Building Robot Monitoring Interface for Multi-Floor Fleet Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system that can intuitively and efficiently monitor the operational situation of multiple robots providing services within a building, allowing for integrated management across various floors.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a cloud-based monitoring system to display the operational situation of robots on a single screen, using graphic objects to represent the state of each robot on different floors, allowing for real-time monitoring and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple robots are monitored individually, then detailed operational information is obtained, but monitoring efficiency and integration are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual robot monitoring functions into a single integrated monitoring terminal that displays operational information from multiple robots simultaneously. The terminal aggregates data from different robots and presents it in a unified interface, allowing operators to monitor multiple robots through one device rather than multiple separate devices, thereby improving monitoring efficiency while maintaining detailed operational visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring terminal is designed with multi-functionality to handle various robot types and operational scenarios. It can display diverse operational information including location, status, and task progress for multiple robots simultaneously, making a single terminal capable of performing what previously required multiple specialized monitoring devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a comprehensive monitoring system is implemented, then integrated management is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between multiple robots and the monitoring terminal. The server collects operational information from various robots, processes and standardizes the data, then transmits it to the monitoring terminal for display. This intermediary architecture simplifies the overall system by centralizing data processing and reducing direct complexity between individual robots and the monitoring interface.
3Speed
If real-time monitoring of all robots is provided, then operational control speed is improved, but information processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system extracts and displays only the most relevant operational information from each robot, such as current location, operational status, and task progress. Rather than transmitting and processing all possible data from each robot, the system selectively extracts key information that is essential for monitoring and control decisions, thereby reducing the overall data processing load while maintaining real-time visibility of critical operational parameters.
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AI summary
A method of monitoring a robot operation according to some example embodiments, includes receiving robot information from each of the robots through communication with the robots located in a building where the robots provide services, and displaying, on a display unit, a monitoring screen configured to monitor an operational situation of the robots located in the building. The monitoring screen including a building graphic object representing the building, and a state graphic object positioned around the building graphic object, the state graphic object representing state information on a robot located on each of a plurality of floors included in the building, the state information on the robot and a visual appearance of the state graphic object determined based on the robot information received from each of the robots.