Patent ID: 11926060
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of transporting an object using a system comprising a plurality of robots, the method comprising:
one or more robots of the plurality of robots arranging themselves to each exert a respective transporting force on the object;
each of the one or more robots evaluating whether it satisfies a transport criterion while arranged to exert the respective transporting force on the object; and
if all of the one or more robots satisfy the transport criterion, the one or more robots exerting the respective transporting forces on the object to transport the object towards a destination,
wherein at least one of the one or more robots evaluates whether it satisfies the transport criterion based on observations of other robots of the plurality of robots within its vicinity,
the one or more robots arranging themselves comprises each of the robots positioning themselves beneath the object to lift the object, and
a robot of the one or more robots satisfies the transport criterion if at least a pre-set number of other robots of the one or more robots are positioned within a first threshold distance from the robot of the one or more robots.