METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING GOODS AND RETRIEVING REUSABLE TOTES FOR DRONE DELIVERY
Patent №
US 11,130,570
Granted
2021-09-28
Filed 2018
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES COPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16203969
A delivery system includes a drone including a prime mover, one or more rotors operatively connected to the prime mover, and a payload attachment system including a latch mechanism having a first selectively deployable clamp member and a second selectively deployable clamp member. The delivery system also includes a plurality of nested reusable totes. Each of the plurality of nested reusable totes includes a body having a base, sides, and a lid, at least two of the sides include a gripping feature. The selectively deployable clamp members are operable to engage with the gripping feature on one or more of the plurality of nested reusable totes.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES COPORATION
assignment · 476240410
Assignors
GREEN, WILLIAM J., SPAULDING, SHARON T., COQ, MARC HENRI
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