System for determining the location of a data storage library robot and methods of determining the same

摘要

Systems and methods for determining the location of a mobile robot within a data storage library and to a library including such systems and utilizing such methods.

主权项

1. A data storage library comprising:
(a) a plurality of media elements on which data is recorded; (b) a plurality of storage cells, each cell adapted to receive a media element; (c) at least one drive adapted to cooperatively receive a media element and to either read information from or write information onto the media element when the media element is cooperatively received by the at least one drive; (d) at least one mobile transport robot adapted to place the media elements into the storage cells and remove the media elements out of the storage cells and to transport the media elements to and from the at least one drive; and (e) means for determining the location of the at least one mobile transport robot within the library.