US 12,459,126 B2
Maximizing collaborative effectiveness among multi-robots with dynamic inter-exchangeability
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 Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,690.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278431 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1682 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1671 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for maximizing collaborative effectiveness among multi-robots with dynamic inter-exchangeability, the method comprising:
identifying inter-exchangeable parts among robots performing an activity in a multi-robotic ecosystem containing two or more types of robots;
using digital twin models to simulate scenarios of combining respective ones of the inter-exchangeable parts of a first type of robot to a second type of robot;
identifying an optimum scenario in which collaborative effectiveness is maximized by exchanging the inter-exchangeable parts among the first type of robot to the second type of robot, based on results of digital twin model simulations;
for the optimum scenario, identifying, among the robots, first robots whose inter-exchangeable parts are to be exchanged;
for the optimum scenario, identifying, among the robots, one or more second robots that help the first robots exchange the inter-exchangeable parts; and
instructing the first robots and the one or more second robots to perform physical exchange of the inter-exchangeable parts of the first robots.