Mobile Robot Navigation Avoiding User Disturbance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Legacy mobile robots often disrupt user experience by being placed inappropriately, causing disturbances in movement or sight due to their navigation along the shortest path, which can negatively impact spatial layout and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a communication module, camera module, sensor module, driving module, and processor determines its service and goal location based on environmental characteristics and user needs, plans a path to that location, and moves accordingly, avoiding areas that might disturb the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the robot navigates along the shortest path to its goal location, then the navigation efficiency is improved, but it may stand in the user's way and cause disturbance
Solution Approach 1:
The robot performs preliminary actions by detecting the user's presence and predicted movement trajectory before executing navigation. The system calculates the user's future position based on current movement data, and proactively adjusts its navigation path to avoid the predicted user trajectory, preventing disturbance before it occurs
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user position and movement through sensors, feeding this information back to the navigation algorithm. The navigation path is dynamically adjusted based on real-time user feedback, allowing the robot to adapt its route to avoid standing in the user's way while still progressing toward its goal
2Productivity
If the robot is located at an inappropriate position, then the service delivery may be affected, but it negatively impacts the spatial layout and user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The robot transitions from static positioning to dynamic positioning, continuously adjusting its location based on real-time conditions. The system evaluates multiple factors including user position, service requirements, and spatial constraints to dynamically determine the optimal goal location that balances service delivery with spatial harmony
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters such as goal location and navigation path based on detected conditions. When the user is detected, the system modifies the navigation parameters to prioritize user comfort while maintaining service effectiveness, adjusting the balance between service delivery and spatial consideration
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AI summary
A mobile electronic device and navigation method thereof. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a communication module, a camera module, a sensor module, a driving module, a memory, and a processor that is functionally connected to the communication module, the camera module, the sensor module, the driving module, and the memory, the processor determining at least one service and a goal location of the electronic device for providing the at least one service, planning a path towards the goal location, and controlling the electronic device to move along the path. However, other embodiments are possible as well.