System for cooperation of multiple robots using dynamic behavior binding and method thereof
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJoonmyun Cho, Hyoungsun Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for cooperation of multiple mobile robots and a method thereof that allow the multiple mobile robots to cooperatively execute one complicated task. The system and method can use centralized control architecture, create robot cooperation application codes on the basis of conceptual behavior units without depending on actual physical robots, and dynamically bind behavior units used to create the robot cooperation application at the time of executing the robot cooperation application to actual functions of the robots, thereby actively adjusting to changes in a dynamical environment, such as a change in the types, the number, and the functions of robots for cooperation.
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A system for cooperation of robots using dynamic behavior binding, comprising:
- a behavior unit storage unit that stores conceptual behavior units of robots;
- an application creating unit that creates a robot cooperation application using the behavior units stored in the behavior unit storage unit and creates an application specification for the robot cooperation application, wherein the application specification defines a mapping relationship between the behavior units and the robots that execute the behavior units;
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- an application executing unit that analyzes the application specification to determine a robot combination for executing the robot cooperation application based on the mapping relationship defined in the application specification, and generates a behavior binding object on the basis of the robot combination, wherein the behavior binding object is responsible for binding between the behavior units and the robot functions that are needed to execute the robot cooperation application on the basis of information defined in the application specification and information of the available robots at the time of executing the robot cooperation application and the functional configurations of the available robots.
A computer system for performing a method for cooperation of robots using dynamic behavior binding, the method comprising:
- storing conceptual behavior units of robots;
- storing a robot cooperation application created using the stored behavior units;
- storing an application specification for the robot cooperation application, wherein the application specification defines a mapping relationship between the behavior units and the robots that execute the behavior units;
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- analyzing the application specification to determine a robot combination for executing the robot cooperation application based on the mapping relationship defined in the application specification, and generating a behavior binding object on the basis of the robot combination, wherein the behavior binding object is responsible for binding between the behavior units and the specific robot functions that are needed to execute the robot cooperation application on the basis of information defined in the application specification and information of the available robots at the time of executing the robot cooperation application and the functional configurations of the available robots.
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