System and method for defining motions of a plurality of robots cooperatively performing a show

摘要

A system for defining motions of a plurality of real robots cooperatively performing a show based on a description of the motions of the robots defined by animation software. The system includes at least one storage for storing a plurality of segments that describe the motions of the robots during the show, each segment includes a description of motions of one of the robots during a defined time period, and for storing a plurality of scenes, each scene specifying a plurality of segments to be executed simultaneously by the robots, and a playlist handler configured to handle creation of a playlist including a sequence of scenes and to amend the playlist according to user commands, and a user interface configured to display the playlist to a user, to allow the user to edit the playlist by amending the sequence of scenes, and to receive the user commands.

主权项

1. A system for creating and amending a playlist defining motions of a plurality of real robots cooperatively performing a show, and the system comprises:
at least one storage for storing a plurality of segments that describe motions of the robots during the show, each segment includes a description of motions of one of the robots during a defined time period, which description comprises positions of the robot, and for storing a plurality of scenes, each scene specifying a plurality of segments to be executed simultaneously by the robots, a playlist handler configured to handle creation of a playlist including a sequence of scenes and to amend the playlist according to user commands, a user interface configured to display the playlist to a user, to allow the user to edit the playlist by amending the sequence of scenes, and to receive the user commands characterized in that said playlist handler is configured to receive a user command regarding an amendment to a part of the sequence of scenes, to validate the amendment based on said description of the motions of the robots of the segments included in the scenes in the amended part of the playlist, and to allow or deny the amendment based on the outcome of the validation, wherein the playlist handler is configured to compare positions belonging to the same robot of neighboring scenes in the amended part of the playlist and to validate the amendment based on the outcome of the comparison; and a plurality of real robots cooperatively performing the show.