Robot service platform

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoding one or more modules of computer program instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• registering a plurality of robots in a system including creating for each robot of the plurality of robots a robot profile;
• publishing the robot profile of each registered robot of the plurality of registered robots to enable discovery of each registered robot by other registered robots in the system or by users of the system including owners of registered robots in the system;
• collecting operational data related to performance of tasks, the operational data comprising situational awareness information from at least a first of the plurality of registered robots;
• evaluating the collected operational data including performing statistical analysis, modeling, and extrapolation using the collected operational data;
• receiving, from a requestor, a request to transfer relevant data to at least a second of the plurality of registered robots, wherein the at least a second registered robot is selected based on at least the robot profile published for the second registered robot, and the requestor is a requesting user or a requesting robot;
• determining that the requestor is qualified, wherein the requesting user is qualified when the requesting user is authorized to access the system and authorized to make the request, and the requesting robot is qualified when the requesting robot is registered with the system and authorized to make the request;
• and
• in response to determining that the requestor is qualified,
• determining relevant data from the evaluated collected operational data, the relevant data including at least a portion of the situational awareness information, and
• sending the relevant data to at least the second registered robot.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of registered robots, each registered robot of the plurality of registered robots having a robot profile that is published to enable discovery by other registered robots in the system or by users of the system;
• and
• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• collecting operational data related to performance of tasks, the operational data comprising situational awareness information from at least a first of the plurality of registered robots;
• evaluating the collected operational data including performing statistical analysis, modeling, and extrapolation using the collected operational data;
• receiving, from a requestor, a request to transfer relevant data to at least a second of the plurality of registered robots, wherein the at least a second registered robot is selected based on at least the robot profile published for the second registered robot, and the requestor is a requesting user or a requesting robot;
• determining that the requestor is qualified, wherein the requesting user is qualified when the requesting user is authorized to access the system and authorized to make the request, and the requesting robot is qualified when the requesting robot is registered with the system and authorized to make the request;
• and
• in response to determining that the requestor is qualified,
• determining relevant data from the evaluated collected operational data, the relevant data including at least a portion of the situational awareness information, and
• sending the relevant data to at least the second registered robot.