OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002987

Autonomous and teleoperated sensor pointing on a mobile robot

Published: 2026-09-15T19:16:34.885307Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002987
Categories: Robotics & Automation > Robot Architectures

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ABSTRACT

A computer-implemented method executed by data processing hardware of a robot
causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations
include receiving a sensor pointing command that commands the robot to use a
sensor to capture sensor data of a location in an environment of the robot.
The sensor is disposed on the robot. The operations include determining, based
on an orientation of the sensor relative to the location, a direction for
pointing the sensor toward the location, and an alignment pose of the robot to
cause the sensor to point in the direction toward the location. The operations
include commanding the robot to move from a current pose to the alignment
pose. After the robot moves to the alignment pose and the sensor is pointing
in the direction toward the location, the operations include commanding the
sensor to capture the sensor data of the location in the environment.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002987
Published 2026-09-15T19:16:34.885307Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002987