A vehicle unloading management device includes a processor. When an unload request for unloading a vehicle being loaded in an airport parking lot is received from a passenger of an airplane whose arrival destination is an airport, the processor sets a time period for performing automated unload of the passenger's vehicle. In the process of setting the time period, when at least two unload requests are received from at least two vehicles and time periods for performing automated unload of the at least two vehicles overlap, the processor predicts an arrival order at the airport parking lot of a passengers corresponding to the at least two unload requests with overlapping the time periods. And the processor determines an order for automated unload of the at least two vehicles according to the arrival order.

A conveyance object is configured to be coupled to an autonomous vehicle and conveyed by the autonomous vehicle to move. The conveyance object includes a bottom plate; a coupling provided on a lower surface of the bottom plate and configured to be coupled to the autonomous vehicle; a pair of guide frames provided on the lower surface and configured to guide the autonomous vehicle so as to move to a position of the coupling from a predetermined direction; and a pair of brackets provided to extend downward from the lower surface between the pair of guide frames and disposed on both sides of the coupling in the predetermined direction, each of the brackets being provided with a marking that faces the predetermined direction and that is recognizable by the autonomous vehicle.

A conveyance object is configured to be coupled to an autonomous vehicle and conveyed by the autonomous vehicle to move. The conveyance object includes a bottom plate; a coupling provided on a lower surface of the bottom plate and configured to be coupled to the autonomous vehicle; a pair of guide frames provided on the lower surface and configured to guide the autonomous vehicle so as to move to a position of the coupling from a predetermined direction; and a pair of brackets provided to extend downward from the lower surface between the pair of guide frames and disposed on both sides of the coupling in the predetermined direction, each of the brackets being provided with a marking that faces the predetermined direction and that is recognizable by the autonomous vehicle.

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.

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 method for managing trips from a pharmacy may include receiving a plurality of transaction records that, as received, represent an independent transaction of a plurality of transactions at an ADC. The plurality of transaction records may include: time information between respective transactions and an elapsed time for a portion of the plurality of transactions. The method may include identifying, based at least in part on: (i) a comparison of the time information between respective transactions and a threshold inter-transaction trip time; and (ii) a comparison of the elapsed time for the portion and a threshold elapsed trip time, a sequence of the portion as a unique trip from a pharmacy. The method may include annotating, with an identifier for the unique trip, a portion of the plurality of transaction records representing the portion of the plurality of transactions. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

A method for managing trips from a pharmacy may include receiving a plurality of transaction records that, as received, represent an independent transaction of a plurality of transactions at an ADC. The plurality of transaction records may include: time information between respective transactions and an elapsed time for a portion of the plurality of transactions. The method may include identifying, based at least in part on: (i) a comparison of the time information between respective transactions and a threshold inter-transaction trip time; and (ii) a comparison of the elapsed time for the portion and a threshold elapsed trip time, a sequence of the portion as a unique trip from a pharmacy. The method may include annotating, with an identifier for the unique trip, a portion of the plurality of transaction records representing the portion of the plurality of transactions. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

A system includes a worker robot configured to move in a facility, a robot control server for controlling operations of the worker robot, and a presence management server for managing presence information on a user's presence in an office of the facility. The robot control server acquires, via an SNS system, a work request entered by the user using the SNS; acquires work information about the user's work request; acquires the user's position data as a destination from the presence management server; and controls the operations of the worker robot based on the work information and the user's position data.

A system includes a worker robot configured to move in a facility, a robot control server for controlling operations of the worker robot, and a presence management server for managing presence information on a user's presence in an office of the facility. The robot control server acquires, via an SNS system, a work request entered by the user using the SNS; acquires work information about the user's work request; acquires the user's position data as a destination from the presence management server; and controls the operations of the worker robot based on the work information and the user's position data.

An automatic implement attachment and detachment system having a ground utility robot a sensor, a computer processor, an artificial intelligence processing unit for learning, and a computer memory where the system also includes a quick hitch attachment apparatus having a body securable to the ground utility robot, at least one mateable connection part, and an implement having a connection member where the implement attachment system is configured to automatically attach and detach the implement to and from the ground utility robot.