CN115115314A

CN115115314A - Dispatching method and device for distribution robot, electronic equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN115115314A
Application number: CN202210823978.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 纪宁; 李旭; 支涛
Original assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-13
Filing date: 2022-07-13
Publication date: 2022-09-27

Abstract

The invention discloses a dispatching method and a dispatching device of a delivery robot, electronic equipment and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a cargo dispatching instruction triggered according to the two-dimension code; determining a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy; and controlling a delivery robot to take the goods based on the goods delivery instruction. The embodiment of the invention realizes the accurate butt joint of the dispatching personnel and the dispatching robot, can reduce the operation difficulty of the dispatching personnel, can improve the efficiency of indoor unmanned goods dispatching, enhances the service quality of indoor goods dispatching and improves the use experience of users.

Description

Dispatching method and device for distribution robot, electronic equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computer application technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for scheduling a delivery robot, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background

At present, unmanned distribution can be divided into indoor distribution and outdoor distribution according to scenes, equipment for indoor distribution mainly depends on a distribution robot, and outdoor distribution is a distribution logistics vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The indoor distribution solves the problem of logistics distribution pain in the last kilometer, and the problems of indoor distribution mainly focus on the increase of distribution demands and the good and irregular distribution personnel, wherein the distribution demands are that customers have ever-increasing demands for diversified distribution services, and distribution scenes and distribution goods become gradually complicated; distribution personnel are of different qualities, so that distribution service cannot be standardized, cooperation between the unmanned distribution robot and the distribution personnel everywhere is difficult, and cargo distribution efficiency is low. At present, a simple and easy robot scheduling method is urgently needed, the cooperation difficulty of delivery personnel is reduced, and the service quality of indoor delivery is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a dispatching method and device of a delivery robot, electronic equipment and a storage medium, which are used for reducing the assistance difficulty of delivery personnel, improving the success rate of unmanned delivery, improving the service quality of unmanned indoor delivery and improving the use experience of a user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scheduling method of a delivery robot, wherein the method includes:

acquiring a cargo dispatching instruction triggered according to the two-dimension code;

determining a delivery robot according to the goods delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy;

and controlling a delivery robot to take the goods based on the goods delivery instruction.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scheduling apparatus of a delivery robot, wherein the apparatus includes:

the goods taking instruction module is used for acquiring a goods dispatching instruction triggered according to the two-dimensional code;

the strategy scheduling module is used for determining a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy;

and the goods taking scheduling module is used for controlling the delivery robot to take the goods based on the goods dispatching instruction.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including:

at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor, the computer program being executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of scheduling a delivery robot according to any of the embodiments of the present invention.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing a processor to implement the scheduling method of a delivery robot according to any one of the embodiments of the present invention when the computer instructions are executed.

According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the two-dimensional code is used for triggering the goods dispatching instruction, the distribution robot to be dispatched is determined according to the goods dispatching instruction and the preset scheduling test, the distribution robot is controlled to receive the goods according to the goods dispatching instruction, the accurate butt joint of dispatching personnel and the distribution robot is realized, the operation difficulty of the dispatching personnel can be reduced, the indoor unmanned goods dispatching efficiency can be improved, the indoor goods dispatching service quality is enhanced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

It should be understood that the statements in this section do not necessarily identify key or critical features of the embodiments of the present invention, nor do they necessarily limit the scope of the invention. Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a scheduling method of a delivery robot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a scheduling method for a delivery robot according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an exemplary diagram of a scheduling scenario of a delivery robot according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a scheduling apparatus of a delivery robot according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions of the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Example one

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a scheduling method for a delivery robot according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applicable to a situation where a delivery person interfaces with the delivery robot, and the method may be executed by a scheduling apparatus of the delivery robot, where the scheduling apparatus of the delivery robot may be implemented in hardware and/or software, and the scheduling apparatus of the delivery robot may be configured in a server. As shown in fig. 1, the method includes:

and step 110, acquiring a cargo dispatching instruction triggered according to the two-dimensional code.

The two-dimensional code can be an information port for butt joint of a delivery person and a delivery robot, can be posted at an indoor designated position, such as a doorway, a hotel foreground, an office building entrance and the like, can be linked to a display page, and the display page can be used for collecting order information; the goods dispatching instruction may be an instruction for triggering the distribution robot to work, and the goods dispatching instruction may be generated by a server or an upper computer.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the dispatching personnel arrive at the designated position, the two-dimensional code posted at the designated position can be scanned by using the client, so that the dispatching personnel can call the dispatching robot. The server can monitor the page corresponding to the two-dimensional code, when the page corresponding to the two-dimensional code receives the information, the dispatch personnel can be confirmed to call the delivery robot, and at the moment, a cargo dispatch instruction can be generated by the server or an upper computer, so that the dispatching of the delivery robot is started.

And step 120, determining a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy.

The preset scheduling policy may be a rule set for scheduling the delivery cluster people, and one or more rules may be configured for the model of the configured robot and the current time period, for example, the preset scheduling policy may include preferentially scheduling the delivery robot with a high operation speed, for example, the preset scheduling policy may include preferentially scheduling the delivery robot with a short distance, and for example, the preset scheduling policy may include preferentially scheduling the delivery robot in a full power state, and the like.

Specifically, relevant information in the goods dispatching instruction, for example, a dispatching address, a goods type, and the like, may be extracted, the dispatching robots may be prioritized based on a preset scheduling policy and the relevant information in the goods dispatching instruction, and the dispatching robots for executing the goods dispatching instruction may be selected according to the priority ranking.

And step 130, controlling the distribution robot to receive the goods based on the goods dispatching instruction.

In the embodiment of the invention, the control information for controlling the delivery robot can be generated according to the goods delivery instruction, and the delivery robot can be controlled according to the control information, so that the robot can get to the delivery personnel to take the goods. It is understood that the control information for controlling the delivery robot may include a pick plan path determined using the goods delivery instruction, pick verification information, and the like.

Example two

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a scheduling method for a delivery robot according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which is embodied on the basis of the second embodiment of the present invention, and in the embodiment of the present invention, rules used by a preset scheduling policy are embodied, so that accuracy of robot dispatch can be improved, and detailed parameters in a cargo dispatch instruction are defined, so as to ensure safety of docking between a dispatcher and the robot. Referring to fig. 2, the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes the following steps:

and step 210, receiving scanning trigger information of the two-dimensional code.

The scanning trigger information may be an access request of a page corresponding to the two-dimensional code, the scanning trigger information may be sent by a browser of the dispatch staff, and the scanning trigger information may carry identification information of the dispatch staff, for example, an account number or a phone number of the dispatch staff.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the dispatcher reaches the designated area posted with the two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code can be scanned by using the client, the browser can initiate an access request based on a page connected by the two-dimensional code, it can be understood that the page or telephone number of the dispatcher can be packaged in the access request sent by the browser as identification information, and the server can receive the access request sent by the browser of the dispatcher and can use the access request as scanning trigger information.

Step 220, the information acquisition interface corresponding to the scheduling scanning trigger information acquires a cargo dispatching instruction.

The information acquisition interface can be a program interface used for acquiring order information, the information acquisition interface can be pre-configured with verification information and a verification mode for accessing the storage data platform, and when the information acquisition interface is called, the information acquisition interface can acquire a goods dispatching instruction according to the configured verification information and the verification mode.

In the embodiment of the invention, the information acquisition interface can be scheduled according to the scanning trigger information, and the acquisition of the cargo dispatching instruction can be realized through the execution of the information acquisition interface. For another example, the information acquisition interfaces may be divided according to types of third-party platforms, platform types carried in the scanning trigger information may be extracted, the information acquisition interfaces corresponding to the third-party platforms may be acquired and scheduled according to the platform types, and order information may be acquired in the corresponding third-party platforms as the goods delivery instruction.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, the information acquisition interface includes at least one of:

the order dispatching system comprises a third-party platform order dispatching interface, a user terminal information sending interface and a server order caching interface.

In the embodiment of the invention, the information acquisition interface can comprise a third-party platform order dispatching interface, and the server can extract the order information of the dispatching personnel in the third-party platform in a mode of dispatching the third-party platform order dispatching interface so as to generate a goods dispatching instruction; the information acquisition interface can comprise a user terminal information sending interface, the server can display a corresponding information acquisition page for a user by scheduling the user terminal information sending interface, and dispatching personnel can fill goods information in the information acquisition page so as to generate a goods dispatching instruction; the information acquisition interface can also comprise a server order caching interface, the server can periodically grab the order information of the service area for caching, and the information acquisition interface can search the order information of the dispatching personnel in the server to generate a goods dispatching instruction during dispatching.

And 230, extracting at least one scheduling rule in the preset scheduling strategy, wherein the scheduling rule at least comprises an idle state scheduling rule, a peak period waiting time scheduling rule and a robot conveying speed scheduling rule.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset scheduling policies may respectively include an idle state scheduling rule, a peak period waiting time scheduling rule, and a robot transportation speed scheduling rule, and the preset scheduling policies may be stored in the server in a rule set form, and when scheduling the delivery robots, the idle state scheduling rule, the peak period waiting time scheduling rule, and the robot transportation speed scheduling rule in the preset scheduling policies currently configured may be extracted, where the idle state scheduling rule may be a preferential scheduling of the delivery robots in an idle state, the peak period waiting time scheduling rule may be a more preferential scheduling of the delivery robots that solve a corresponding peak period waiting time threshold value at a peak period, and the robot speed scheduling rule may be a more preferential scheduling of the delivery robots that have a higher operation speed, it may be understood that priorities in the rules may be flexibly set by users, different rules may also have different weight values.

And 240, determining the dispatching priority of the robot to be served according to the dispatching rule.

The robot to be served can be a distribution robot configured in an area, the server can associate a list of the robot to be served, the administrator can configure the up-line and the down-line of a distribution cluster person, when the distribution robot is configured to be in an on-line state, the distribution robot can serve as the robot to be served, when the distribution robot is configured to be in an off-line state, the distribution robot cannot serve as the robot to be served, and further, the robot to be served can be further refined according to the modes of floors, districts and the like.

Specifically, a scheduling rule configured in the scheduling policy may be preset to generate a scheduling priority for all the to-be-served robots, where the scheduling priority may be a numerical value or a level, and it may be understood that, when there are multiple rules in the scheduling rule, a sum of values determined by the to-be-served robots based on the various rules may be used as the scheduling priority of the to-be-served robots, further, different scheduling rules may further be provided with corresponding weight coefficients, and accordingly, a sum of products of result values of the rules and the weight coefficients may be used as the scheduling priority of the to-be-served robots.

And step 250, determining the robot to be served as a distribution robot according to the scheduling priority.

In the embodiment of the present invention, one or more robots may be selected as delivery robots from among the robots to be served according to the scheduling priorities, and it may be understood that the manner of selecting robots to be served according to the scheduling priorities may include preferentially selecting robots to be served with high priorities as delivery robots, and further, in order to ensure an emergency, when selecting delivery robots according to the scheduling priorities, a fixed number of robots to be served with high priorities may be reserved, and on the basis of eliminating the reserved delivery robots, the remaining robots to be served with the highest scheduling priorities may be selected as delivery robots.

Step 260, extracting a dispatching address and verification information in the cargo dispatching instruction, wherein the verification information comprises at least one of the following information: pick-up address, user image and pick-up mobile phone number.

In the embodiment of the invention, the server can extract the delivery address and the verification information included in the goods delivery instruction, wherein the delivery address can be a goods delivery house number or other identification marks, and the verification information can be safety information of delivery personnel for handing over delivery orders and can include pickup addresses, user images, pickup mobile phone numbers and the like of the delivery personnel.

And step 270, sending the navigation route corresponding to the delivery address to the delivery robot.

Specifically, the server may generate an optimal path to the cargo receiving area according to the delivery address, the optimal path may be determined according to a path generation rule set by the server, and after the server generates the navigation route, the server may send the navigation route to the delivery robot, so that the delivery robot may move according to the navigation route.

Step 280, the verification information is set as the goods receiving and picking verification password of the delivery robot.

The goods receiving and taking verification password can be verification information used by a user for taking goods and a dispatching person for placing the goods, the goods receiving and taking verification password can be sent to the dispatching robot by a server, and the dispatching robot can persistently store the goods receiving and taking verification password in the local.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the server may send the verification information to the delivery robot, and the delivery robot may persistently store the verification information as the verification password for receiving the goods, it may be understood that the verification password for receiving the goods may be used for the delivery robot to receive the goods at the dispatching personnel, and dispatch the goods at the user, for example, the delivery robot shows that the stock verification information is input for the dispatching personnel, the dispatching personnel may input the telephone number of the dispatching personnel or the telephone number reserved for the order into the delivery robot, and the delivery robot may open the storage bin after the input telephone number is verified. The personnel of delivering can place the goods in the handing-over of storing storehouse realization goods.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the scanning trigger information of the two-dimensional code is received, the information acquisition interface of the scanning trigger information is scheduled to realize the acquisition of the goods dispatching instruction, the dispatching rule configured in the preset dispatching strategy is extracted, the dispatching priority of the cluster people to be served is determined according to the dispatching rule, the dispatching robot is selected according to the dispatching priority, the dispatching address and the verification information in the goods dispatching instruction are extracted, the navigation route corresponding to the dispatching address is sent to the dispatching robot, the verification information is stored to the dispatching robot as the goods receiving verification password, the accurate butt joint of the dispatching personnel and the dispatching robot can be realized, the operation difficulty of the dispatching personnel can be reduced, the efficiency of indoor unmanned goods dispatching can be improved, the service quality of indoor goods dispatching is enhanced, and the use experience of users is improved.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, determining the scheduling priority of the robot to be served according to the scheduling rule includes:

determining a corresponding waiting weight value according to the current state of the robot to be served; determining a corresponding duration weight value according to the waiting duration of the robot to be served; determining a corresponding conveying weight value according to the conveying speed of the robot to be served; and taking the sum of the waiting weight value, the duration weight value and the delivery weight value of the robot to be served as the scheduling priority.

In the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding current state, such as a waiting state, an idle state, a working state and the like, is determined for each robot to be served, different waiting weight values can be set in different states, and the waiting weight value of each robot to be served can be determined according to the current state; furthermore, the conveying speed of the robot to be served can be divided into different levels, the different levels have different transportation weight values, and the conveying weight value of each robot to be served can be determined; the waiting time of each robot to be served can be counted, and different time length weight values can be determined for different time lengths. The sum of the waiting weight value, the duration weight value and the delivery weight value of each robot to be served can be determined as the scheduling priority.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the invention, the method further includes: and controlling the distribution robot to set a waiting time according to the current time after the goods are received.

In the embodiment of the invention, in order to maximize the utilization of the delivery robot, a waiting time period can be set for the delivery robot after the delivery robot finishes goods picking, and if orders still need to be delivered during the waiting time period, the orders can be preferentially distributed to the picked robots, so that the utilization rate of the delivery robot is improved. It will be appreciated that different time periods may be configured with different wait durations, e.g., peak periods may not be configured with wait durations, while idle periods may be configured with wait durations.

In an exemplary implementation manner, fig. 3 is an exemplary diagram of a scheduling scenario provided according to the second embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 3, a rider opens a rider end, and a robot is summoned by scanning a two-dimensional code, where the two-dimensional code can be posted in a foreground of a hotel or an office building. After the two-dimensional code is scanned, a window can be popped up at the rider end to prompt the user to input order information, and it can be understood that the order information can also be collected and generated by an automatic collection device, the order information of the shop in the takeout platform can be read through the rider mobile phone number, the order information is displayed in the popped window, and the rider selects the order information to be docked. After obtaining the order information, a robot for dispatching the order letter can be selected from the currently waiting robots, and the robot can be in an idle state. Further, in order to improve the transport efficiency, the robots partially taking orders may be set to wait for five minutes, and dispatched orders may be preferentially allocated to these waiting robots.

EXAMPLE III

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a scheduling apparatus of a delivery robot according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus includes:

and the goods taking instruction module 301 is used for acquiring a goods dispatching instruction triggered according to the two-dimensional code.

And a strategy scheduling module 302, configured to determine a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy.

And the goods taking scheduling module 303 is used for controlling the distribution robot to take the goods based on the goods dispatching instruction.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the goods dispatching instruction is triggered by the goods taking instruction module through the two-dimensional code, the delivery robot to be delivered is determined by the strategy scheduling module according to the goods dispatching instruction and the preset scheduling test, and the goods taking scheduling module controls the delivery robot to take the goods according to the goods dispatching instruction, so that the delivery personnel and the delivery robot are accurately butted, the operation difficulty of the delivery personnel can be reduced, the efficiency of indoor unmanned goods delivery can be improved, the service quality of indoor goods dispatching is enhanced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the invention, the pickup instruction module 301 includes:

the information receiving unit is used for receiving the scanning trigger information of the two-dimensional code;

and the instruction acquisition unit is used for scheduling the information acquisition interface corresponding to the scanning trigger information to acquire the cargo dispatching instruction.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, the policy scheduling module 302 includes:

and the rule determining unit is used for extracting at least one scheduling rule in the preset scheduling strategy, wherein the scheduling rule at least comprises an idle state scheduling rule, a peak period waiting time scheduling rule and a robot conveying speed scheduling rule.

And the priority unit is used for determining the scheduling priority of the robot to be served according to the scheduling rule.

And the dispatching selection unit is used for determining the robot to be served as a dispatching robot according to the dispatching priority.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, the priority unit is specifically configured to:

determining a corresponding waiting weight value according to the current state of the robot to be served;

determining a corresponding duration weight value according to the waiting duration of the robot to be served;

determining a corresponding conveying weight value according to the conveying speed of the robot to be served;

and taking the sum of the waiting weight value, the duration weight and the delivery weight value of the robot to be served as the scheduling priority.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, the pickup scheduling module 303 is specifically configured to:

the order unit is used for extracting a delivery address and verification information in the goods delivery instruction, wherein the verification information comprises at least one of the following information: pick-up address, user image and pick-up mobile phone number.

And the path planning unit is used for sending the navigation route corresponding to the delivery address to the delivery robot.

And the verification setting unit is used for setting the verification information as a goods receiving and taking verification password of the delivery robot.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of the invention, the apparatus further includes:

and the dispatching waiting module is used for controlling the distribution robot to set waiting time according to the current time after the distribution robot finishes receiving the goods.

The scheduling device provided by the embodiment of the invention can execute the scheduling method provided by any embodiment of the invention, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.

Example four

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Electronic devices are intended to represent various forms of digital computers, such as laptops, desktops, workstations, personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other appropriate computers. The electronic device may also represent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants, cellular phones, smart phones, wearable devices (e.g., helmets, glasses, watches, etc.), and other similar computing devices. The components shown herein, their connections and relationships, and their functions, are meant to be exemplary only, and are not meant to limit implementations of the inventions described and/or claimed herein.

As shown in fig. 5, the electronic device 10 includes at least one processor 11, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor 11, such as a Read Only Memory (ROM)12, a Random Access Memory (RAM)13, and the like, wherein the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor, and the processor 11 can perform various suitable actions and processes according to the computer program stored in the Read Only Memory (ROM)12 or the computer program loaded from a storage unit 18 into the Random Access Memory (RAM) 13. In the RAM 13, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic apparatus 10 can also be stored. The processor 11, the ROM 12, and the RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input/output (I/O) interface 15 is also connected to bus 14.

A number of components in the electronic device 10 are connected to the I/O interface 15, including: an input unit 16 such as a keyboard, a mouse, or the like; an output unit 17 such as various types of displays, speakers, and the like; a storage unit 18 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like; and a communication unit 19 such as a network card, modem, wireless communication transceiver, etc. The communication unit 19 allows the electronic device 10 to exchange information/data with other devices via a computer network such as the internet and/or various telecommunication networks.

The processor 11 may be a variety of general and/or special purpose processing components having processing and computing capabilities. Some examples of processor 11 include, but are not limited to, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), various specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing chips, various processors running machine learning model algorithms, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), and any suitable processor, controller, microcontroller, or the like. The processor 11 performs the various methods and processes described above, such as the scheduling method of the delivery robot.

In some embodiments, the dispatching method of the delivery robot may be implemented as a computer program tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, such as the storage unit 18. In some embodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded and/or installed onto the electronic device 10 via the ROM 12 and/or the communication unit 19. When the computer program is loaded into the RAM 13 and executed by the processor 11, one or more steps of the scheduling method described above may be performed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the processor 11 may be configured to perform the scheduling method by any other suitable means (e.g. by means of firmware).

Various implementations of the systems and techniques described here above may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, integrated circuitry, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), system on a chip (SOCs), load programmable logic devices (CPLDs), computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. These various embodiments may include: implemented in one or more computer programs that are executable and/or interpretable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which may be special or general purpose, receiving data and instructions from, and transmitting data and instructions to, a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device.

A computer program for implementing the methods of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These computer programs may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the computer programs, when executed by the processor, cause the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks to be performed. A computer program can execute entirely on a machine, partly on a machine, as a stand-alone software package partly on a machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on a remote machine or server.

In the context of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium may be a tangible medium that can contain, or store a computer program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. A computer readable storage medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Alternatively, the computer readable storage medium may be a machine readable signal medium. More specific examples of a machine-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection based on one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described here can be implemented on an electronic device having: a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to a user; and a keyboard and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or a trackball) by which a user can provide input to the electronic device. Other kinds of devices may also be used to provide for interaction with a user; for example, feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user may be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a back-end component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such back-end, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), blockchain networks, and the internet.

The computing system may include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other. The server can be a cloud server, also called a cloud computing server or a cloud host, and is a host product in a cloud computing service system, so that the defects of high management difficulty and weak service expansibility in the traditional physical host and VPS service are overcome.

It should be understood that various forms of the flows shown above may be used, with steps reordered, added, or deleted. For example, the steps described in the present invention may be executed in parallel, sequentially, or in different orders, and are not limited herein as long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present invention can be achieved.

EXAMPLE five

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium containing computer-executable instructions, where the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a computer processor, are configured to perform a method for scheduling a delivery robot, where the method includes:

determining a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling strategy;

Of course, the storage medium containing the computer-executable instructions provided by the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the method operations described above, and may also perform related operations in the scheduling method for the unmanned delivery robot provided by any embodiments of the present invention.

From the above description of the embodiments, it is obvious for those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented by software and necessary general hardware, and certainly, can also be implemented by hardware, but the former is a better embodiment in many cases. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a FLASH Memory (FLASH), a hard disk or an optical disk of a computer, and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the evaluation apparatus for calibration effect, the included units and modules are only divided according to functional logic, but are not limited to the above division, as long as the corresponding functions can be realized; in addition, specific names of the functional units are only for convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used for limiting the protection scope of the present invention.

The above-described embodiments should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and substitutions may be made in accordance with design requirements and other factors. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A dispatching method of a delivery robot is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the cargo dispatch instruction triggered according to the two-dimensional code comprises:

receiving scanning trigger information of the two-dimensional code;

and scheduling an information acquisition interface corresponding to the scanning trigger information to acquire the cargo dispatching instruction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information acquisition interface comprises at least one of:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a delivery robot according to the cargo delivery instruction and a preset scheduling policy comprises:

extracting at least one scheduling rule in the preset scheduling strategy, wherein the scheduling rule at least comprises an idle state scheduling rule, a peak period waiting time scheduling rule and a robot conveying speed scheduling rule;

determining the dispatching priority of the robot to be served according to the dispatching rule;

and determining the robot to be served as a delivery robot according to the scheduling priority.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the scheduling priority of the robot to be serviced according to the scheduling rule comprises:

and taking the sum of the waiting weight value, the duration weight value and the delivery weight value of the robot to be served as the scheduling priority.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the delivery robot to pick up the goods based on the goods dispatching command comprises:

extracting a dispatch address and verification information in the goods dispatch instruction, wherein the verification information comprises at least one of the following information: pick up address, user's picture, pick up a mobile phone number;

sending a navigation route corresponding to the delivery address to the delivery robot;

and setting the verification information as a goods receiving and taking verification password of the delivery robot.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and controlling the distribution robot to set waiting time according to the current time after the goods are received.

8. A dispatching device of a delivery robot is characterized in that the device comprises:

9. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises:

at least one processor; and

the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of scheduling of the delivery robot of any one of claims 1-7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon computer instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for scheduling a delivery robot according to any one of claims 1-7.