Patent attributes
Without human intervention, an autonomous mobile device (AMD) uses motors to move through a physical space along a path, controlled by computing devices processing sensor data from sensors. Electrical components such as the motors and computing devices generate heat during operation. The heat generated by the motors depends on time of operation and how hard they are being driven. The more data the computing devices process, the greater the heat generated. An overheated component may protectively shut down or fail. Internal temperature is used to constrain AMD movement. The AMD path may be planned to avoid overheating along the way and avoid arriving too hot to complete an expected or scheduled task at the destination. Speed along the path may be less than maximum speed, and the amount of data sent to the computing devices is also reduced, reducing heat generation and allowing the electrical components time to cool off.
