US 2025/0153360 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS

Abstract

A method for automated coordination of the activities of a plurality of robots that perform activities as a group in a common robot cell, scheduled tasks of the robots of the common robot cell are detected, with dependencies existing among the tasks. The scheduled tasks are assigned to individual robots of the common robot cell during the operation of the common robot cell. Instructions for the execution of the scheduled tasks are transmitted to the individual robots of the common robot cell. During the execution of the tasks, the robot cell state is recorded. The execution of the tasks not yet is optimised during the operation of the common robot cell, taking into account the current robot cell state and the dependencies existing among the tasks.

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A method for automated coordination of the activities of a plurality of robots that perform activities as a group in a common robot cell, the method comprising:

detecting scheduled tasks of the robots of the common robot cell, wherein dependencies exist among the scheduled tasks;
assigning the scheduled tasks to individual robots of the common robot cell during operation of the common robot cell;
transmitting instructions for the execution of the scheduled tasks to individual robots of the common robot cell;
recording the robot cell state during execution of the scheduled tasks;
and
optimizing the execution of the scheduled tasks not yet executed during operation of the common robot cell, based on a current robot cell state and the dependencies existing among the scheduled tasks.

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An apparatus for automated coordination of the activities of a plurality of robots performing activities as a group in a common robot cell,

wherein the apparatus detects scheduled tasks of the robots of the common robot cell, wherein dependencies exist among the scheduled tasks;
wherein the apparatus assigns the scheduled tasks to individual robots of the common robot cell during operation of the common robot cell;
wherein the apparatus transmits instructions for executing the scheduled tasks to the individual robots of the common robot cell;
wherein the apparatus records the robot cell state during the execution of the scheduled tasks;
and
wherein the apparatus optimizes the execution of tasks not yet performed during operation of the common robot cell, taking into account the current robot cell state and the dependencies existing among the scheduled tasks.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for automated coordination of the activities of a plurality of robots

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