Patent application EP17203959A (EP), filed 2017-11-28
Publication number: EP3328035A1
Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLOADING ROBOTIC FUNCTIONS TO NETWORK EDGE AUGMENTED CLOUDS
Abstract: A system and method for offloading scalable robotic tasks in a mobile robotics framework. The system comprises a cluster of mobile robots and they are connected with a back-end cluster infrastructure. It receives scalable robotic tasks at a mobile robot of the cluster. The scalable robotics tasks include building a map of an unknown environment by using the mobile robot, navigating the environment using the map and localizing the mobile robot on the map. Therefore, the system estimate the map of an unknown environment and at the same time it localizes the mobile robot on the map. Further, the system analyzes the scalable robotics tasks based on computation, communication load and energy usage of each scalable robotic task. And finally the system priorities the scalable robotic tasks to minimize the execution time of the tasks and partitioning the SLAM with computation offloading in edge network and mobile cloud server setup.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    08            A I
G06Q  10/    06            A I
H04L  67/    10            A I
H04L  67/  1097            A I
H04L  67/    12            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method for offloading one or more scalable robotic tasks in a mobile robotics framework, wherein the method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
number: 3
text: The method claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
number: 4
text: A system for offloading one or more scalable robotic tasks in a mobile robotics framework, wherein the system comprising:
number: 5
text: The system claimed in claim 4, wherein the one or more scalable robotic tasks include building a map of an unknown environment by using the mobile robot, navigating the environment using the map and localizing the mobile robot on the map.
number: 6
text: The system claimed in claim 4, wherein the system estimates a map of an unknown environment by using the mobile robot, wherein at the same time the mobile robot localizes itself on the map.
number: 7
text: The system claimed in claim 4, wherein the analysis module priorities the one or more scalable robotic tasks to minimize the execution time of the one or more scalable robotic tasks of the mobile robot.
number: 8
text: The system claimed in claim 4, wherein the system is configured to execute computation of the one or more offloaded scalable robotic tasks at one or more external resources comprising steps of:
number: 9
text: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for offloading one or more scalable robotic tasks in a mobile robotics framework, the instructions comprise:
number: 10
text: The non-transitory computer readable medium claimed in claim 9, wherein the computer-executable instruction further comprising:
number: 11
text: The non-transitory computer readable medium claimed in claim 9, wherein the computer-executable instruction further comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-05-30
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: AU2013263851A1
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severity: background
ref_id: US8406926B1
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ref_id: US2015262102A1
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ref_id: US2008005255A1
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ref_id: US8406926
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ref_id: AU2013263851
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2015262102
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severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2018-05-30)