Map-based framework for the integration of robots and smart devices

A central controller for robotics and connected devices comprising:

• a first communication interface configured to receive data from a plurality of robots or connected devices, wherein at least two of the plurality of robots or connected devices are of different types;
• wherein data generated by the plurality of robots or connected devices of different types are generated in different native data formats;
• a processor configured to translate the received data from the different native data formats into a common protocol format;
• a storage framework configured to store the data translated into the common protocol format;
• a second communication interface configured to transmit commands based on the stored data in the common protocol format and translated to the native data format of at least one or more of the plurality of robots or connected devices;
• and
• an output display configured to display an image of an operating area in which the plurality of robots or connected devices are deployed and wherein a physical location of each of the plurality of robots or connected devices is represented on the image at the location from which the data is collected;
• wherein the central controller is further configured to include on the image a plurality of position-referenced values generated from the processed data, as well as interpolated values between received data points.