Intelligent Gbots form a basic building block of Pacifc
Controls Galaxy Enterprise City Management solution.
Gbots are intelligent robots that operate continuously and
autonomously in any systems environment, often one
inhabited by other Gbots and processes.
4.1 The capabilities of Gbots
Gbots assist people and act on their behalf, thanks to
their autonomous operation, modular structure and
ability to communicate. Gbots are a very fexible tool for
integration and optimization at multiple levels. The graphic
below illustrates the roles that they can play in smart
systems.
Gbots perceive their environment through sensors and
act upon that environment through effectors. A human
agent has eyes, ears, and other organs for sensors, and
hands, legs, mouth, and other body parts for effectors.
Gbots substitute cameras and infrared range fnders for
the sensors and various motors for the effectors. A Gbot’s
perceptions and actions take the form of binary data –
encoded strings of bits.
Gbots know, or can learn, about the systems and
equipment they monitor and can communicate and
collaborate with other Gbots to achieve a common goal,
such as identifying and diagnosing problems, minimizing
energy consumption, minimizing operating costs, or
maximizing comfort. Gbots can be dispatched to run
on local processors within the systems they are working
on, which greatly reduces the computational load on the
central servers.
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