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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method protect a robot in a hazardous environment. The method comprises detecting, with a hazardous environment detector, the presence of a hazardous gas within a bounded environment defining the boundaries of the hazardous environment, and detecting a wind flow speed and wind flow direction proximate the hazardous environment detector. The method further comprises determining a hazardous gas concentration (HGC) that is at least one of a present HGC and a predicted future HGC, and reading, from a database, a maximum HGC for at least one of the robot and a payload of the robot. Conditioned upon the HGC exceeding a threshold value of the maximum HGC, the method directs the robot to move to a safe location in which the HGC does not exceed the threshold value of the maximum HGC.