Network-Based Robot Task Coordination for Multi-Service Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face limitations in utilizing robots for tasks beyond their original purposes due to their hardware and software design, which restricts their functionality to specific services.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus connected to a network that searches for and controls robots capable of performing operations required for various services, schedules their tasks based on user input, and transmits control instructions to ensure efficient task completion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If robots are designed with specific hardware and software for dedicated services, then they can perform their original functions reliably, but they cannot be used for other purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables robots to perform multiple different services beyond their original dedicated functions by having them execute tasks assigned by an electronic apparatus through network communication, thus achieving multi-functionality while maintaining reliable performance of each specific service
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic apparatus acts as an intermediary that receives service requests, identifies appropriate robots based on required operations, and transmits control instructions to robots, enabling robots to perform services outside their original design scope while maintaining service reliability
2Ease of manufacture
If robots are designed for specific services only, then their functionality is optimized for those services, but users face difficulty using robots for incidental tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows robots to perform both their original dedicated services and incidental tasks by receiving task assignments from the electronic apparatus, greatly enhancing usage flexibility while maintaining the simplicity of robot design for specific services
3Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic apparatus searches for suitable robots from multiple robots providing different services, then it can find robots capable of performing required operations, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic apparatus serves as a central intermediary that manages the complexity of searching for and coordinating multiple robots with different capabilities, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining broad service coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms where robots report their operation capabilities to the electronic apparatus, which then matches required operations with suitable robots, reducing search complexity while maintaining comprehensive service coverage
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AI summary
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a communication unit connected to a network; and a processor for searching for, through the communication unit, a robot, which can perform an operation required for a service, among robots for providing different services, and providing the service by controlling an operation of the searched-for robot, when the service is requested from one of other electronic devices connected through the network.