The present disclosure relates to a method and computing system 106 for operation of autonomous mobile vehicles in an operating environment. The method comprises receiving information related to a plurality of aisles in an operating environment. Further, the method comprises classifying the plurality of aisles as one or more active aisles and one or more inactive aisles. The one or more active aisles are associated with at least one pending task of a plurality of autonomous mobile vehicles 102. Thereafter, the method comprises determining a task from a set of tasks to be performed by at least one autonomous mobile vehicle from the plurality of autonomous mobile vehicles 102 by associating a position of the corresponding autonomous mobile vehicle with one of, the one or more active aisles or the one or more inactive aisles, based on one or more pre-defined constraints and a pre-defined cost function.

A system for enhanced interaction with a node-based logistics receptacle. The system includes a wireless accessory sensor node disposed on the receptacle that monitors at least one of the storage receptacle components of the receptacle to generate internal sensor data, includes a bridge node disposed on the receptacle, and includes an external sensor that is in communication with the bridge node and that is operative to monitor a local environment proximate the receptacle to generate external sensor data. The bridge node includes a processor configured to detect a wireless communication signal, identify the wireless communication signal as corresponding to one of a plurality of anticipated drop off entities, receive the external sensor data, generate carrying confirmation data related to whether a parcel customer is carrying a delivery item, transmit a drop off verification message, receive a drop off verification response message, and transmit an alternative drop off information message.

A configuration is described that is capable of determining a target landing position of a drone according to a sentence indicating a landing position generated by a user. Aspects including identifying an object type of an object contained in a captured image of a camera mounted on a mobile body; sentence analysis processing analyzes a sentence indicating a designated arrival position; word-corresponding subject selection processing collates results of the sentence analysis processing with the object identification processing and selecting a subject corresponding to a word included in the sentence indicating the designated arrival position from the captured image; and target arrival position determination processing extracts an area corresponding to the designated arrival position indicated by the sentence indicating the designated arrival position from the captured image on the basis of a result of word-corresponding subject selection processing, and area determination is made as target arrival position of mobile body.

A node-enabled logistics receptacle system with a deployable storage element for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item. The system includes a storage receptacle with an entrance opening for receiving the delivery item and a deployable autonomous mobile container as the deployable storage element. A first node is mounted to the storage receptacle and includes a first node processor, a first node memory, a communication interface, and a plurality of sensors including an interaction sensor and a storage sensor. The first node detects a change in the state of the entrance opening, determines a current condition of what is presently maintained within the deployable autonomous mobile container, generates a deploy activation signal, and transmits the deploy activation signal to the deployable autonomous mobile container to initiate movement by the deployable autonomous mobile container from the host position within the storage receptacle to a position external to the storage receptacle.

An improved connected logistics receptacle system with proactive unlocking functionality related to a dispatched logistics operation by a mobile logistics asset having an associated mobile transceiver. The system includes a storage receptacle for receiving a delivery item, a bridge node mounted to the storage receptacle, and a wireless accessory sensor node having at least one sensor that monitors for a change in the storage receptacle associated with a deposit of a delivery item relative to the storage receptacle. The bridge node includes a bridge node processor that transmits retrieved event information to the backend server to cause the backend server to initiate the dispatched logistics operation for the storage receptacle and generates lock control input to automatically change a lock from a secure state to an unlocked state based upon status information received from the mobile transceiver of the mobile logistics asset.

A task performance method of a system includes assigning, by the server, at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots, determining, by the server, a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the task assigned to the first robot is stored, guiding, by the server, the first robot to the first location according to the determined path, and guiding, by the server, the first robot arranged in the first position to a second position.