Robot Dispatching for One-Click Task Switchover After Abnormalities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current robot switching processes are laborious, time-consuming, and require high expertise, making it difficult for users without experience to complete abnormality-related robot switchover operations, leading to increased operation and maintenance costs.
Innovation Solution
A robot dispatching method and apparatus that displays available dispatchable robots and determines a target robot based on user input, allowing for automatic task migration from an abnormal robot to a target robot, enabling a one-click operation to resume tasks efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual recovery method is used for robot switchover, then task can be resumed, but the process becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes a pool of dispatchable robots and maintains task information in advance. When an abnormality occurs, the pre-prepared robot pool and task data enable immediate switchover without manual intervention for data collection or robot selection, thus reducing switchover time while ensuring task resumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispatching system automatically performs robot selection, task assignment, and coordination without requiring technician intervention. The system self-manages the entire switchover process by autonomously matching abnormal tasks with available robots from the robot pool, eliminating manual labor while maintaining reliable task resumption.
2Reliability
If manual recovery method is used for robot switchover, then task can be resumed, but the process requires high expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The dispatching system autonomously handles robot selection, task assignment, and coordination without requiring technician expertise. The system automatically queries the robot pool for dispatchable robots, matches them with abnormal tasks based on capabilities, and manages the switchover process, making the operation simple for users regardless of their expertise level.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispatching system acts as an intermediary between the abnormal robot, the robot pool, and the task management platform. It abstracts the complex switchover logic from users, providing a simplified interface while handling the sophisticated matching and coordination tasks automatically, thus reducing operation complexity while ensuring reliable task resumption.
3Productivity
If automated dispatching system is implemented, then switchover efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dispatching system is designed to perform multiple functions: monitoring robot status, managing the robot pool, querying dispatchable robots, assigning tasks, and coordinating switchovers. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent achieves high switchover efficiency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispatching system serves as an intermediary layer between the robot pool and the task management platform, abstracting complex coordination logic. This intermediary architecture manages the complexity internally while presenting a simplified interface to users, thereby improving switchover efficiency without exposing the full system complexity to end users.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a robot dispatching method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying at least one dispatchable robot available for switching in response to a robot switching instruction; and determining a target robot in response to a trigger operation for the at least one dispatchable robot, and sending robot information of the target robot to a dispatching system, so that the dispatching system associates a pending task associated with an abnormal robot with the target robot. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an effect of switching to another robot to resume an associated task based on one-click operation is achieved, which in turn improves the universality and efficiency of a robot switching operation.