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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Paul Beardsley, Zurich, CH;
Javier Alonso Mora, Zurich, CH;
Andreas Breitenmoser, Zurich, CH;
Federico Perazzi, Bergamo, IT;
Alexander Hornung, Zurich, CH;
Paul Beardsley, Zurich, CH;
Javier Alonso Mora, Zurich, CH;
Andreas Breitenmoser, Zurich, CH;
Federico Perazzi, Bergamo, IT;
Alexander Hornung, Zurich, CH;
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for controlling robot pixels to display a visual representation of a real-world video texture. Mobile robots with controllable color may generate visual representations of the real-world video texture to create an effect like fire, sunlight on water, leaves fluttering in sunlight, a wheat field swaying in the wind, crowd flow in a busy city, and clouds in the sky. The robot pixels function as a display device for a given allocation of robot pixels. Techniques are also disclosed for distributed collision avoidance among multiple non-holonomic and holonomic robots to guarantee smooth and collision-free motions.