Training and operating industrial robots

摘要

Robots may manipulate objects based on sensor input about the objects and/or the environment in conjunction with data structures representing primitive tasks and, in some embodiments, objects and/or locations associated therewith. The data structures may be created by instantiating respective prototypes during training by a human trainer.

主权项

1. A robot for manipulating objects within an environment based on physical perception thereof, comprising:
at least one appendage for manipulating an object; a controller for operating the at least one appendage; a perception system for receiving physical information about at least one of the object or the environment from at least one sensor; an instance database comprising a plurality of stored instances at least some of which specify tasks to be performed by the appendage on the object; and a task-execution module, responsive to the perception system, for automatically selecting at least one of the instances from the instance database based on information received from the perception system, and automatically executing the at least one selected instance via commands to the controller.