Method, distribution vehicle and system for autonomously delivering and/or collecting at least one shipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9916558
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15215071

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A method for autonomously delivering and/or collecting at least one shipment using at least one distribution vehicle is described, in which a distribution vehicle approaches a customer vehicle at least partially autonomously and at least partially via the public road traffic, in which the distribution vehicle at least partially autonomously causes opening of a closure unit of the customer vehicle, in which, when the closure unit is open, the distribution vehicle at least partially autonomously places a shipment into the customer vehicle and/or at least partially autonomously removes a shipment from the customer vehicle, which, after placing and/or removing the shipment, the distribution vehicle at least partially autonomously causes closing of the closure unit of the customer vehicle.

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DEUTSCHE POST AGBONN GERMANY BONN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

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Wiechers, Ralph Mayschoβ, DE 15 139

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