Data center robotic device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCullen E. Bash, Abdlmonem H. Beitelmal, Keith Farkas, Chandrakant D. Patel, Parthasarathy Ranganathan
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Abstract
A method for operating a data center with a robotic device. In the method, a condition is detected in a location of the data center. The robotic device, which includes a camera and a manipulator, is maneuvered to travel to the location of the data center. The location of the data center is imaged with the camera of the robotic device and an object is manipulated with the manipulator of the robotic device.
Claims41
A method for operating a data center with a robotic device, said method comprising:
- detecting a condition in a location of the data center, wherein the condition comprises at least one of gas, smoke, noise, temperature, pressure, humidity, and airflow velocity;
- maneuvering the robotic device to travel to the location of the detected condition in the data center, wherein the robotic device comprises a camera and a manipulator;
- imaging the location of the detected condition in the data center with the camera of the robotic device;
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- manipulating an object with to manipulator of the robotic device around the location of the detected condition.
A method for operating a data center with a robotic device having a manipulator, said method comprising:
- detecting a malfunctioning server in a location of the data center, maneuvering to robotic device to travel to the location of to detected malfunctioning server;
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- depressing a power switch of to malfunctioning server with the manipulator of the robotic device to thereby deactivate the malfunctioning server.
A method for operating a data center with a robotic device, said method comprising:
- plotting a route for the robotic device to travel in the data center;
- maneuvering the robotic device to travel along the plotted route;
- detecting one or more conditions in the data center with the robotic device, wherein the one or more conditions comprise at least one of gas, smoke, noise, temperature, pressure, humidity, airflow velocity, server performance, and vent impedance;
- determining whether the one or more conditions in the data center are within respective norms;
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- manipulating one or more objects in response to the one or more conditions being outside the respective norms.
A robotic device for perforating operations in a data center, said robotic device comprising:
- a body having a plurality of wheels;
- a steering and propelling mechanism located on the body to control rotation and direction of the plurality of wheels;
- at least one sensor for detecting one or more conditions in to data center, said one or more conditions comprising at least one of gas, smoke, noise, temperature, pressure, humidity, and airflow velocity;
- an arm assembly rotatably attached to the body;
- a manipulator assembly rotatably attached to a free end of the arm assembly,
- a plurality of actuators for manipulating the arm assembly and the manipulator assembly;
- a controller configured to control to plurality of actuators to manipulate the arm assembly and the manipulator assembly into various positions, wherein the controller is further configured to operate the plurality of actuators to perform operations in the data center.
A system fur operating a data center with a robotic device, sold system comprising:
- means for detecting one or more conditions in the data center, wherein the one or more conditions comprise at least one of gas, smoke, noise, temperature, pressure, humidity, airflow velocity, server performance, and vent impedance;
- means for determining whether the one or more conditions are within respective norms;
- means for determining one or more manipulations to objects to bring the one or more conditions to within the respective norms;
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- means for manipulating the objects with the robotic device.
A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for operating a data center with a robotic device, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:
- detecting a condition in a location of the data center, wherein the condition comprises at least one of gas, smoke, noise, temperature, pressure, humidity, airflow velocity, server performance, and vent impedance;
- maneuvering the robotic device to travel to the location of the detected condition in the data center, wherein the robotic device comprises a camera and a manipulator;
- imaging the location of the detected condition in the data center with the camera of the robotic device;
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- manipulating an object with the manipulator of the robotic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.