Robotic platform with area cleaning mode
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current robotic systems are designed for specific tasks, leading to high costs and inefficiencies due to their specialized nature, lacking the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks effectively.
Innovation Solution
A reconfigurable robotic platform with interchangeable service modules that can engage in autonomous and interactive maintenance and surveillance, utilizing sensors and stored service plans to navigate and perform multiple functions such as cleaning, mapping, and long-term learning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If robotic systems are designed for specific tasks, then task performance reliability is improved, but device versatility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic system is divided into a base platform and interchangeable service modules. Each module is designed to perform specific tasks (cleaning, surveillance, maintenance) while the base platform provides common navigation and control functions. This segmentation allows the system to maintain reliability for specific tasks through specialized modules while achieving versatility through module interchangeability.
Solution Approach 2:
The base robotic platform is designed with universal interfaces and common subsystems (navigation, power, control) that can support multiple different service modules. This multi-functionality approach enables a single platform to perform diverse tasks by simply changing the service module, resolving the contradiction between reliability for specific tasks and overall versatility.
2Reliability
If multiple specialized robotic systems are used for different tasks, then task-specific performance is improved, but device complexity and cost deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple specialized functions are merged into a single robotic system through the use of interchangeable service modules. Instead of having separate robots for cleaning, surveillance, and maintenance, all these functions are integrated into one platform that can switch between modules. This reduces overall system complexity and cost while maintaining task-specific performance through dedicated modules.
Solution Approach 2:
A universal base platform is designed with standardized interfaces and common subsystems that can accommodate various service modules. This universality eliminates the need for multiple specialized systems, reducing device complexity and cost while preserving task-specific performance through purpose-built modules.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single robotic platform performs multiple tasks, then device versatility is improved, but task performance reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments functionality into a general-purpose base platform and specialized service modules. The base platform handles common tasks like navigation and power management, while each service module is optimized for specific tasks (cleaning, surveillance, maintenance). This segmentation ensures that task performance reliability is maintained through specialized modules while achieving versatility through the combination of modules with the base platform.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the system have different levels of specialization. The service modules possess local quality of high task-specific optimization, while the base platform has general-quality capabilities. This local quality approach allows the system to achieve both versatility (through module variety) and task performance reliability (through specialized module design).
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AI summary
A method and system for a robotic device comprising a propulsion mechanism to move the robotic device, a sensor, a user interface for entering service area dimension information to establish a service area proximate the robotic device, and a processing facility comprising a processor and a memory, the processing facility configured to store a set of instructions that, when executed, cause the robotic device to receive service area dimension information for the service area through the user interface, wherein the service area is determined by the service area dimension information entered into the user interface, and utilize the propulsion mechanism to move the robotic device through the service area and to perform a service task in the service area.