US 12,409,549 B2
Increasing strength of a robotic structure using swarm robot(s)
Sudheesh S. Kairali, Kozhikode (IN); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,574.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234224 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1633 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39146 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40434 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying a load that will be applied to a robotic structure;
determining whether the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed a structural threshold of the robotic structure;
in response to determining that the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed the structural threshold, determining a position of one or more swarm robots with respect to the robotic structure that would increase a structural strength of the robotic structure;
causing the one or more swarm robots to assume the determined position; and
in response to a determination that a current load applied to the robotic structure has been reduced: causing a determined one or more swarm robots to detach from the robotic structure.