Methods and apparatus for dynamically routing robots based on exploratory on-board mapping

    公开(公告)号:US11314254B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16365197

    申请日:2019-03-26

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamically routing robots based on exploratory on-board mapping are disclosed. A control system of a robot includes an image manager to command a depth camera to capture depth images of an environment. The depth camera has a field of view. The control system further includes a map generator to generate a map of the environment based on the depth images. The map includes a representation of unoccupied space within the environment, and a path extending through the unoccupied space from a reference location of the robot to a target location of the robot. The control system further includes a field of view evaluator to determine whether the field of view associated with the reference location satisfies a threshold. The control system further includes a route generator to generate, in response to the field of view associated with the reference location satisfying the threshold, a route to be followed by the robot within the environment. The route includes a first candidate location located along the path of the map between the reference location and the target location. The first candidate location is within the field of view associated with the reference location.

    Drone path planning
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10768623B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15851273

    申请日:2017-12-21

    Abstract: Various systems and methods for drone path planning are described herein. A system for drone path planning for a drone, the system to perform the operations: storing a current location of the drone as a current waypoint in a set of waypoints, the set of waypoints to include the current waypoint and a previous waypoint; detecting a current set of frontiers from the current location; storing the current set of frontiers in a list of active goals, the current set of frontiers associated with the current location; determining whether a target is discovered in the current set of frontiers; exploring the current set of frontiers to attempt to find the target; and exploring a previous set of frontiers from the list of active goals, when exploring the current set of frontiers does not, discover the target, the previous set of frontiers associated with the previous waypoint.

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