SMART ON-DEMAND MARKETPLACE AND SERVICE DELIVERY FOR ROBOTS

• Main Authors: Cui, Zhi, Smith, JR., Paul Edward, Shaw, Venson
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.05.2024
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first, second, and third data associated with respective first, second, and third physical robots operating in a smart community (wherein the first data comprises a first historical listing of first tasks that had been performed by the first physical robot, wherein the second data comprises a second historical listing of second tasks that had been performed by the second physical robot, wherein the first tasks and the second tasks include a common task, wherein the third data comprises an indication of a current task being performed by the third physical robot, and wherein the current task is the common task); predicting, based upon the first, second, and third data, a future task that will be performed by the third physical robot (wherein the future task that is predicted is a task selected from the first tasks and the second tasks); selecting, based upon the future task that is predicted, a downloadable service that can be used by the third physical robot to carry out the future task that is predicted (wherein the selecting results in a selected downloadable service); and providing, to the third physical robot, a notification of an availability of the selected downloadable service for instantiation and execution on the third physical robot. Other embodiments are disclosed.