Robot Skill Sharing Control for Reduced Teaching Burden
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robot systems require individual teaching by a person for each robot, leading to variability in workability and increased burden, as they cannot autonomously learn or share operational skills effectively.
Innovation Solution
A robot apparatus and system that includes a storage for instructional information, an acquirer to obtain and share operational guides between robots, and a controller to perform operations based on stored and acquired information, allowing for learning and sharing of skills, as well as determining the secrecy of transmitted information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual teaching is performed for each robot apparatus, then the robot can learn operational skills, but the teaching burden increases and workability varies depending on the person performing teaching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements copying by allowing robot apparatuses to acquire instructional information from other robots or information providers. Instead of requiring manual teaching for each robot, the system copies proven instructional information across multiple robots, eliminating the need for repetitive individual teaching while maintaining consistent workability across the robot fleet
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an information provider as an intermediary between robot apparatuses. This intermediary collects, manages, and distributes instructional information to multiple robots, reducing the direct teaching burden on individual operators and standardizing the teaching process across the system
2Productivity
If instructional information is shared between robot apparatuses, then capability improvement becomes simpler, but there is a risk of transmitting secret information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing secret determination at the level of individual instructional information items. Each piece of instructional information is evaluated for secrecy independently, allowing the system to share non-secret information freely while protecting sensitive data, thus enabling selective sharing that balances productivity improvement with security protection
3Extent of automation
If the robot apparatus autonomously acquires instructional information, then manual teaching is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing the acquirer to handle multiple functions: automatically acquiring instructional information from other robots, receiving information from information providers, determining secrecy, and managing storage. This multi-functional design consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single integrated component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high automation
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AI summary
A robot apparatus includes a storage that stores first instructional information which serves as a guide to first work operation, an acquirer that acquires second instructional information which serves as a guide to second work operation similar to the first work operation or second work operation related to the first work operation from a different apparatus having the second instructional information, and a work controller that performs the first work operation based on the first instructional information stored in the storage and the second work operation based on the second instructional information acquired by the acquirer.