公开(公告)号：US20240295880A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18176937

申请日：2023-03-01

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Rainer Hessmer ,  Nikhil J. Joshi ,  Daniel Lam ,  Pavel Vodenski

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0295

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a robotic device, an indication that the robotic device was elected to be a leader robotic device by a plurality of robotic devices and receiving an indication of a new task in a remotely stored list of tasks. The method further includes determining, based on a remotely stored list of robotic devices, an additional robotic device to assign the new task. The remotely stored list of robotic devices comprises an entry for each respective robotic device of the plurality of robotic devices associating the respective robotic device with an identifier and a heartbeat. The method additionally includes assigning the new task to the additional robotic device based on the additional robotic device having an active heartbeat. Assigning the new task to the additional robotic device comprises associating the new task with the additional robotic device in the remotely stored list of tasks to cause the additional robotic device to carry out the new task.