DISCOVERY AND MONITORING OF AN ENVIRONMENT USING A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS
    253.
    发明申请
    DISCOVERY AND MONITORING OF AN ENVIRONMENT USING A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS 审中-公开
    发现和监测使用大量机器人的环境

    公开(公告)号:WO2013106135A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-18

    申请号:PCT/US2012/066576

    申请日:2012-11-27

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for discovery and monitoring of an environment using a plurality of robots. A plurality of robots navigate an environment by determining a navigation buffer for each of the robots; and allowing each of the robots to navigate within the environment while maintaining a substantially minimum distance from other robots, wherein the substantially minimum distance corresponds to the navigation buffer, and wherein a size of each of the navigation buffers is reduced over time based on a percentage of the environment that remains to be navigated. The robots can also navigate an environment by obtaining a discretization of the environment to a plurality of discrete regions; and determining a next unvisited discrete region for one of the plurality of robots to explore in the exemplary environment using a breadth-first search. The plurality of discrete regions can be, for example, a plurality of real or virtual tiles.

    Abstract translation: 提供了使用多个机器人发现和监测环境的技术。 多个机器人通过为每个机器人确定导航缓冲器来导航环境; 并且允许每个机器人在环境中导航,同时保持与其他机器人基本上最小的距离,其中基本上最小距离对应于导航缓冲器,并且其中每个导航缓冲器的尺寸随时间而减少,基于百分比 的环境仍有待导航。 机器人还可以通过获得对多个离散区域的环境离散度来导航环境; 以及确定所述多个机器人中的一个机器人的下一个未访问离散区域,以在所述示例性环境中使用宽度优先搜索进行探索。 多个离散区域可以是例如多个实际瓦片或虚拟瓦片。

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER PROCESSING OF CONTAINER-GROWN PLANTS USING AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS
    254.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER PROCESSING OF CONTAINER-GROWN PLANTS USING AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS 审中-公开
    使用自动移动机器人维护和处理集装箱植物的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:WO2013066534A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-10

    申请号:PCT/US2012/057506

    申请日:2012-09-27

    Abstract: A system is provided for processing container-grown plants positioned in a given area. The system includes a processing station positioned in the area for processing the container-grown plants. It also includes one or more autonomous mobile container handling robots configured to: (i) travel to a source location in the area and pick up a container-grown plant, (ii) transport the container-grown plant to the processing station where a process is performed on the container-grown plant, (iii) transport the container- grown plant from the processing station to a destination location in the area, (iv) deposit the container-grown plant at the destination location, and (v) repeat (i) through (iv) for a set of container-grown plants in the source location.

    Abstract translation: 提供一种用于处理位于给定区域中的容器生长植物的系统。 该系统包括位于该区域中用于处理容器生长​​植物的处理站。 它还包括一个或多个自主移动容器处理机器人,其被配置为:(i)前往该区域中的源位置并拾取容器生长的设备,(ii)将容器生长的设备运送到处理站, 在容器生长的植物上进行,(iii)将容器生长的植物从处理站运送到该地区的目的地,(iv)将容器生长的植物存放在目的地,以及(v)重复( i)通过(iv)在源位置的一组容器生长的植物。

    MOBILE ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF
    257.
    发明申请
    MOBILE ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF 审中-公开
    移动式机器人及其操作方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2012074690A2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-07

    申请号:PCT/US2011/059857

    申请日:2011-11-09

    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile robot (100) that includes driving the robot according to a drive direction, determining a driven path (1012) of the robot from an origin (1013), and displaying a drive view (1010) on a remote operator control unit (400) in communication with the robot. The drive view shows the driven path of the robot from the origin. The method further includes obtaining global positioning coordinates of a current location of the robot and displaying a map (1014) in the drive view using the global positioning coordinates. The driven path of the robot is displayed on the map.

    Abstract translation: 一种操作移动机器人(100)的方法,该方法包括:根据驱动方向驱动机器人,从原点(1013)确定机器人的驱动路径(1012),以及显示驱动器 在与机器人通信的远程操作员控制单元(400)上查看(1010)。 传动视图显示机器人从原点开始的驱动路径。 该方法还包括获得机器人的当前位置的全球定位坐标,并使用全球定位坐标在驾驶视图中显示地图(1014)。 机器人的驱动路径显示在地图上。

    3-DIMENSIONAL PERCEPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PLATFORM
    258.
    发明申请
    3-DIMENSIONAL PERCEPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PLATFORM 审中-公开
    移动平台的三维感知系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2011002771A2

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-06

    申请号:PCT/US2010/040392

    申请日:2010-06-29

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0246 G05D1/0274 G05D2201/0207

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an autonomously navigated mobile platform includes a support frame, a projector supported by the frame, a sensor supported by the frame, a memory including a plurality of program instructions stored therein for generating an encoded signal using a phase shifting algorithm, emitting the encoded signal with the projector, detecting the emitted signal with the sensor after the emitted signal is reflected by a detected body, associating the detected signal with the emitted signal, identifying an x-axis dimension, a y-axis dimension, and a z-axis dimension of the detected body, and one or more of a range and a bearing to the detected body, based upon the associated signal, identifying a present location of the mobile platform, navigating the mobile platform based upon the identified location, and a processor operably connected to the memory, to the sensor, and to the projector for executing the program instructions.

    Abstract translation: 在一个实施例中,自主导航的移动平台包括支撑框架,由框架支撑的投影仪,由框架支撑的传感器,包含存储在其中的多个程序指令的存储器,用于使用相移算法产生编码信号,发射 在发射信号被检测到的身体反射之后,用投影仪检测发射信号与传感器的发射信号,将检测到的信号与发射信号相关联,识别x轴尺寸,y轴尺寸和z 基于相关联的信号,识别移动平台的当前位置,基于所识别的位置导航移动平台,以及检测到的身体的一个或多个范围和方位;以及 处理器可操作地连接到存储器,传感器和投影仪,用于执行程序指令。

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