US 12,360,520 B2
Identifying natural solutions to problems
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); Partho Ghosh, Kolkata (IN); and Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,898.
Prior Publication US 2023/0259110 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 23/0243 (2013.01) 18 Claims
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1. A method for identifying a natural solution to solve a machine problem, the method comprising:
identifying a machine problem in an environmental multimedia of a machine environment including machines, the machine problem being an environmental abnormality in the machine environment;
identifying, in an animal multimedia of a natural environment, a set of natural problems and corresponding natural solutions performed by animals;
determining a set of animal-machine pairs based on physical appendages of the animals and analogous physical appendages of the machines;
identifying, for a first animal performing a first natural solution, a corresponding machine to perform a machine solution to the machine problem, the corresponding machine identified with reference to the physical appendages of the first animal and the determined animal-machine pairs;
identifying required capabilities of the natural solution based on a mapping of features extracted from the animal multimedia illustrating the first animal performing the first natural solution;
generating a machine-based solution to the machine problem in the machine environment using the corresponding machine having the required capabilities; and
automating performance of the machine-based solution using the corresponding machine to resolve the identified machine problem.