Modular Show Robot Coupling for Varied Guest Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Amusement parks face challenges in maintaining guest interest with static show robots, as their position remains unchanged, leading to reduced interaction demand and high costs in developing and maintaining multiple robots for various locations.
Innovation Solution
A multi-sectional show robot system comprising a primary robot with sensors and a secondary robot that can be removably coupled, allowing the system to transition between configurations for different interactions and themes, enabling the same primary robot to portray various characters and interact with guests in different ways.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple individual show robots are deployed at various locations, then guest interaction variety is improved, but manufacturing and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The primary robot is designed as a universal platform capable of performing multiple functions by coupling with different secondary robots. The primary robot includes standardized coupling mechanisms that can interface with various secondary robots, allowing a single primary robot to serve multiple roles and locations, thereby reducing the need to manufacture and maintain multiple separate show robots while maintaining guest interaction variety
2Ease of manufacture
If a single show robot is used, then manufacturing and maintenance costs are reduced, but guest interaction variety decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The show robot system is divided into separate modular components: a primary robot and multiple secondary robots. The primary robot serves as a base platform that can selectively couple with different secondary robots, each potentially providing different interaction capabilities or themes. This segmentation allows the system to maintain variety through reconfiguration rather than requiring multiple complete robots
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static single-robot configuration to a dynamic multi-configuration system where the primary robot can couple and decouple with different secondary robots. This dynamic reconfigurability allows the same hardware platform to adapt to different guest interaction scenarios, maintaining versatility without requiring multiple permanent installations
3Device complexity
If show robot position remains unchanged, then system complexity is reduced, but guest interest and interaction demand decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces dynamic reconfiguration capability through the removable coupling mechanism between primary and secondary robots. While the physical location of the primary robot may remain stationary, the system's functional configuration changes dynamically as different secondary robots are coupled and decoupled, creating varied guest experiences without requiring complex multi-location deployment
Data Source
AI summary
A robotic system includes a multi-sectional show robot. The multi-sectional show robot includes a primary robot with a controller and one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to acquire feedback indicative of an environment surrounding the primary robot. The multi-sectional show robot also includes a secondary robot configured to removably couple to the primary robot to transition the multi-sectional show robot between a disengaged configuration, in which the primary robot is decoupled from the secondary robot, and an engaged configuration, in which the primary robot is coupled to the secondary robot. The controller is configured to operate the primary robot based on the feedback and a first control scheme with the multi-sectional show robot in the disengaged configuration and to operate the primary robot based on a second control scheme with the multi-sectional show robot in the engaged configuration.