Task management of robot using cloud computing

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the application of cloud computing in the field of robotics where a robot is assigned the job of picking up sticks lying in the floor and to keep them in the given space. The robot is connected to the cloud through a network. It receives the answer to the queries of the database residing in the cloud about the location of the sticks to be picked up and receives the coordinates of the location of the spaces where it is to be kept. The robot offloads the calculation of the distances of every stick from it and the distances of the spaces from the sticks and the sequence of the sticks and the spaces where it is to be kept. The cloud calculates the sequence of the sticks to be picked up by the robot and the location of the space where each stick is to be kept. Cloud computing minimizes the memory of the robot as the database, which may be very voluminous, are kept in the Cloud. It also reduces the need of the robot for high processor as the complex calculation is to be done in the cloud. It is assumed that the number of spaces is more than the number of sticks to be kept. So the calculation has the option of choosing the spaces that minimizes the total distance travelled by the robot.