Position-Controlled Robotic Fleet With Visual Handshakes

A first robotic device comprising:

• a communications interface;
• one or more processors;
• and
• data storage configured to store instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first robotic device to:
• receive instructions to perform a collaborative operation that is based on a relative positioning between the first robotic device and a second robotic device;
• receive, over the communications interface, data indicating a path towards the second robotic device;
• responsive to receiving the data indicating the path towards the second robotic device, initiate movement of the first robotic device along the path towards the second robotic device;
• and
• after initiating the movement of the first robotic device along the path, establish a visual handshake with the second robotic device that indicates the relative positioning between the first robotic device and the second robotic device for the collaborative operation.

A system comprising:

• a computing system communicatively coupled to a first robotic device and a second robotic device, the computing system configured to:
• identify a collaborative operation to be performed by a first robotic device and a second robotic device, wherein the collaborative operation is based on a relative positioning between the first robotic device and the second robotic device;
• determine respective locations, of the first robotic device and the second robotic device;
• and
• initiate a movement of the first robotic device along a path from the determined location of the first robotic device towards the determined location of the second robotic device;
• and
• the first robotic device and second robotic device configured to:
• establish a visual handshake that indicates the relative positioning between the first robotic device and the second robotic device for the collaborative operation.