Abstract
Industrial mobile robots (IMR) can potentially collect useful data about their operating environments. However, integrating environmental sensors into IMRs can be costly and labor intensive. This disclosure describes a container instrumented with sensor telemetry that can be transported aboard IMR or conveyor systems already in use by operators. The IMR or conveyor systems provide transportation to the instrumented payload and enable operators to collect environmental data while the instrumented payload is in transit. As environmental data within a warehouse is usually collected at periodic intervals, it is economical for robots to pick up an instrumented payload to run a telemetry collection mission at such intervals, rather than to integrate sensors into every robot. The described techniques leverage existing automation systems without the cost of integrating new sensors into a fleet of IMRs and provide developers with a simple way to build and test new telemetry methods and support multiple use cases without the overhead of modifying complex industrial mobile robots.
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Recommended Citation
n/a, "Instrumented Payloads for Industrial Mobile Robots and Conveyor Systems", Technical Disclosure Commons, (September 14, 2024)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/7356