Skild-Fetch was granted a patent for autonomous robot idle-time management.

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  "company": {
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    "detail": "In October 2026 Skild-Fetch patented a way to keep centrally controlled mobile robots productive in warehouses and other automated workspaces during periods of low demand.",
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    "patent_title": "Local idle time utilization in centrally controlled mobile robots",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Skild-Fetch LLC",
    "patent_abstract": "A method includes: storing, at a mobile robot, a local repository of self-assigned task definitions; determining, at a processor of the mobile robot, that a local activity metric associated with tasks assigned to the mobile robot by a central server meets an idle criterion; in response to determining that the local activity metric meets the idle criterion, selecting, by the processor, one of the self-assigned task definitions from the local repository; and initiating execution of a self-assigned task corresponding to the selected self-assigned task definition at the mobile robot.",
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