The present disclosure provides a robot control method, a robot, a control terminal, and a control system. The method includes: obtaining an environment feature around the first robot when the first robot detects no positioning identifier; determining a deviation distance and a deviation angle between the first robot and a target traveling route of the first robot according to the environment feature and traveling information of the first robot; and controlling the first robot to perform route correction according to the deviation distance and the deviation angle, to cause the first robot to move to the target traveling route again.

A processor-implemented method includes classifying a plurality of aisles into a single-sided docking aisle and a double-sided docking aisle within a structure including a plurality of workstations are arranged in the aisle, determining positions of each of a plurality of logistics robots within each section of each aisle based on received respective positions of respective logistics robots and received respective states of the respective logistics robots, counting a first number of moving logistics robots in each section of each aisle and a second number of waiting logistics robots in each section of each aisle, performing a first traffic control with respect to logistics robots that have entered the traffic section, performing a second traffic control with respect to logistics robots that have requested a docking-out, and generating and assigning a mission corresponding to a result of the first traffic control and the second traffic control.

One example method includes receiving datasets based on one or more instances of sensor data that are received from one or more sensors. The sensor data is associated with an aggregate fragility level that indicates how fragile one or more packages being transported by a movable edge node in an edge environment are. Features that are based on the datasets are extracted. Based on the extracted features, events that indicate anomalous driving patterns for the movable edge node are determined. In response to determining the events, an alarm based on a predetermined threshold that is based on the aggregate fragility level is generated.

The present disclosure generally relates to autonomous operation of material handling vehicles within a facility, such as a factory or warehouse. An unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle can encounter a variety of issues operating within the facility, and may need assistance to resolve such issues. The unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle can transmit a request for assistance to a manned, non-autonomous material handling vehicle, and a human operating the manned, non-autonomous material handling vehicle can assist the unmanned, autonomous material handling vehicle.

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.

A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle using a control apparatus, comprises: executing a navigation process by: obtaining a live video moving image from a navigation camera device of the UAV; and generating a navigation display interface for display on a display device of the control apparatus, the navigation display interface comprising a plurality of navigation augmented reality display elements related to a determined waypoint superimposed over the live video moving image; and when the UAV reaches the determined waypoint, executing a precision landing process by: generating a precision landing display interface for display on the display device, the precision landing display interface comprising a plurality of precision landing AR display elements related to a landing target associated with the determined waypoint superimposed over the live video moving image obtained from a precision landing camera device of the UAV.

An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous rover for transferring payload within the system and including a communicator, a multilevel storage structure, each level allowing traversal of the at least one autonomous rover, at least one registration station disposed at predetermined locations on each level and being configured to communicate with the communicator to at least receive rover identification information, and a controller in communication with the at least one registration station and configured to receive the at least rover identification information and at least one of register the at least one autonomous rover as being on a level corresponding to a respective one of the at least one registration station or deregister the at least one autonomous rover from the system, where the controller effects induction of the at least one autonomous rover into a predetermined rover space on the level.

The present invention provides a method and system for preventing a deadlock situation in a system for transporting products. The system comprises a number of vehicles, and a central control server designed to control the vehicles, wherein the central control server comprises a digital representation of the movement area, which representation comprises a plurality of contiguous tiles. The method comprises the method steps of:receiving an order to move a vehicle, in response to the order, associating a vehicle with a movement path, receiving a request from an active vehicle and/or generating for the purpose of an active vehicle a request to carry out a subsequent step of reserving at least one subsequent tile on the latter's movement path; determining that no deadlock situation in the system arises as a result of the active vehicle carrying out the subsequent step. The determining step takes place on the basis of various parameters. The method further comprises:at least on condition that the control server has determined that there is no deadlock situation in the system, the control server reserving the at least one subsequent tile for the active vehicle, at least on condition that the active vehicle has received confirmation of acceptance, moving the active vehicle along its movement path so that the subsequent at least one tile is occupied, the central control server lifting the reservation once a vehicle has completely left a tile reserved for that vehicle.

A system used in a factory for manufacture of a moving object comprises: a remote controller that moves the moving object by remote control, the moving object being movable in the factory during a course of manufacture in the factory, the moving object including a communication device having a communication function for the remote control and a driving controller that implements driving control over the moving object; a manufacturing status acquisition unit that acquires information about a manufacturing status in the factory including delay in a step; and a speed setting unit that sets a moving speed of the moving object using the acquired manufacturing status. The remote controller moves the moving object in a transport zone between steps at the set moving speed of the moving object by the remote control.

According to the embodiments described herein, system and methods for determining relative pose of materials handling vehicles in an industrial environment may include utilizing ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array systems respectively mounted on the materials handling vehicles to send mutually received information to determine the relative pose between the vehicles, determining one or more fields of each materials handling vehicle, and determining one or more overlapping fields between the materials handling vehicles based on the determined one or more fields and the relative pose. A vehicle control may be implemented based on the determined relative pose and the overlapping fields as a field enforcement, such as a control action to avoid collision between the vehicles.