Patent ID: 11958193
Assignee: FASTBRICK IP PTY LTD
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E  G  Y | IPC B  E  G

Claim 18:
19. A method for performing interactions within a physical environment using a system including a robot, the system having:
a) a robot base being mounted on a boom, wherein the robot base undergoes movement relative to the environment;
b) a robot arm mounted to the robot base, the robot arm including an end effector mounted thereon for performing said interactions;
c) a communications system including a fieldbus network;
d) a tracking system including:
i) a tracking base positioned in the environment and connected to the fieldbus network; and,
ii) a target mounted to a component of the robot; and

e) a control system,
wherein the method comprises:
moving the robot base relative to the environment while the robot arm is in use;
tracking the target as the robot moves to determine a position and/or orientation of the target relative to the tracking base; and
in the control system:
(1) communicating with the tracking system via the fieldbus network to determine the position and/or orientation of the target relative to the tracking base while the robot base undergoes movements;
(2) controlling the robot arm via the fieldbus network in accordance with the position and/or orientation of target relative to the tracking base; and
(3) controlling the boom via the fieldbus network in accordance with the position and/or orientation of the tracking target relative to the tracking base.