Patent ID: 8982217
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G05B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a first robot device capturing an image of an arrangement of an environment; based on the image, determining at least a portion of a first state describing the arrangement of the environment using a first plurality of state attributes; accessing a calendar of the environment, wherein the calendar indicates a plurality of requests for states at corresponding predetermined times; identifying from the calendar a particular calendar event that indicates a request for the first state at a predetermined time receiving a request for an additional state at the predetermined time, the additional state having a second plurality of state attributes; identifying, by the first robot device, common state attributes and compatible state attributes between the first state and the additional state based on the first plurality of state attributes and the second plurality of state attributes; and the first robot device instructing one or more other robot devices to modify the environment at the predetermined time using at least one mechanical actuator based on at least one of the common state attributes and compatible state attributes.