Patent ID: 9744668
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B25J,G05D,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by an at least semi-autonomous robot, a sequence of spatial regions of an environment that are reserved for the robot; identifying, by the robot, a sequence of respective time intervals that are reserved for the robot to operate within the sequence of spatial regions; identifying, by the robot, a default path through the sequence of spatial regions, wherein the default path is traversable by the robot during the sequence of time intervals that are reserved for the robot to operate within the sequence of spatial regions; determining, by the robot, that the default path will be unpassable by the robot through a given spatial region during a given time interval of the sequence of time intervals that is reserved for the robot to operate within the given spatial region; identifying, by the robot, an alternative path through the given spatial region, wherein the alternative path is traversable by the robot during the given time interval; and traversing, by the robot, the alternative path through the given spatial region within the given time interval.