Data Exchange Within a Robotic System Using Mobile Robots

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method for exchanging data within a robotic system comprising a mobile field robot for operating in a field and a mobile service robot, the field robot and the service robot each comprising a buffer for storing data and a first communication device with a short-range communication reach for exchanging data with each other, the method comprising: commanding the field robot to operate in the field using data stored in the buffer of the field robot, recognizing a necessity of a data transfer for the field robot, commanding the service robot to approach to the field robot, detecting that one of the robots is covered by the short-range communication reach of the other robot, initiating a data transfer between the field robot and the service robot.

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