Component-Inventory-Based Robot Fleet Management in Value Chain Networks

A robot fleet management platform, comprising:

• a computer-readable storage system that stores a resources data store that maintains:
• a robot inventory that indicates a plurality of robots that can be assigned to a robot fleet, and for each respective robot, a set of baseline features of the robot and a respective status of the robot, wherein the robot inventory of robots includes a plurality of multi-purpose robots that can be configured for different tasks and different environments;
• and
• a components inventory that indicates different components that can be provisioned to one or more multi-purpose robots, and for each component, a respective set of extended capabilities corresponding to the component and a respective status of the component;
• and
• a set of one or more processors that execute a set of computer-readable instructions, wherein the set of one or more processors collectively:
• receive a request for a robotic fleet to perform a job;
• determine a job definition data structure based on the request, the job definition data structure defining a set of tasks that are to be performed in performance of the job;
• determine a robot fleet configuration data structure corresponding to the job based on the set of tasks and the robot inventory, wherein the robot fleet configuration data structure assigns a plurality of robots selected from the robot inventory to the set of tasks defined in the job definition data structure and the plurality of robots includes one or more assigned multi-purpose robots;
• determine a respective configuration for each respective assigned multi-purpose robot based on the respective task that is assigned to the assigned multi-purpose robot and the components inventory;
• configure the one or more assigned multi-purpose robots based on the respective configurations;
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• deploy the robotic fleet to perform the job.