US 12,007,757 B2
Systems and methods for surveying a manufacturing environment
Shankar Narayan Mohan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Ansar Zunnoon Khan, Dearborn, MI (US); Mark Goderis, Canton, MI (US); and Steven Schuchard, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,136, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026890 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01)
CPC G05B 19/41875 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00259 (2020.02); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05D 1/0217 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); B60W 2510/242 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A survey system for surveying an environment, the survey system comprising:
a controller storing a map comprising a plurality of nodes representing data capture points of the environment, the controller configured to:
segment the plurality of nodes into a plurality of communities, wherein each community from among the plurality of communities includes a set of nodes from among the plurality of nodes;
generate, for each community from among the plurality of communities, one or more traversability scores indicating a traversability of a given region of the environment corresponding to the community, wherein the traversability score comprises a numeric range, a categorical description, or a combination thereof;
assign, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one robot from among a plurality of robots to survey the community based on the one or more traversability scores; and
deploy, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one of the plurality of robots based on the plurality of robots assigned to the community.