Control system with task manager

US12384037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Huan Tan · Pasadena, US
• John Michael Lizzi · Saratoga Springs, US
• Charles Burton Theurer · Niskayuna, US
• Balajee Kannan · Niskayuna, US
• Romano Patrick · Niskayuna, US
• Mark Bachman · San Diego, US
• Michael VanderLinden · Knoxville, US
• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Norman Wellings · Agency, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2022
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/40041
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A control system includes a task manager that can determine capability requirements to perform a task on the target object. The task has an associated series of sub-tasks, with the sub-tasks having one or more capability requirements. The task manager selects and assigns a first sequence of sub-tasks to a first robotic machine that has a first set of capabilities and operates according to a first mode of operation. The task manager selects and assigns a second sequence of sub-tasks to a second robotic machine that has a second set of capabilities and operates according to a second mode of operation. The task manager selects the first robotic machine based on the first set of capabilities and the first mode of operation of the first robotic machine, and selects the second robotic machine based on the second set of capabilities and the second mode of operation.