Patent ID: 10860036

Abstract:
Systems and methods for re-purposing autonomous vehicle for package transportation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed comprising a plurality of autonomous vehicles; a plurality of autonomous delivery structures configured to store a plurality of packages; and a central server configured to: receive requests for package transportation from a selected autonomous vehicle in the plurality of autonomous vehicles, identify a set of nearby packages, the nearby packages stored within a selected autonomous delivery structure in the plurality of autonomous delivery structures, transmit routing instructions to the selected autonomous vehicle, the routing instructions causing the selected autonomous vehicle to navigate to the selected autonomous delivery structure, instruct the selected autonomous delivery structure to deposit a selected package in the nearby packages into the autonomous vehicle upon detecting the presence of the selected autonomous vehicle calculate a waypoint for delivery of the selected package, and transmit transport routing instructions to the selected autonomous vehicle, the transport routing instructions causing the selected autonomous vehicle to navigate to the waypoint.