Robotic control via a virtual world simulation
US11762369B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/50391
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system has a virtual-world (VW) controller and a physical-world (PW) controller. The pairing of a PW element with a VW element establishes them as corresponding physical and virtual twins. The VW controller and/or the PW controller receives measurements from one or more sensors characterizing aspects of the physical world, the VW controller generates the virtual twin, and the VW controller and/or the PW controller generates commands for one or more actuators affecting aspects of the physical world. To coordinate the corresponding virtual and physical twins, (i) the VW controller controls the virtual twin based on the physical twin or (ii) the PW controller controls the physical twin based on the virtual twin. Depending on the operating mode, one of the VW and PW controllers is a master controller, and the other is a slave controller, where the virtual and physical twins are both controlled based on one of VW or PW forces.
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