Robotic Sensor Reconfiguration for Motion-Induced Signal Blur

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Solution Overview

Problem

Robotic devices face challenges in capturing clear sensory signals due to movement, leading to blurry images and inaccurate sensor readings, which affect their navigation and data collection efficiency.

Innovation Solution

The method involves determining predicted future sensor readings based on navigation path data and optimizing sensor configurations to adjust sensor parameters and motion controls, ensuring optimal signal capture by reconfiguring sensors and motion settings in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the robotic device moves to navigate the environment, then the robotic device can collect sensory data and reach targets, but the movement causes blurry images and inaccurate sensor readings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigation efficiencyVSAvoidsensor reading accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system predicts future sensor readings based on navigation path data before the robotic device actually reaches those positions. By determining optimized sensor configurations in advance and reconfiguring sensors proactively before movement occurs, the system prepares the sensors to capture clear data even during motion, preventing blurry images and inaccurate readings before they happen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts sensor configurations in real-time based on predicted future positions and movement characteristics. By making sensor parameters adaptive and changeable during operation rather than fixed, the system can optimize sensor performance for each specific moment of movement, maintaining measurement precision while the robotic device navigates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of information

If the robotic device captures sensory signals during movement, then the robotic device can collect environmental data, but the quality and accuracy of captured signals deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesensory data qualityVSAvoidmovement speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The system determines optimized sensor configurations based on predicted future sensor readings before the robotic device reaches those positions. By proactively configuring sensors with optimal parameters in advance of movement, the system ensures high-quality sensory data capture even when moving at various speeds, preventing information loss before it occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes sensor parameters dynamically based on predicted movement characteristics and future positions. By adjusting sensor configuration parameters in response to predicted motion states, the system optimizes the balance between movement speed and data quality, maintaining information integrity while enabling efficient navigation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11119497B2Techniques for co-optimization of motion and sensory control
Publication Date: 2021.09.14 R GO ROBOTICS LTD
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AI summary

Systems and methods for optimizing sensory signal capturing by reconfiguring robotic device configurations. In an implementation, upcoming sensor readings are predicted based on navigation path data. Based on the predicted sensor readings, optimized sensor parameters that will improve the quality of resulting sensory signals are determined. Sensors of a robotic device are reconfigured based on the optimized sensor parameters. In another implementation, deficiencies in sensory signals are determined. A motion configuration of a robotic device is optimized based on the deficiencies to allow for capturing better quality sensory signals.