US 12,422,842 B2
Service robot system, robot and method for operating the service robot
Christian von Reventlow, Munich (DE); Thomas Krieger, Putzbrunn (DE); and Jude Ng, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Christian von Reventlow, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/921,983
Filed by Christian von Reventlow, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061317
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219812, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20172113 (EP), filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0168670 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A service robot system, comprising a robot, wherein
the robot (1) having a drive system (3) for moving the robot (1) to target positions and at least one effector (4) for manipulating the robot's environment, wherein the service robot system comprises a processing unit (14) including a task determination unit for determining a task to be executed by the robot and configured to control the drive system (3) and the at least one effector (4) according to the task based on action definitions, wherein the processing unit (14) is configured to automatically retrieve action definition candidates from a database (17), evaluate the retrieved action definition candidates with respect to a success score indicating a likelihood that an action according to an action definition candidate contributes to successfully fulfilling the task, to execute actions according to action definition candidates of the retrieved action definition candidates having highest success score equal to or above a predefined threshold until an action to be executed next with a success score below the predefined threshold is reached, and to send a request for assistance via a communication interface (21) then.