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US20090292393 Obstacle Following Sensor Scheme For A Mobile Robot  
A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem...
US20090292389 Security-activated robotic system  
Various methods and systems include exemplary implementations for a security-activated operational component involved in creating or producing or duplicating or processing or testing one or more...
US20090287363 Weapon integrated controller  
The present disclosures are systems, apparatus and methods for communicating with a robot via a weapon. In one embodiment, the weapon comprises a barrel, a receiver assembly, a handgrip, and a...
US20090287353 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BIPEDAL ROBOT VIA A COMMUNICATION DEVICE  
A system for controlling a bipedal robot via a communication device. The system acquires a mapping data and a current location of the bipedal robot via a Global Positioning System (GPS), determines...
US20090287351 HAPTIC DEVICE GRIPPERS FOR SURGICAL TELEOPERATION  
An embodiment of a haptic gripper system includes a slave gripper device, a master gripper device, and a gripper motor controller. The gripper motor controller includes a slave encoder loop, a...
US20090282642 Autonomous blower for debris herding  
An autonomous blower is described that utilizes GPS signals for blowing ground debris from a clearable area to a target area. A controller coordinates motors that propel and steer the autonomous...
US20090281661 APPLICATION OF LOCALIZATION, POSITIONING & NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC ENABLED MOBILE PRODUCTS  
A robotic cleaner includes a cleaning assembly for cleaning a surface and a main robot body. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller...
US20090281659 CONTROL SYSTEM  
A control system for an industrial robot. The control system includes a memory unit configured to store at least one task program intended for controlling movements of the robot and including...
US20090281658 MEDICAL FACILITY AND METHOD OF DOCKING A POSITIONING DEVICE WITH A SHUTTLE  
A medical facility having a room in which a shuttle may be disposed is provided. The shuttle may include a support device and a carrying device for the support device. The medical facility may...
US20090276093 MULTI-INPUT CONTROL OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM  
An industrial robot system with increased flexibility and control accuracy. The industrial robot system uses a common data bus connecting a master controller, different drive devices, and sensors....
US20090276092 Robot and method of building map therefor  
Disclosed are a robot, which builds a map using a surface data of a three-dimensional image, from which a dynamic obstacle is removed, and a method of building a map for the robot. The method...
US20090271038 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CONTROL OF HUMANOID ROBOT  
A system and method for motion control of a humanoid robot are provided. The system includes a remote controller for recognizing three-dimensional image information including two-dimensional...
US20090271036 METHOD FOR INCREASING SAFETY WHEN OPERATING A ROBOT  
A method for operating a robot with a tool changer comprises providing a plurality of different kinds of tools, associating each of the plurality of tools with an unique explicit signature,...
US20090271035 METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED MOVEMENT PLANNING OF A ROBOT  
A method for computer-aided movement planning of a robot is provided, in which a trajectory for the movement of a spatial point assigned to the robot is planned in a fixed coordinates system. The...
US20090271034 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PICKING/PACKING APPLICATIONS  
A system for picking and packing applications is provided. The system includes a plurality of robots and a plurality of robot controllers. Each robot controller includes a load re-balance...
US20090271033 METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ANIMAL-RELATED OPERATION AND IMPLEMENT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD  
A method for controlling a robot arm arranged to bring animal operation device to a specific position relative to an animal body part, the robot arm being controlled to maintain a certain position...
US20090271032 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOVEMENT DEVICE  
A system for controlling a movement device is disclosed. The system includes a movement device with a tool provided on the movement device, a movement device controller, a safety controller, a tool...
US20090271031 APPARATUS FOR FORMING GOOD FEELING OF ROBOT AND METHOD THEREFOR  
An apparatus for forming good feeling of a robot and a method therefor are disclosed. The apparatus for forming good feeling of a robot according to the present invention comprises: a good feeling...
US20090271020 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT  
A computing system is communicated with a metal fabrication device for analyzing performance of an industrial robot. The metal fabrication device includes the industrial robot, and a plate bender....
US20090259337 Robot Position Calibration Tool (RPCT)  
A Robot Position Calibration Tool (RPCT) is used to accurately calibrate a robot position for a reticle hand-off to a transfer station in a lithography tool with minimized particle generation and...
US20090248202 MULTI-JOINT STRUCTURE, MOUNTING TOOL USING IT, SYSTEM AND HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE  
To manually and optionally change length of a multi-joint structure, the multi-joint structure of the present invention is constituted so that variation detection sensor such as potentiometers is...
US20090248201 PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A MOVING WORKPIECE  
The processing system ( 10 ) serves for processing a moving workpiece ( 12 ) by means of an industrial robot ( 16 ) that can be rigidly coupled, intermittently, to the workpiece ( 12 ) and/or to a...
US20090248200 Method & apparatus for remotely operating a robotic device linked to a communications network  
A remote control device able to connect to a communications network generates robot control messages are used for the remote control of a robot also able to be connected to the communications...
US20090234527 AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT DEVICE AND AN AVOIDANCE METHOD FOR THAT AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT DEVICE  
An autonomous mobile robot device, comprises an obstacle detecting unit, which is configured to detect an obstacle, a path producing unit, which is configured to produce a path for reaching to a...
US20090234499 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESS TASK-DIRECTED AUTONOMY FOR ROBOTS  
Systems, methods, and user interfaces are used for controlling a robot. An environment map and a robot designator are presented to a user. The user may place, move, and modify task designators on...
US20090228145 DYNAMIC PHYSICAL CONSTRAINT FOR HARD SURFACE EMULATION  
A method and apparatus for haptic hard surface emulation using a dynamic physical constraint are provided. The movement and position of the dynamic physical constraint is actively controlled in...
US20090228144 Method For Calculating Rotation Center Point And Axis Of Rotation, Method For Generating Program, Method For Moving Manipulator And Positioning Device, And Robotic System  
Disclosed is a method for calculating a rotation center point on a plane of rotation of a positioning device by using a manipulator, the positioning device positions a workpiece by rotating the...
US20090228120 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE MACHINE  
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling at least one machine, such as an industrial robot, having drives, safety peripheral components and a controller for a machine, and...
US20090222133 System and Method for Controlling a Robotic Arm  
A method of controlling the position of an elongate robotic arm comprising articulated segments. An actuator is associated with each segment to control its position, and a control system operates...
US20090216372 Apparatus for detecting malfunctions of electromagnetic brakes of robot  
An apparatus is provided for detecting a malfunction occurring in an electromagnetic brake of a robot. In the apparatus, the main relay and the sub-relay are controlled to open the main contact and...
US20090210091 LEGGED MOBILE ROBOT AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF  
The legged mobile robot the foot comprises a foot main body connected to each leg, a toe provided at a fore end of the foot main body to be bendable with respect to the foot main body, and a...
US20090210090 ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING, LEARNING, AND SUPPORTING HUMAN ACTIVITIES  
An example method for allowing a robot to assist with a task, the task being carried out in an environment including one or more non-human objects each having associated object locations, comprises...
US20090204259 CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC MACHINES EMPLOYING A DYNAMIC JOINT MOTION MODEL  
A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can...
US20090204257 System And Method For Visualization Of Process Errors  
A system for visualizing process errors that occur in connection with processing a workpiece by means of a process tool and an industrial robot moving the tool along a path in relation to the...
US20090200090 Multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism, biped walking robot equipped with the same, and control structrure therefor  
The present invention provides a multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism having excellent reliability, in which the respective supporting points passively follow unevenness...
US20090199690 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A ROBOT FOR SMALL SHAPE GENERATION  
A method of controlling robot motion for small shape generation is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a robot having a plurality of interconnected distal links with a...
US20090198375 Human-Guided Mapping Method for Mobile Robot  
A method of mapping an operation area by a team of a human and a mobile robot 200 includes the steps of defining a graph representing the area by a human 201, guiding the robot by human along...
US20090198374 NURSING SYSTEM  
A nursing system of the present invention can position where a person to be nursed through a sensor network widely deployed in an environment, instantaneously detect if the person to be nursed has...
US20090194137 SERVICE ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME  
In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a service robot, such as a robotic cleaner, can be configured to more effectively service an environment. The service robot can include one or...
US20090187277 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT  
A control system for controlling an industrial robot and a method thereof. A control unit generates a control signal for controlling the motor. At least one drive unit controls the motor. The drive...
US20090187276 GENERATING DEVICE OF PROCESSING ROBOT PROGRAM  
A processing robot program generating device used in a robot system having a vision sensor, capable of accommodating an error in the shape of a workpiece and reducing man-hours required for a...
US20090187275 Legged Robot and Control Method Thereof  
Technology is provided that can compute a center of gravity pathway for a robot in which the ZMP matches the target ZMP, even if the robot is caused to perform a crouching movement during a single...
US20090182452 Method of Expanding a Modular Rack Mount Library  
An expandable storage library for storing digital storage media, such as storage tapes or disks is provided. The library includes a base unit and robotic system to which additional expansion units...
US20090177320 Method, Medium, and Apparatus for Docking Mobile Robot  
Provided are a method, medium, and apparatus for docking a mobile robot. The method includes: (a) receiving a docking signal, which is transmitted from a signal transmitting unit, by using a signal...
US20090173561 ROBOT  
A robot capable of traveling while constantly directing a predetermined part of a main body to a detection target. In the robot, a main body is jointed to a traveling unit so that relative rotation...
US20090164039 Secure robotic operational system  
Methods and systems for a secure robotic operational system include but are not limited to receiving an authorization associated with a directive to perform robotic operational tasks regarding one...
US20090157227 Apparatus, method, and medium for sensing slip in mobile robot  
An apparatus, method, and medium for sensing a slip in a mobile robot is provided. The apparatus for sensing a slip in a mobile robot includes a driving motor control unit to control a driving...
US20090157222 NETWORK-BASED ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CONTENT TRANSMISSION/EXECUTION THEREIN  
A network-based robot system for performing content transmission/execution includes a content management unit for managing contents created in a tree-like, hierarchical structure, and one or more...
US20090157221 ROBOTIC SYSTEM, ROBOT AND MOBILE PHONE  
A robot includes a storage unit, a card, a wireless communication module, a center controller, action units, and drive units. The action units execute motions. The medium contains an electronic...
US20090149990 Method, medium, and apparatus for performing path planning of mobile robot  
A method, medium, and apparatus for performing path planning of a mobile robot is provided. The apparatus for performing path planning of a mobile robot includes a coarse map generation unit to...
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