Autonomous Action Strategy Generation for Unexpected Event Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional autonomous systems struggle with reacting to unexpected events, suffer from long computation times for action strategy establishment, and are unsuitable for dynamic environments due to static strategies.
Innovation Solution
The system generates an action strategy by accessing databases of event descriptions and candidate objectives, using coherence checking to identify abnormal events, and executing a series of actions through progressive task unit structures that include failure recovery modules, adjusting in real-time based on resource availability and system state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional autonomous systems use static action strategies, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but the system cannot adapt to unexpected events or dynamic environmental changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static action strategies into dynamic ones by introducing a coherence checking procedure that continuously evaluates whether detected events match expected environmental properties. When incoherence is detected, the system dynamically generates new action strategies rather than relying on pre-defined static strategies, enabling adaptation to unexpected events while maintaining a relatively simple overall system structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary coherence checking of event descriptions against environmental properties before executing actions. This preliminary evaluation allows the system to identify unexpected events early and prepare appropriate responses in advance, improving adaptability without requiring complex real-time decision-making structures.
2Reliability
If the system performs comprehensive coherence checking and generates optimal action strategies, then the reliability of task accomplishment improves, but the computation time increases causing interruptions during operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial coherence checking by focusing only on critical aspects of event descriptions that indicate incoherence with environmental properties. Rather than performing exhaustive analysis of all event parameters, the system identifies and checks only the most relevant properties, maintaining high task accomplishment reliability while significantly reducing computation time and avoiding operational interruptions.
3Manufacturing precision
If the system uses detailed progressive task unit structures with multiple executable modules, then the precision of action execution improves, but the device complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments action strategies into progressive task units with hierarchical structures, where each task unit contains specific executable modules for particular actions. This segmentation allows precise control of individual actions while keeping each module relatively simple. The hierarchical organization enables the system to achieve high action execution precision without requiring all modules to be simultaneously complex, as only relevant modules are activated for each specific task.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for generating an action strategy to be executed by an autonomous system are disclosed. The action strategy comprises a series of actions to be performed by the autonomous system to accomplish a corresponding active objective in response to detecting an abnormal event, the abnormal events occurring or having occurred in an environment where the autonomous system is configured to operate. The method comprises accessing a first database populated with event descriptions corresponding to abnormal events and accessing a second database populated with candidate objectives. Each candidate objective defines a task accomplishable by the autonomous system and comprises an activation condition and a progressive task unit structure describing a hierarchy of actions to be performed in order to accomplish the corresponding candidate objective. An execution of a candidate objective generating an action strategy from the progressive task unit structure of the active objective and executing the action strategy.