Samsung patents method to control ROS2 robots via IoT apps
Samsung has filed a patent for a method that allows users to control robots running on the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) through standard Internet of Things (IoT) client applications. The process involves registering the robot with a cloud service, establishing secure communication channels, and generating a custom control interface within the app based on the robot's specific capabilities.
In the filing’s own words
A method of controlling for a ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) robot includes: enabling a control of the ROS2 robot through an Internet of Things (IoT) client application, where the enabling the control of the ROS2 robot includes: applying a robot configuration process including generating a robot application using a developer workspace, and inputting a robot serial number, a device identification, a public key and a task list into an IoT cloud, applying a robot onboarding mechanism process including onboarding the ROS2 robot to the IoT client application, and configuring, by a robot software development kit (SDK) node, communication among the ROS2 robot and the IoT cloud, applying a robot operational process including bridging communication, the robot SDK node, among the ROS2 robot, the IoT cloud and the IoT client application.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of controlling for a ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) robot, the method comprising: enabling a control of the ROS2 robot through an Internet of Things (IoT) client application, wherein the enabling the control of the ROS2 robot comprises: applying a robot configuration process comprising generating a robot application using a developer workspace, and inputting a robot serial number, a device identification, a public key and a task list into an IoT cloud, applying a robot onboarding mechanism process comprising onboarding the ROS2 robot to the IoT client application, and configuring, by a robot software development kit (SDK) node, communication among the ROS2 robot and the IoT cloud, applying a robot operational process comprising bridging communication, the robot SDK node, among the ROS2 robot, the IoT cloud and the IoT client application, and applying an IoT controller user experience (UX) component generation process comprising generating a page in the IoT client application, based on capabilities of the ROS2 robot, to control the ROS2 robot; and streaming media, directly or indirectly, through the robot SDK node to process command data, media data, action data and a collaborative bridge and validation process.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOR A ROS2 (ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM 2) ROBOT
- Publication number
- US20260303698A1
- Application number
- 19090031
- Filed
- Mar 25, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04L 67/34 Electricity & electronicsH04L 63/0807 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/12 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/38 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Robots & automation
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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