Control architecture for multi-robot system

US9527211B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CNH Industrial America LLC · US

Inventors

• John H. Posselius · Ephrata, US
• Christopher A. Foster · Shillington, US
• Santosh K. Pitla · Columbus, US
• Scott Shearer · Hilliard, US
• Joe Luck · Lincoln, US
• Michael P. Sama · Lexington, US
• Rodrigo S. Zandonadi · Sinop, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0297
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multiple robot control architecture including a plurality of robotic agricultural machines including a first and second robotic agricultural machine. Each robotic agricultural machine including at least one controller configured to implement a plurality of finite state machines within an individual robot control architecture (IRCA) and a global information module (GIM) communicatively coupled to the IRCA. The GIMs of the first and second robotic agricultural machines being configured to cooperate to cause said first robotic agricultural machine and said second agricultural machine to perform at least one agricultural task.