Systems and methods for surveying a manufacturing environment

A survey system for surveying an environment, the survey system comprising:

• a plurality of robots configured to travel within environment, wherein the plurality of robots comprises a central robot comprising a first mobility characteristic and an auxiliary robot comprising a second mobility characteristic;
• a controller storing a map comprising a plurality of nodes representing data capture points of the environment, the controller configured to:
• segment the plurality of nodes into a plurality of communities, wherein each community from among the plurality of communities includes a set of nodes from among the plurality of nodes;
• generate, for each community from among the plurality of communities, one or more traversability scores indicating a traversability of a given region of the environment corresponding to the community, wherein the traversability score comprises a numeric range, a categorical description, or a combination thereof;
• assign, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one robot from among the plurality of robots to survey the community based on the one or more traversability scores and a battery life of the plurality of robots;
• and
• deploy, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one of the plurality of robots based on the plurality of robots assigned to the community.

A method for surveying an environment, the method comprising:

• segmenting a plurality of nodes representing data capture points of the environment into a plurality of communities, wherein each community from among the plurality of communities includes a set of nodes from among the plurality of nodes;
• generating, for each community from among the plurality of communities, one or more traversability scores indicating a traversability of a given region of the environment corresponding to the community, wherein the traversability score comprises a numeric range, a categorical description, or a combination thereof;
• assigning, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one robot from among a plurality of robots to survey the community based on the one or more traversability scores;
• generating, for the plurality of robots, an intracommunity route within each community from among the plurality of communities;
• and
• deploying, for each community from among the plurality of communities, at least one of the plurality of robots based on the plurality of robots assigned to the community and the intracommunity route of the community.