US 12,332,632 B2
Method to support autonomous robot-to-robot identification and task transfer
Siew Wen Chin, Penang (MY); Sangeeta Manepalli, Chandler, AZ (US); John Belstner, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Atul N. Hatalkar, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107625 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/41 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01)
CPC G05B 19/4155 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); G06F 21/445 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40419 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a first automated mobile robot, cause the first automated mobile robot to perform operations comprising:
receiving over a wireless communications network, from a computing device, trusted identification information for use in authenticating a second automated mobile robot, wherein the trusted identification information includes location information identifying a location at which the first automated mobile robot is to interact with the second automated mobile robot; and
subsequent to receiving the trusted identification information and responsive to determining that the first automated mobile robot is in the location at which the first automated mobile robot is to interact with the second automated mobile robot:
obtaining a plurality of input signals from a plurality of sensors;
for each input signal of the plurality of input signals, processing the input signal with a pre-trained machine learned model to derive identification information for use in authenticating the second automated mobile robot, wherein at least one input signal of the plurality of input signals is a signal indicating a location of the first automated mobile robot as obtained from a location sensor of the first automated mobile robot, and wherein the location information received from the computing device is compared with the location information obtained from the location sensor of the first automated mobile robot to generate the derived identification information;
combining the derived identification information associated with each input signal to derive a unique identifier for the second automated mobile robot;
comparing the unique identifier with the trusted identification information to determine that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement; and
responsive to determining that the unique identifier satisfies an authentication requirement, communicating a message to the second automated mobile robot to indicate successful authentication of the second automated mobile robot, by the first automated mobile robot.