Abstract: A method for exchanging data within a robotic system including at least three robotic units, each robotic unit having a first communication device with a short range communication reach for exchanging data with each other and a data storage. The method includes the acts of recognizing a necessity of a data transfer for a first robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, determining an area of interference of the short range communication reach of the first robotic unit and the short range communication reach of a second robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, the second robotic unit being out of the short range communication reach of the first robotic unit, determining a waypoint within the area of interference for a third robotic unit of the at least three robotic units, and commanding the third robotic unit to move to the waypoint.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for exchanging data within a robotic system comprising a mobile field robot for operating in a field and a mobile service robot, the field robot and the service robot each comprising a buffer for storing data and a first communication device with a short-range communication reach for exchanging data with each other, the method comprising: commanding the field robot to operate in the field using data stored in the buffer of the field robot, recognizing a necessity of a data transfer for the field robot, commanding the service robot to approach to the field robot, detecting that one of the robots is covered by the short-range communication reach of the other robot, initiating a data transfer between the field robot and the service robot.