Autonomous and safe integration of human task in robotic operation
AssigneeDexterity, Inc.
InventorsZhouwen Sun, Cuthbert Sun, Andrew Nguyen, Samuel Tay, Emilie Peck, Kevin Jose Chavez, Robert Holmberg
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Abstract
A robotic line kitting system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a sensor reading associated with a force sensor associated with a robotic instrumentality comprising the robotic line kitting system is received. It is determined based at least in part on the sensor reading that a condition requiring human intervention has been detected. A task to be performed by a human worker to correct the condition is scheduled.
Claims20
A robotic system, comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
- receive via the communication interface a sensor reading associated with a force sensor associated with a robotic instrumentality comprising the robotic system, wherein the sensor reading associated with the force sensor occurs during a grasp of a receptacle that includes one or more items;
- determine based at least in part on the sensor reading that a condition requiring human intervention has been detected, wherein the sensor reading indicates a weight associated with the receptacle, wherein a change in the weight associated with the receptacle is used to detect that an item of the one or more items has dropped from the receptacle;
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- in response to the change in the weight associated with the receptacle indicating the condition requiring human intervention, schedule a task to be performed by a human worker to correct the condition.
A method to control a robotic system, comprising:
- receiving a sensor reading associated with a force sensor associated with a robotic instrumentality comprising the robotic system, wherein the sensor reading associated with the force sensor occurs during a grasp of a receptacle that includes one or more items;
- determining based at least in part on the sensor reading that a condition requiring human intervention has been detected, wherein the sensor reading indicates a weight associated with the receptacle, wherein a change in the weight associated with the receptacle is used to detect that an item of the one or more items has dropped from the receptacle;
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- in response to the change in the weight associated with the receptacle indicating the condition requiring human intervention, scheduling a task to be performed by a human worker to correct the condition.
A computer program product to control a robotic system, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a sensor reading associated with a force sensor associated with a robotic instrumentality comprising the robotic system, wherein the sensor reading associated with the force sensor occurs during a grasp of a receptacle that includes one or more items;
- determining based at least in part on the sensor reading that a condition requiring human intervention has been detected, wherein the sensor reading indicates a weight associated with the receptacle, wherein a change in the weight associated with the receptacle is used to detect that an item of the one or more items has dropped from the receptacle;
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- in response to the change in the weight associated with the receptacle indicating the condition requiring human intervention, scheduling a task to be performed by a human worker to correct the condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.