METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURING ROBOT COMPONENTS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for reconfiguring robot components in an environment that includes a robot terminal apparatus, including a plurality of internal components, and external components, existing outside the robot terminal apparatus and interacting with the internal components, the apparatus comprising:
- a situation monitoring unit for checking whether there has been a change in a situation of the robot terminal apparatus;
a component availability analysis unit for determining at least one component that belongs to the internal components or the external components and that is available in accordance with a change in the situation of the robot terminal apparatus based on results of the checking of the situation monitoring unit;
a component search unit for searching for at least one component based on results of the determination of the component availability analysis unit;
a component dependency analysis unit for analyzing a dependency relationship between the component found by the component search unit and the component determined to be available by the component availability analysis unit; and
a component reconfiguration unit for reconfiguring a connection relationship between the components based on the dependency relationship between the components analyzed by the component dependency analysis unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus for reconfiguring robot components in an environment that includes a robot terminal apparatus, including a plurality of internal components, and external components, interacting with the internal components, includes a situation monitoring unit for checking whether there has been a change in a situation of the robot terminal apparatus. Further, the apparatus includes a component availability analysis unit for determining at least one available component that belongs to the internal components or the external components; and a component search unit for searching for at least one component based on results of the determination of the component availability analysis unit. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a component dependency analysis unit for analyzing a dependency relationship between the component found by the component search unit and the component determined to be available by the component availability analysis unit; and a component reconfiguration unit for reconfiguring a connection relationship between the components.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for reconfiguring robot components in an environment that includes a robot terminal apparatus, including a plurality of internal components, and external components, existing outside the robot terminal apparatus and interacting with the internal components, the apparatus comprising:
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a situation monitoring unit for checking whether there has been a change in a situation of the robot terminal apparatus; a component availability analysis unit for determining at least one component that belongs to the internal components or the external components and that is available in accordance with a change in the situation of the robot terminal apparatus based on results of the checking of the situation monitoring unit; a component search unit for searching for at least one component based on results of the determination of the component availability analysis unit; a component dependency analysis unit for analyzing a dependency relationship between the component found by the component search unit and the component determined to be available by the component availability analysis unit; and a component reconfiguration unit for reconfiguring a connection relationship between the components based on the dependency relationship between the components analyzed by the component dependency analysis unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of reconfiguring robot components, comprising:
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monitoring a current situation of a robot terminal apparatus; if, as a result of the monitoring of the situation, it is determined that there has been a change in the situation of the robot terminal apparatus, determining whether there is at least one unavailable component by analyzing component availability; if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that there is no unavailable component, searching for a component available in accordance with the change in the situation of the robot terminal apparatus; analyzing a dependency relationship of the available component; and if, as a result of the searching and the analysis, it is determined that there is a component in the robot terminal apparatus, reconfiguring the component and executing a component not being executed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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