Collaborative robot manifold tracker
First Claim
1. A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows using at least three autonomous sensors each equipped with a local flow sensor for sensing flow in an air medium, and wherein a first flow sensor is a tracking sensor and the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor, comprising:
- deploying the sensors in the air medium whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary;
obtaining a local fluid flow velocity measurement from each sensor; and
based on the local flow velocity measurements predicting a global fluid flow coherent structure.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows employs at least three autonomous sensors each equipped with a local flow sensor for sensing flow in a designated fluid medium, e.g. water or air. A first flow sensor is a tracking sensor while the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor. The tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors in the fluid medium such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary; obtaining a local fluid flow velocity measurement from each sensor. A global fluid flow structure is predicted based on the local flow velocity measurements. In a water medium, mobile autonomous underwater flow sensors may be deployed with each tethered to a watersurface craft.
-
Citations
4 Claims
-
1. A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows using at least three autonomous sensors each equipped with a local flow sensor for sensing flow in an air medium, and wherein a first flow sensor is a tracking sensor and the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor, comprising:
- deploying the sensors in the air medium whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary;
obtaining a local fluid flow velocity measurement from each sensor; and
based on the local flow velocity measurements predicting a global fluid flow coherent structure. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- deploying the sensors in the air medium whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary;
-
3. A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows using at least three mobile autonomous underwater flow sensors, and wherein a first flow sensor is a tracking sensor and the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor, and wherein the sensors are each tethered to an autonomous watersurface craft, comprising:
-
deploying the sensors in a body of water whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary; obtaining a local flow velocity measurement from each sensor; and based on the local flow velocity measurements predicting a global flow structure useful for plotting an optimal course for a vessel between two or more locations. - View Dependent Claims (4)
-
Specification