Robot Intermediation for Game Controller Remote Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote control robots have limited utilization in society, and there is a need to expand their application fields and increase opportunities for more people, including the unemployed, to interact with and operate these robots.
Innovation Solution
An intermediation device that connects manipulation terminals operated by remote workers with robots through a network, allowing for the recruitment and selection of workers to operate robots, and converting manipulation signals from game controllers or other devices into operating commands for the robots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a highly-sophisticated robot manipulation device is used, then the robot can be operated precisely, but the device becomes unavailable to normal people due to high cost and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a signal conversion intermediary that translates simple key operation signals from game controllers into complex operating commands for industrial robots. This intermediary device bridges the gap between simple user input and complex robot control, enabling normal people to operate robots without requiring sophisticated manipulation devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses game controllers as simplified copies of robot manipulation devices. Instead of requiring people to learn and operate complex industrial robot controllers, the system allows them to use familiar game controllers with similar input mechanisms (buttons, joysticks), which are then translated into appropriate robot commands.
2Adaptability or versatility
If remote control robots are made widely available, then more people can contribute to society, but the lack of manipulation terminals limits the opportunity for people to operate robots
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes game controllers serve multiple functions - their original gaming purpose plus robot manipulation. By converting signals from these existing, widely-available devices into robot control commands, the system enables normal people to operate robots without needing specialized manipulation terminals, thus expanding robot utilization to a broader population.
3Ease of operation
If game controllers are used to manipulate robots, then normal people can access robot operation, but the manipulation signal must be converted into operating commands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a signal conversion intermediary that translates simple key operation signals from game controllers into complex operating commands for industrial robots. This intermediary device bridges the gap between simple user input and complex robot control, enabling normal people to operate robots without requiring sophisticated manipulation devices.
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AI summary
An intermediation device (2) receives, from a plurality of robots (5), recruitments of remote workers who operate the plurality of robots (5) and perform a plurality of works. The intermediation device (2) posts the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works on a site on a network (4) of an intermediary who holds the intermediation device (2). When the plurality of remote workers access the site from a plurality of manipulation terminals (3) and send a plurality of applications for the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works, the intermediation device (2) selects, based on the plurality of applications, one or more robots (5) and one or more manipulation terminals (3) as one or more selected robots (5) and one or more selected manipulation terminals (3). The intermediation device (2) connects the one or more selected manipulation terminals (3) to the one or more selected robots (5) so that the one or more selected robots (5) are manipulatable by the one or more selected manipulation terminals (3).