Remote Robot Operator Matching System

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for an effective system to match operators with robots for remote operation, ensuring appropriate skill and environment compatibility to enhance productivity and address labor shortages, particularly in areas where dangerous or skilled work is involved.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a matching unit to select operators based on specific selection conditions such as operation environment and skill level, utilizing a management server to facilitate the matching and remote control of robots through an operation terminal, ensuring compatibility and efficiency in remote operation tasks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a matching system is implemented to select operators based on operation environment and skill level, then the appropriateness of operator-robot matching is improved, but the system complexity increases due to the need for management server and multiple selection conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching appropriatenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A management server is introduced as an intermediary component to handle the complex matching logic between operators and robots. The management server receives operation environment information from robots and operator information from terminals, then performs the matching determination and outputs results. This intermediary structure centralizes the complexity in a dedicated component rather than distributing it across the entire system, resolving the contradiction by accepting increased device complexity in exchange for significantly improved matching reliability and appropriateness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If multiple selection conditions including operation environment and skill level are considered for operator selection, then the operation quality is improved, but the information processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation qualityVSAvoidmatching processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting and storing operation environment information from robots and operator information from terminals before the actual matching process. The management server has these data ready in advance, so when matching is required, it can quickly retrieve and compare the pre-prepared information against multiple selection conditions. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces the time required for actual matching processing while maintaining high operation quality through comprehensive evaluation of multiple conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive operator and environment information is collected and compared, then the matching accuracy is improved, but the data processing load and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management server serves as an intermediary that handles the complex data processing load of collecting, storing, and comparing comprehensive operator and environment information. By centralizing this data processing function in a dedicated intermediary component, the system achieves high matching accuracy through thorough information comparison while isolating the processing complexity within the management server, preventing it from overwhelming the entire system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240391112A1Information processing system, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2024.11.28 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program for enabling appropriate matching between a robot and an operator who performs remote operation.The information processing system is an information processing system for executing matching related to remote operation by a robot that can be remotely operated and an operation terminal that can operate the robot via a network. The information processing system includes: a matching unit configured to select the operator who performs remote operation of the robot, on the basis of a selection condition including an operation environment necessary for remotely operating the robot to execute work and on the basis of an operation environment of the operator each. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a server that intermediates remote operation between an operation terminal and a robot.