Systems and methods of sensor data fusion

A method for sensor data fusion for sensor management and utilization in robotics, comprising:

• providing at least one computer processor including a memory;
• providing at least one curation engine, at least one link engine, at least one fusion engine, at least one inference engine, and at least one validation engine;
• at least one first position sensor capturing a first position measurement of a robotic component;
• at least one second position sensor capturing a second position measurement of the robotic component;
• analyzing by the at least one computer processor the first position measurement and the second position measurement;
• receiving by the at least one computer processor at least one query;
• curating by the at least one curation engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement, linking by the at least one link engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement, fusing by the at least one fusion engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement, determining at least one inference by the at least one inference engine from the first position measurement and the second position measurement, and validating by the at least one validation engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement;
• curating by the at least one curation engine the first position measurement by categorizing the first position measurement into at least one first position property and/or at least one first position sub-property;
• wherein the at least one first position property and/or the at least one first position sub-property includes at least one additional data point of the robotic component;
• curating by the at least one curation engine the second position measurement by categorizing the second position measurement into at least one second position property and/or at least one second position sub-property;
• wherein the at least one second position property and/or the at least one second position sub-property includes the at least one additional data point of the robotic component and/or at least one different additional data point of the robotic component;
• filtering by the at least one curation engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement based in part on the at least one first position property and/or the at least one first position sub-property and the at least one second position property and/or the at least one second position sub-property;
• calculating by the at least one curation engine a degree of certainty that the at least one first position property and/or the at least one first position sub-property is correlated to the at least one second position property and/or the at least one second position sub-property;
• fusing by the at least one fusion engine the first position measurement and the second position measurement, wherein the at least one fusion engine creates at least one new data set;
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• instructing by the at least one computer processor movement of the robotic component based on the at least one new data set.

A system for sensor data fusion for sensor management and utilization in robotics, comprising:

• at least one computer processor including a memory;
• at least one curation engine, at least one link engine, at least one fusion engine, at least one inference engine, and at least one validation engine;
• and
• at least two sensors, each of the at least two sensors operable to measure a first position of a robotic component and a second position of the robotic component;
• wherein the at least one computer processor is operable to analyze the first position and the second position;
• wherein the at least one computer processor is operable to receive at least one query;
• wherein the at least one curation engine is operable to curate the first position and the second position, the at least one link engine is operable to link the first position and the second position, the at least one fusion engine is operable to fuse the first position and the second position, the at least one inference engine is operable to determine at least one inference from the first position and the second position, and the at least one validation engine is operable to validate the first position and the second position;
• wherein the at least one curation engine is operable to curate the first position by categorizing the first position into at least one first position property and/or at least one first position sub-property based in part on the at least one query;
• wherein the at least one first position property and/or the at least one first position sub-property includes at least one additional data point of the robotic component;
• wherein the at least one curation engine is operable to curate the second position by categorizing the second position into at least one second position property and/or at least one second position sub-property based in part on the at least one query;
• wherein the at least one second position property and/or the at least one second position sub-property includes the at least one additional data point of the robotic component and/or at least one different additional data point of the robotic component;
• wherein the at least one curation engine is operable to filter the first position and the second position based in part on the at least one query;
• wherein the at least one curation engine is operable to calculate a degree of certainty that the at least one first position property and/or the at least one first position sub-property is correlated to the at least one second position property and/or the at least one second position sub-property;
• wherein the at least one fusion engine is operable to fuse the first position and the second position, wherein the at least one fusion engine creates at least one new data set;
• and
• wherein the at least one computer processor is operable to instruct the robotic component to move based on the at least one new data set.