Patent ID: 11911906
Assignee: BEAR ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A system for controlling a patrolling robot, the system comprising:
a situation information management unit configured to acquire, as first situation information on the patrolling robot, at least one of weight information on a support coupled to the patrolling robot and image information on the support and information on a location of the patrolling robot in a patrolling place;
a task and travel management unit configured to determine a task and a travel route of the patrolling robot on the basis of the first situation information; and
a drive unit configured to cause the patrolling robot to autonomously travel along the travel route and perform the task,
wherein the situation information management unit is configured to acquire a number of attendees in each of spaces of the patrolling place and a patrolling record at the patrolling place as second situation information on the patrolling place, and to estimate demand for serving objects in each of the spaces of the patrolling place on the basis of the second situation information,
wherein the task and travel management unit is configured to determine the task and travel route of the patrolling robot with reference to the demand for serving objects in each of the spaces, and
wherein the demand for serving objects in a specific space of the patrolling place is estimated on the basis of a ratio of an amount of serving objects that have been served or bussed in the specific space and a number of attendees in the specific space.