An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a land vehicle conveyance system, a sensor system configured to capture information including surrounding environment information and/or vehicle subsystem information, a communication system configured to communicate with a remote human operator management system, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the autonomous robot land vehicle to, autonomously, determine based on the captured information to request a remote human operator, and communicate a request to the remote human operator management system for a remote human operator to assume control of the land vehicle conveyance system, where the request includes at least a portion of the captured information.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, a door coupled to the cab and selectively repositionable relative to the chassis between an open position and a closed position, and a door lock assembly configured to selectively prevent movement of the door from the closed position to the open position. The door lock assembly defines a key aperture configured to receive a key. The door lock assembly is coupled to the cab, and wherein the key aperture is positioned forward of the door.

An autonomous robot vehicle in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a conveyance system and a compartment coupled to the conveyance system. The conveyance system autonomously drives the autonomous robotic vehicle between one or more storage locations and one or more delivery locations. The compartment receives one or more items stored at the one more storage locations. The compartment includes a temperature control module configured to maintain the compartment within a predetermined temperature range to provide temperature control for the one or more items as the conveyance system drives between the one or more storage locations and the one or more delivery locations.

An autonomous delivery robot system to enable delivery of a product to a customer is described. One autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) includes a processing device that receives a delivery request comprising a route divided into multiple navigation segments and computes a navigable space from perception data stored in a perception map. The perception map is a robot-centered local map that stores the perception data indicative of the surroundings of the AGV. The processing device computes a cost inflation from the perception data stored in the perception map, determines a sub-goal that is on the navigable space and reachable by the AGV using the navigable space and the cost inflation, and determines a path to achieve the sub-goal using the using the navigable space and the cost inflation. The processing device controls one or more actuators to move along the path.

An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a conveyor system arranged within its main cabin. The conveyor system includes attachment points for attaching transport bags to the conveyor system, and a motor to move the transport bags to different positions along the conveyor system. The AV includes a door that can open and close to provide access to the transport bags. The AV further includes a conveyor system controller that identifies a transport bag associated with a user and issues an instruction to the motor to move the transport bags along the conveyor system.

A modular autonomous cart assembly for transporting an item being shipped is described with a sensor-equipped mobility base that carries the item(s), a modular cart handle, a sensor-equipped modular mobile cart autonomy control module detachably attached to the modular handle, all sharing a modular common power and data transport bus. The autonomous controller of the modular control module is programmatically adapted operative to establish a secure connection to a wireless mobile courier node, locate the courier node and the cart assembly, receive sensor data from the base and control module sensors, generate steering and propulsion control commands using the locations and sensor data and send them to a controller on the mobility base so that the assembly can autonomously track and follow the current location of the courier node as the courier node moves and while maintaining a predetermined follow distance from the current location of the courier node.

Parcel deploying apparatus including package receiving and/or delivering apparatus defining an enclosure and any or all walls of the enclosure being releasably locked to the package receiving or deploying apparatus by an externally controllable locking mechanism and movable from a closed to an open orientation defining a package receiving flat surface. A robot including a body with controllably movable apparatus for aligning movements, the body including a wall releasably attached to the body for movement between a body closing orientation and a horizontal orientation defining a package receiving flat surface. One of the enclosure and the body including package relocating apparatus which moves a package between a stored and an extended orientation on one of the flat surfaces. The controllably movable apparatus controllable to move the robot into alignment with a delivery position. The package receiving and/or delivering apparatus and the robot can be integrated into a single robosafe.

Mobile fulfillment container apparatus, systems, and related methods are disclosed. An example mobile container includes a storage area to move between a locked state and an unlocked state to provide access to inventory in the storage area; an electronic gating sensor to detect when the inventory has been removed from the storage area; and processor circuitry to output an instruction including a destination for the mobile container based on an order associated with the inventory.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis, a cargo support member, and a shelf assembly. The cargo support member is mounted to an outer wall of the cargo body and is disposed within the cargo body. The shelf assembly includes a tray and a strap. The tray is hingedly coupled to the cargo support member. The strap is coupled to the tray and the cargo support member. The strap is adjustable to reposition a forward end of the tray.

A storage pod for use with a delivery vehicle is provided. The storage pod is configured to store packages and to dispense them when sufficiently close to a delivery location. Methods of delivering packages using a storage pod are provided.