AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MOBILE SERVICE ROBOT WAREHOUSING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM

Abstract

The present invention relates to an autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system that is capable of systematically storing and delivering a plurality of robot bodies from line parts by means of a server and comparing the number of delivery times of the robot bodies by line part to allow the robot bodies to be delivered sequentially from the line part having the smallest number of delivery times, thereby distributing the usage rate of the robot bodies disposed by line part.

Claims

1. An autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system comprising: one or more line parts (100); robot bodies (300) disposed on each line part (100) and manually driven by a user's control or autonomously driven by control modules (400); the control modules (400) disposed on the corresponding robot bodies (300) to provide position information of the robot bodies (300), receive warehousing and delivery information of the robot bodies (300) from a server (500), and control driving of the robot bodies (300) in response to the received information to store the robot bodies (300) in the line parts (100) or deliver the robot bodies (300) from the line parts (100); the server (500) for calculating information of the number of robot bodies (300) required according to the user's registration and usage information, transmitting delivery information to the control modules (400), transmitting warehousing information to the control modules (400) according to the user's return request of the delivered robot bodies (300), receiving information of the number of delivery times from counting parts (600), comparing the number of delivery times by line part (100) counted by the counting parts (600), and transmitting the compared results to the control modules (400) to allow the robot bodies (300) to be delivered sequentially from the line part (100) having the smallest number of delivery times; and the counting parts (600) for counting the number of delivery times of the robot bodies (300) from the respective line parts (100) to transmit the information of the number of delivery times to the server (500).

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each line part (100) comprises units (200) formed of sections Nos. 1 to N lined up by compartment thereof, the robot bodies (300) being located on the units (200), and each control module (400) comprises: a sensor (410) for providing position information of the corresponding robot body (300); a receiver (420) having a delivery information receiver (421) for receiving delivery information of the corresponding robot body (300) from the server (500) and an warehousing information receiver (423) for receiving warehousing information of the corresponding robot body (300) from the server (500); and a driving controller (430) for controlling driving of the corresponding robot body (300) to deliver the corresponding robot body (300) from the corresponding unit (200) or store the corresponding robot body (300) in the corresponding unit (200), based on the information received from the receiver (420).

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the server (500) comprises: a delivery information transmitter (510) for calculating the information of the number of robot bodies (300) required according to the user's registration and usage information to transmit the delivery information to the delivery information receivers (421); a warehousing information transmitter (520) for transmitting the warehousing information to the warehousing information receivers (423) according to the user's return request of the delivered robot bodies (300); and a delivery number receiver (530) for receiving the information of the number of delivery times from the counting parts (600), and the delivery information transmitter (510) operates cooperatively with the delivery number receiver (530), compares the number of delivery times by line part (100) counted by the counting parts (600), and transmits the compared results to the delivery information receivers (421) to allow the robot bodies (300) to be delivered sequentially from the units (200) of the line part (100) having the smallest number of delivery times.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the driving controllers (430) of the control modules (400) are configured to allow the robot bodies (300) located in the section No. 1 to be first delivered forward from the line parts (100), based on the information received from the delivery information receivers (421).

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein each control module (400) comprises an arrangement controller for moving the corresponding robot body (300) not delivered from the line part (100) where one or more robot bodies (300) are delivered through the driving controllers (430) to a direction toward the section No. 1 from the corresponding section thereof by the number of robot bodies (300) delivered from the corresponding line (100).

6. The system according to claim 6, wherein the driving controllers (430) are configured to store the robot bodies (300) incoming after delivered in the rear sides of the line parts (100) sequentially, based on the information received from the warehousing information receivers (423).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0015] FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of an autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system according to the present invention;

[0016] FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a use state of the autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system according to the present invention;

[0017] FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a state where robot bodies are delivered by means of driving controllers of the system according to the present invention;

[0018] FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a state where robot bodies are arranged by means of arrangement controllers of the system according to the present invention; and

[0019] FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing a state where robot bodies are stored by means of the driving controllers of the system according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0020] The present invention relates to an autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system that is capable of systematically storing and delivering a plurality of robot bodies from line parts by means of a server and comparing the number of delivery times of the robot bodies by line part to allow the robot bodies to be delivered sequentially from the line part having the smallest number of delivery times, thereby distributing the usage rate of the robot bodies disposed by line part.

[0021] Now, an explanation of a configuration and operations of an autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system according to the present invention will be given in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

[0022] Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2, an autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system according to the present invention includes: one or more line parts 100; robot bodies 300 disposed on each line part 100 and manually driven by a user's control or autonomously driven by control modules 400; the control modules 400 disposed on the corresponding robot bodies 300 to provide position information of the robot bodies 300, receive warehousing and delivery information of the robot bodies 300 from a server 500, and control driving of the robot bodies 300 in response to the received information to store the robot bodies 300 in the line parts 100 or deliver the robot bodies 300 from the line parts 100; the server 500 for calculating information of the number of robot bodies 300 required according to the user's registration and usage information, transmitting delivery information to the control modules 400, transmitting warehousing information to the control modules 400 according to the user's return request of the delivered robot bodies 300, receiving information of the number of delivery times from counting parts 600, comparing the number of delivery times by line part 100 counted by the counting parts 600, and transmitting the compared results to the control modules 400 to allow the robot bodies 300 to be delivered sequentially from the line part 100 having the smallest number of delivery times; and the counting parts 600 for counting the number of delivery times of the robot bodies 300 from the respective line parts 100 to transmit the information of the number of delivery times to the server 500.

[0023] Under the above-mentioned configuration, an explanation of the system according to the present invention will be given in more detail below. One or more line parts 100 are spaced apart from one another at given intervals in a transverse direction so that the robot bodies 300 disposed in units 200 as will be discussed later are gently delivered and stored therefrom and therein.

[0024] The units 200 are provided by the compartment of each line part 100.

[0025] In this case, the units 200 are desirably formed of sections Nos. 1 to N lined up by the compartment of each line part 100, so that spaces where the line parts 100 and the units 200 are built can be provided and efficient delivery and warehousing of the robot bodies 300 located in the respective units 200 are achieved.

[0026] The robot bodies 300 are located in the respective units 200 and manually driven by the user's control or autonomously driven by the control modules 400.

[0027] The control modules 400 are disposed in the corresponding robot bodies 300, and each control module 400 includes a sensor 410 for providing position information of the corresponding robot body 300, a receiver 420 having a delivery information receiver 421 for receiving delivery information of the corresponding robot body 300 from the server 500 and an warehousing information receiver 423 for receiving warehousing information of the corresponding robot body 300 from the server 500, and a driving controller 430 for controlling driving of the corresponding robot body 300 to deliver the corresponding robot body 300 from the corresponding unit 200 or store the corresponding robot body 300 in the corresponding unit 200, based on the information received from the receiver 420.

[0028] In this case, the sensor 410 is used with a variety of sensors such as GPS, LiDAR, beacon, Radio Frequency (RF), and the like.

[0029] The server 500 includes a delivery information transmitter 510 for calculating the information of the number of robot bodies 300 required according to the user's registration and usage information to transmit the delivery information to the delivery information receivers 421, a warehousing information transmitter 520 for transmitting the warehousing information to the warehousing information receivers 423 according to the user's return request of the delivered robot bodies 300, and a delivery number receiver 530 for receiving the information of the number of delivery times from the counting parts 600.

[0030] The counting parts 600 count the number of delivery times of the robot bodies 300 from the respective line parts 100 to transmit the information of the number of delivery times to the delivery number receiver 530.

[0031] In this case, each counting part 600 is desirably located at one side in front of the corresponding line part 100.

[0032] Further, the delivery information transmitter 510 operates cooperatively with the delivery number receiver 530, compares the number of delivery times by line part 100 counted by the counting parts 600, and transmits the compared results to the delivery information receivers 421 to allow the robot bodies 300 to be delivered sequentially from the units 200 of the line part 100 having the smallest number of delivery times.

[0033] Further, the units 200 are desirably formed of the sections Nos. 1 to N lined up by the compartment of each line part 100.

[0034] In this case, the driving controllers 430 of the control modules 400 are configured to allow the robot bodies 300 located on the section No. 1 to be first delivered forward from the line parts 100, based on the information received from the delivery information receivers 421.

[0035] If a number of robot bodies 300 are delivered according to the delivery information received from the delivery information receivers 421, they may collide against one another, and to prevent such collision, the robot bodies 300 are delivered sequentially in order of section numbers.

[0036] Further, each control module 400 includes an arrangement controller for moving the corresponding robot body 300 not delivered from the line part 100 where one or more robot bodies 300 are delivered through the driving controllers 430 to a direction toward the section No. 1 from the corresponding section thereof by the number of robot bodies 300 delivered from the corresponding line 100.

[0037] In specific, the arrangement controllers are adapted to move the robot bodies 300 not delivered yet to the sections on which the robot bodies 300 have been delivered forward from the line part 100 through the driving controllers 430 and to locate the robot bodies 300 on the sections. If the delivered robot bodies 300 are stored in the same sections again and delivered from the same sections again, the number of robot bodies 300 used is increased only in the adjacent sections on the front sides, thereby causing the number of times of use of the line parts 100 to be different according to the line parts 100. According to the present invention, the occurrence of the difference can be prevented by adopting the arrangement controllers.

[0038] Further, the driving controllers 430 are configured to store the robot bodies 300 incoming after delivered in the rear sides of the line parts 100 sequentially, based on the information received from the warehousing information receivers 423.

[0039] As the robot bodies 300 not delivered move to the front sides of the line parts 100 by means of the arrangement controllers, in specific, the robot bodies 300 incoming after delivered are stored sequentially in the rear sides of the line parts 100.

[0040] As described above, the autonomous driving mobile service robot warehousing and delivery system according to the present invention is configured to perform its original purpose of delivering the autonomous driving robot bodies from a car warehouse to move the robot bodies to the user, to systematically store and deliver the robot bodies located on the units of one or more line parts from the units by means of the server to thus provide many conveniences for customers, and to compare the number of delivery times of the robot bodies by line part through the counting parts to thus allow the robot bodies to be delivered sequentially from the line part having the smallest number of delivery times so that each robot body can be prevented from aging owing to its usage amount having a deviation in the number of delivery times of the robot bodies, and batteries for driving electric motors of the robot bodies can be extended in life span and other components of the robot bodies can be managed more systematically under uniform usage frequency of the robot bodies.

[0041] The present invention may be modified in various ways and may have several exemplary embodiments. Accordingly, it should be understood that the invention covers all the modifications, equivalents, and replacements within the idea and technical scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is not to be restricted by the embodiments as mentioned above. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto.