Collaborative robot and a method for protecting collaborative robot from hazardous events
AssigneeWipro Limited
InventorsVijay Kumar, Thomas Chittakattu Ninan, Shagun Rai
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a collaborative robot and a method for protecting collaborative form hazardous events. The method comprises detecting hazardous event in a working environment of the collaborative robot. Thereafter, the detected hazardous event is validated. Once the validation is performed, the inflation of a protective fabric housed in a protective compartment of the collaborative robot is initiated, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric covers the collaborative robot for protecting the collaborative robot from the hazardous event. The present invention is used for self-protection of the collaborative robot in hazardous events without any human intervention.
Claims13
A collaborative robot comprising:
- a microphone to detect an audible fire alarm;
- one or more cameras to visually detect a fire;
- a protective compartment housing a protective fabric, wherein the protective compartment and the protective fabric are fire resistant;
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- a control unit communicatively connected to the microphone, the one or more cameras, and the protective compartment, the control unit is configured to:
- validate detection of a fire event based on the microphone detecting an audible fire alarm and the one or more cameras visually detecting a fire;
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- initiate inflation of the protective fabric upon validating the detection of the fire event, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric covers the collaborative robot for protecting the collaborative robot from the fire event.
A method of protecting a collaborative robot from a fire event, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a microphone, an audible fire alarm;
- detecting visually, by one or more cameras, a fire;
- validating, by a control unit configured in the collaborative robot, a fire event based on the microphone detecting an audible fire alarm and the one or more cameras visually detecting a fire;
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- initiating, by the control unit, inflation of a protective fabric housed in a protective compartment of the collaborative robot upon validating the detection of the fire event, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric covers the collaborative robot for protecting the collaborative robot from the fire event, wherein the protective compartment and the protective fabric are fire resistant.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon that when processed by a control unit, configured in a collaborative robot, cause the collaborative robot to perform operations comprising:
- detecting an audible fire alarm from a microphone;
- detecting, visually, a fire from one or more cameras;
- validating detection of a fire event based on the microphone detecting an audible fire alarm and the one or more cameras visually detecting a fire;
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- initiating inflation of a protective fabric housed in a protective compartment of the collaborative robot upon validating the detection of the fire event, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric covers the collaborative robot for protecting the collaborative robot from the fire event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.