Resources management in internet of robotic things (iort) environments

A resource management system (100), comprising:

• a memory (102) storing instructions;
• one or more communication interfaces (106);
• and
• one or more hardware processors (104) coupled to the memory (102) via the one or more communication interfaces (106), wherein the one or more hardware processors (104) are configured by the instructions to:
• initialize, in the resource management system (i) a redundancy parameter M pertaining to a plurality of resources to be deployed in an Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) environment, and (ii) a cycle time indicative of one or more changes in the IoRT environment;
• obtain a list of resources from a global standby resources queue stored in the memory;
• compute reliability and availability of each resource from the list of resources based on a Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) and a Mean Time To Repair (MTTR);
• generate, based on the reliability and availability, a priority list of resources;
• assign, based on the reliability and availability, at least one unique heterogeneous subtask comprised in a homogeneous task, to one or more corresponding resources from the priority list of resources, wherein the one or more corresponding resources are being deployed in the IoRT environment, and wherein the at least one heterogeneous subtask comprises a subtask span indicating a completion time;
• determine an execution failure of the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask being performed by each of the one or more corresponding resources;
• upon determining the execution failure, query, at least one specific heterogeneous subtask warm standby resource queue from a local warm standby resource queue to determine an availability status of at least one warm standby resource;
• and
• based on the availability status:
• (a) determine a wait time for the at least one resource that has failed to execute the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask, wherein the wait time is indicative of (i) one or more faulty resources in a local faulty standby resource queue to get repaired and added to the local warm standby resource queue, wherein each of the one or more faulty resources is a potential resource that was previously identified to perform the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask, or (ii) a next maintenance cycle, wherein during the next maintenance cycle a resource is selected and identified as a potential resource based on reliability and availability associated thereof to perform the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask by querying a global standby resource queue;
• or
• (b) identify and selecting, based on reliability and availability, at least one warm standby resource from the at least one specific heterogeneous subtask warm standby resource queue;
• and
• (c) replace the at least one resource that has failed to execute the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask with the identified at least one warm standby resource.

One or more non-transitory machine readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions which when executed by one or more hardware processors cause:

• initializing, in a resource management system, (i) a redundancy parameter M pertaining to a plurality of resources to be deployed in an Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) environment, and (ii) a cycle time indicative of one or more changes in the IoRT environment;
• obtaining, via the one or more hardware processors, a list of resources from a global standby resources queue;
• computing, using the one or more hardware processors, reliability and availability of each resource from the list of resources based on a Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) and a Mean Time To Repair (MTTR);
• generating using the one or more hardware processors, based on the reliability and availability, a priority list of resources;
• assigning, based on the reliability and availability, at least one unique heterogeneous subtask comprised in a homogeneous task, to one or more corresponding resources from the priority list of resources, wherein the one or more corresponding resources are being deployed in the IoRT environment, and wherein the at least one heterogeneous subtask comprises a subtask span indicating a completion time;
• determining, using the one or more hardware processors, an execution failure of the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask being performed by each of the one or more corresponding resources;
• upon determining the execution failure, querying, at least one specific heterogeneous subtask warm standby resource queue from a local warm standby resource queue to determine an availability status of at least one warm standby resource;
• and
• based on the availability status:
• (a) determining a wait time for the at least one resource that has failed to execute the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask, wherein the wait time is indicative of (i) one or more faulty resources in a local faulty standby resource queue to get repaired and added to the local warm standby resource queue, wherein each of the one or more faulty resources is a potential resource that was previously identified to perform the at least one heterogeneous subtask, or (ii) a next maintenance cycle, wherein during the next maintenance cycle a resource is selected and identified as a potential resource based on reliability and availability associated thereof to perform the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask by querying a global standby resource queue;
• or
• (b) identifying and selecting, based on reliability and availability, at least one warm standby resource from the at least one specific heterogeneous subtask warm standby resource queue;
• and
• (c) replacing the at least one resource that has failed to execute the at least one unique heterogeneous subtask with the identified at least one warm standby resource.