to the second AGV to perform second tasks requiring movement within a second designated area within the facility. The first AGV has a first home position in the first designated area, and the second AGV has a second home position in the second designated area, which is different from the first designated area.

The present invention provides an IoT-based intelligent parking management system, including: a parking lot management system, an autonomous vehicle, and a handheld mobile terminal that are communicationally connected to each other; the parking lot management system includes a parking lot hardware perception layer and a parking lot server, where the parking lot hardware perception layer includes a terminal node and an information transmission module deployed in a parking lot; the autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving controller and an information transmission module, where the autonomous driving controller receives communication data from the parking lot server or the handheld mobile terminal through the information transmission module and generates control signals that control actions of a vehicle drive system; and the handheld mobile terminal is provided with a human-machine interaction interface.

A generation device includes at least one memory; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire information from a user; generate input information for a generation module based on robot information related to a robot and the acquired information; and acquire a program for controlling an operation of the robot, the program being generated by inputting the input information into the generation module. The robot information includes information related to at least one of an operating environment of the robot or a software component for acquiring information related to the operating environment.

A cleaning robot for detecting a floor while moving around and a method of controlling the cleaning robot are provided. The method includes identifying, by the cleaning robot, a fibrous floor area through a floor detection sensor while the cleaning robot moves around on a cleaning area, determining, by the cleaning robot, based on at least one of a size of the fibrous floor area or a location of the fibrous floor area on a map of the cleaning area, whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area, and causing, based on determining that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, the cleaning robot to move around while avoiding the fibrous floor area.

An information processing apparatus includes a graph structure generation unit and a path planning unit. The graph structure generation unit generates a graph where a door on a passage has been replaced by a shunting line of a virtual robot. The path planning unit plans paths of a mobile body and the virtual mobile body such that the mobile body does not conflict with the virtual mobile body at an intersection between the passage and the shunting line when passing through the passage.

An apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles using a movable camera device or a fixed camera device are provided. In an example of the monitoring method, the monitoring apparatus receives location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas and generates a patrol route for a movable camera device to collect captured images based on the location information of the parking/stopping monitoring areas. The monitoring apparatus provides the patrol route to the movable camera device, receives, from the movable camera device, first captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas included in the patrol route and second captured images of the parking/stopping monitoring areas after a specified time has elapsed, and determines that a vehicle commonly detected in the first and second captured images is an illegally parked/stopped vehicle.