US 12,030,180 B2
Maneuvering collaborative devices for a rescue mission
Srikanth K. Murali, Bangalore (IN); Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri, Mysore (IN); Vijay Kumar Ananthapur Bache, Bangalore (IN); and Vijay Ekambaram, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,683.
Application 17/900,683 is a continuation of application No. 16/253,272, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,504,844.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410371 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/0084 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40276 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for maneuvering collaborative robots for a rescue mission, the method comprising:
sensing a location of a plurality of persons in a body of water;
deploying a plurality of robots to the location; and
directing the plurality of deployed robots to create a connected floatation unit to support floatation of the plurality of persons.
 
8. A computer system for maneuvering collaborative robots to rescue persons in a hydrological disaster, the computer system comprising:
a memory medium comprising program instructions;
a bus coupled to the memory medium; and
a processor, for executing the program instructions, coupled to a chain navigation engine via the bus that when executing the program instructions causes the system to:
sense a location of a plurality of persons in a body of water;
deploy a plurality of robots to the location; and
direct the plurality of the deployed robots to create a connected floatation unit to support floatation of the plurality of persons.