Autonomous Item-Carrying Robot With Mapping and Path Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile robotic devices lack the capability to autonomously carry and transport items efficiently and effectively within various environments, such as homes and commercial spaces, without human intervention, limiting their utility and convenience.
Innovation Solution
An autonomous mobile robotic device equipped with a chassis, wheels, sensors, a processor, and a machine-readable medium that captures environmental data, generates maps, infers its location, and actuates movement to transport items from one location to another, including the use of scheduling and path planning modules, and can be configured to carry a variety of items and perform tasks based on user instructions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile robotic devices are used to perform specific tasks, then convenience is provided, but the capability to autonomously carry and transport items is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic device is designed with a universal platform that can perform multiple functions including vacuuming, mopping, carrying items, and transporting objects. The device includes a载物平台 (item carrying platform) and various attachment mechanisms that enable it to adapt to different tasks and transport different types of items, thereby improving versatility without requiring separate specialized devices for each function.
2Extent of automation
If autonomous transportation capability is added to robotic devices, then utility and convenience are improved, but the extent of automation required increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic device incorporates self-navigation and autonomous transportation capabilities through integrated sensors, processors, and control systems. The device can independently plan paths, avoid obstacles, and transport items from one location to another without continuous human intervention. The system includes automatic charging capabilities and self-diagnostic functions that reduce the need for manual operation and maintenance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the robotic device is designed to carry various items, then versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic device employs a modular design where the item carrying platform is a separate, detachable component that can be easily attached and detached from the main body. This segmentation allows the device to carry different types of items using standardized platforms while keeping the core robotic system relatively simple. The modular approach enables versatility without permanently increasing the complexity of the base device.
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AI summary
A robot for transporting items, including: a chassis; a cavity within which items are stored for transportation; a set of wheels coupled to the chassis; a control system to actuate movement of the set of wheels; a power supply; at least one sensor; a processor electronically coupled to the control system and the at least one sensor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: capturing, with the at least one sensor, data of an environment and data indicative of movement of the robot; generating or updating, with the processor, a map of the environment based on at least a portion of the captured data; inferring, with the processor, a current location of the robot; and actuating, with the processor, the robot to execute a transportation task.