Mobile Target Planning for Feasible Robot Action Execution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile devices, such as autonomous robots, often fail to effectively cope with designated action targets due to limitations in their capabilities and the state of their movable spaces, leading to inefficiencies in movement and task execution.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that includes a target planning unit, which calculates a movement target for a mobile device based on action target information and movable space information, determining feasibility and adjusting the target to ensure it falls within the device's operational range, thereby enabling flexible and effective action execution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the mobile device attempts to reach the designated action target, then the task execution capability is improved, but the device may fail when the target is outside its movable space or capability range

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetask execution capabilityVSAvoidcope with designated action target

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary determination of whether the action target is within the movable space before execution. The target planning unit calculates in advance whether the mobile device can reach the designated target, and if not, it proactively notifies the user of the inability to execute the action, preventing failed execution attempts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The target planning unit acts as an intermediary between the user's action target designation and the mobile device's execution capability. It mediates by determining feasibility based on movable space information and notifying the user when the target cannot be reached, bridging the gap between user intent and device capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the mobile device executes actions within feasible ranges only, then the reliability is improved, but the flexibility to handle various designated targets deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaction execution reliabilityVSAvoidflexibility to handle designated targets

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by notifying the user when the action target is outside the movable space. The target planning unit provides information feedback to the user about the feasibility of the designated action target, allowing the user to adjust the target or understand the device's limitations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20230259134A1Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2023.08.17 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable a mobile device to flexibly correspond to a designated action target. A movement target of the mobile device is calculated on the basis of action target information indicating an action target designating a movement destination of the mobile device and movable space information indicating a movable space which is a range of a real space in which the mobile device is movable.