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Samsung patents robots that plan paths to travel in a line

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method where a lead robot receives details about a follower robot, such as its size or speed. It then calculates a route that allows both machines to pass through a space one after the other without colliding.

Why it mattersThis could help warehouse or delivery robots move more efficiently in tight spaces by coordinating their movements automatically.

In the filing’s own words

A robot, a computer-readable recording medium and a method of controlling the robot are provided. The robot includes a driver, memory for storing at least one instruction, characteristic information of the robot and map data, an interface; and at least one processor. The at least one processor when executing the at least one instruction causes the robot to, based on obtaining, through the interface, characteristic information of at least one external robot that is to travel by following the robot, store the characteristic information of the at least one external robot in the memory, based on at least one of the characteristic information of the robot, the map data, and the characteristic information of the at least one external robot, set a path through which the robot and the at least one external robot can sequentially pass within the space, and control the driver to travel along the path.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A robot comprising: a driver; memory for storing at least one instruction, characteristic information of the robot, and map data for a space; an interface; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor when executing the at least one instruction causes the robot to: based on obtaining, through the interface, characteristic information of at least one external robot configured to travel by following the robot, store the characteristic information of the at least one external robot in the memory, based on at least one of the characteristic information of the robot, the map data, and the characteristic information of the at least one external robot, set a path through which the robot and the at least one external robot can sequentially pass within the space, and control the driver to travel based on the path.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ROBOT TRAVELING TOGETHER WITH EXTERNAL ROBOT AND TRAVEL METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260319510A1
Application number
19697173
Filed
Jun 3, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

G05D 1/639 Physics & computingG05D 1/244 Physics & computingG05D 1/246 Physics & computingG05D 1/65 Physics & computingG05D 1/678 Physics & computingG05D 1/6985 Physics & computing
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