Robot Mode Architecture With Normalized Code Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing robotics systems require users to invest significant time and training to develop custom software for each unique programming environment, limiting the scope of users who can develop programming and posing a security risk due to proprietary information exposure when using different robotic devices, especially when transitioning from one robot type to another.
Innovation Solution
A mode execution module that receives software instructions in a normalized programming language, converts them into robot-specific instructions, and controls robotic devices, allowing for interchangeable modes and safe operation across different robotic systems, while minimizing exposure of proprietary information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users develop custom software for each unique robot programming environment, then the robot can perform specialized tasks, but users require significant time and training investment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal programming environment that can control multiple different robot types through standardized interfaces. The system uses common programming constructs (loops, conditionals, functions) that work across different robot platforms, eliminating the need for users to learn multiple proprietary programming languages while still enabling specialized task performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (programming environment and interface) that sits between the user and the diverse robot hardware. This intermediary translates high-level, standardized commands into robot-specific instructions, allowing users to work with a unified programming model while the system handles the complexity of different robot platforms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users develop custom software for each robot, then robot functionality is optimized, but proprietary information exposure risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The programming environment acts as an intermediary that protects proprietary information by maintaining it on the user's local system rather than requiring upload to external robot manufacturers. The system enables full robot functionality control while keeping sensitive code and algorithms secure on the user's premises, eliminating the security risk of external access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the programming environment from the robot manufacturer's control and places it on the user's system. This extraction removes the security vulnerability of having proprietary information stored externally, while still providing access to all necessary robot control capabilities through the localized environment.
3Measurement precision
If specialized programming environments are used for each robot, then robot control precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal programming environment that provides consistent precision control across multiple robot types without requiring separate complex environments for each. The standardized interface maintains control precision through systematic command structures while reducing overall complexity by eliminating the need for multiple specialized programming systems.
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AI summary
An improved method, system, and apparatus is provided to implement a general architecture for robot systems. A mode execution module is provided to universally execute execution modes on different robotic system. A system includes an execution module that receives software instructions in a normalized programming language. The system also includes an interface having a translation layer that converts the software instructions from the normalized language into robot-specific instructions that operate in a particular robotic system. The system further includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to the interface, wherein the controller receives the robot-specific instructions. Moreover, the system includes a robotic device that is operatively controlled by the controller by execution of the robot-specific instructions.