US 12,138,809 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for developing robot autonomy
Geordie Rose, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, Vancouver (CA)
Filed by Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,125.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,670, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324115 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1689 (2013.01) [B25J 9/163 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40195 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50391 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method of tele-operating a robot, the method performed by a tele-operation system, the tele-operation system communicatively coupled to the robot, the method comprising:
initializing the robot;
transmitting an objective to the robot;
receiving, from the robot, a request for instructions, the request for instructions comprising a set of candidate actions that may be performed by the robot, and, for each candidate action of the set of candidate actions, a respective set of ancillary data;
analyzing by a pilot each of at least a subset of candidate actions and each respective set of ancillary data to determine a respective relative likelihood that each candidate action in the at least a subset of candidate actions, if performed by the robot, will lead to furtherance of the objective; and
transmitting instructions to the robot, based at least part on each respective relative likelihood, to increase a level of autonomy of the robot.