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8140189 Apparatus and method for computing operational-space physical quantity  
An operational space physical quantity calculation apparatus computes a physical quantity in an operational space describing a relationship between a force and acceleration acting on a link...
8121733 Kinematic singular point compensation systems  
According to an embodiment, a numerically controlled (NC) processing system includes materials processing installation having a multi-axis kinematic linkage operable to position a tip portion of...
8099192 Method and apparatus for teaching a workpiece transfer robot  
A method is provided for teaching a transfer robot used in conjunction with a workpiece processing system including a pedestal assembly, a light sensor having an optical input fixedly coupled to...
8000838 Systems and methods that facilitate motion control through coordinate system transformations  
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate motion between different coordinate systems in an industrial control environment. The systems and methods accept data in one...
7899577 Measuring system and calibration method  
A measuring system and a calibration method for automatically calculating errors of mechanical parameters with high accuracy and correcting the parameters, by means of a relatively small and...
7853359 Calibration device and method for robot mechanism  
A calibration device and method for automatically determining the position and the orientation of a robot used for measurement. First, an initial position of a preliminary position is generated...
7679719 Lithographic apparatus having a drive system with coordinate transformation, and device manufacturing method  
A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate, which is held on a substrate support and a drive system to move the substrate...
7668621 Robotic guarded motion system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes instructions for repeating, on each iteration through an event timing loop, the acts of...
7643905 Robot program correcting apparatus  
A robot program correcting apparatus, which displays three-dimensional models of a robot and a workpiece simultaneously on the screen of a display apparatus, and corrects an operation program for...
7627394 Robot trajectory control including emergency evacuation path system and method  
A system and process is provided for controlling a robot path of a robot including providing a main path for movement of the robot based on path data having points along the main path and providing...
7612516 Measuring method and system for CNC machine  
This invention discloses a method and system for measuring a CNC machine. The system comprises a platform, a driving module, a set of optical scales, and a detection module. The platform is driven...
7610115 Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)  
An Automated Pharmacy Admixture System (APAS) may include a manipulator that transports medical containers such as bags, vials, or syringes about a substantially aseptic admixing chamber. In a...
7590468 Robot system  
A robot system can grasp and take out one of a plurality of workpieces placed in a basket-like container by a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm. The workpiece is detected by a visual...
7529599 Systems and methods for coordination motion instructions  
The invention provides systems and methods that integrate and/or control motion of a plurality of axes in a motion control environment. Grouped axes can be linked (e.g., via a tag) to provide...
7501780 Docking system  
A docking system includes: a station including: a light emitter comprising light emitting elements arranged in a circular arc form so as to cause optical axes of light generated from the light...
7433758 Control apparatus of robot  
A robot control apparatus capable of largely reducing a calculation amount to be capable of lowering a load of a CPU is provided. A control apparatus of a robot includes: a plurality of shafts...
7373220 Robot teaching device  
A teaching device and a teaching modification device capable of easily attaining conformity between an operation program of a robot prepared by off-line programming and an actual operation of the...
7333879 Offline programming device  
An offline programming device capable of automatically generating a measuring program by which the time and the workload for making an offline program may be greatly reduced. The offline...
7266425 Systems and methods that facilitate motion control through coordinate system transformations  
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate motion between different coordinate systems in an industrial control environment. The systems and methods accept data in one...
7236854 Method and a system for programming an industrial robot  
A method and a system for use in connection with programming of an industrial robot. The programming includes teaching the robot a path having a number of waypoints located on or in the vicinity of...
7212886 Robot control apparatus and method  
A robot control apparatus including a motion torque calculating section for calculating a motion torque command which is required for a motion of a servo motor, a disturbance torque estimating...
7039494 Controller for machine  
A controller that eliminates an error caused by acceleration/deceleration control, and controls the velocity of drive axes which is not represented by a rectangular coordinate system such that...
7039500 Multiple arm robot arrangement  
An improved robot arrangement for performing predetermined tasks, such as paint finishing, features equipping a robot with a plurality of manipulatable arms, with at least two of the arms...
6961640 Motion control for a legged robot  
A predetermined action sequence is generated by using basic motion units which include time-sequential motion of each joint and compound motion units in which basic motion units are combined....
6922034 Method for designing a robot arm  
Provided is an arm structure for a robot which can favorably carry out jobs which are typically performed by humans. By determining the length of the arm and the height of the axis of rotation of...
6919701 Robot controller  
A robot controller for keeping the posture of a tool in a task coordinate system by a simple processing and allowing a robot to perform flexible translational motion. A robot controller for...
6907318 Multi-station robotic welding assembly  
A multi-station robotic welding assembly includes a mounting platform, and a plurality of robots attached to the mounting platform and located in respective weld stations. Each of the robots...
6895306 Method and apparatus for controlling a tray changer incorporated in a robot control system  
A control circuit of a tray changer is interfaced with a control circuit of a robot. A tray changer control program, used for operating the tray changer, is loaded into the robot control system....
6871120 Device for actuating a seat element and seat comprising it  
A device (22, 24) for actuating a seat element comprises an actuator (26, 28) equipped with a transducer designed to supply a crude measurement value representing the current position of the...
6853881 Robot information processing system  
A robot controller executes an operating program, calculates a position and posture of a robot, and sends the position and posture information to a personal computer (PC). At the PC side, on the...
6847862 Conveyor system  
A conveying apparatus is provided with a control device for performing infinite rotation control of rotation of a strut or wrist shaft of a robot conveying an article and a drive shaft of a...
6831437 Walking platforms with automatic self-stabilization  
A walking platform that achieves automatic self-stabilization includes a motor within the mid-region of the platform that is in communication with a crankshaft. The crankshaft has a connecting rod...
6826450 Robot controller  
Bendings Δα, Δβ, and Δθ are determined by the torques about the axes of coordinate systems disposed to respective joints and by spring constants. Parameters α, β, and θ0 are determined by adding a...
6822412 Method for calibrating and programming of a robot application  
A method for programming of a robot application comprising an industrial robot having a robot coordinate system, a tool having a tool coordinate system and a work object (3) to be processed by the...
6760644 System and method for transmitting communication signals to an automated robotic device in a data storage system  
A system and method for transmission of communication signals between a controller and a robotic device in a data storage library. The system and method include a substantially planar electrical...
6750625 Wafer stage with magnetic bearings  
A high accuracy stage supported in six degrees of freedom by electromagnetic bearings. Movements in the horizontal plane of the stage are controlled by variable reluctance actuators which are...
6711468 Control system for robots  
A control system for robots comprising a control unit for generating and controlling the paths of a movement of the moving parts of the robot, a drive unit for generating the control signals for...
6671580 Outer route for robots in a horizontal storage library  
A system for directing robot movement in a storage library is provided, the library comprising at least one horizontal array of storage cells and at least one robot that moves along the horizontal...
6646404 Method for controlling robot and robot controller using the method  
The current position of a work is sequentially updated in a conveyor coordinate system, and the path of a robot to follow the work is formed by transforming the position of the work from the...
6604021 Communication robot  
A communication robot includes a speaker. By generating a sound or voice through the speaker, the human is requested to cause a robot to make a certain action. When the human makes an action to the...
6597971 Device for avoiding interference  
An interference avoiding device for determining occurrence of an interference in a robot operation in advance and automatically avoiding the interference, to be suitably applied to an automatic...
6580245 Jerk-limitation with adaptation of the path dynamics  
A critical resonant frequency (fres) of the axes of a moving machine element is damped as effectively as possible with the aid of a jerk limitation. Good damping in the case of a desired frequency...
6441577 Manipulator positioning linkage for robotic surgery  
Techniques and structures are provided for aligning robotic elements with an internal surgical site and each other. Manually positionable linkages support surgical instruments. These linkages...
6430475 Pressure-distribution sensor for controlling multi-jointed nursing robot  
The present invention provides contact sensors capable of determining the pressure distribution over the whole surface of each of joint units having a cylindrical shape, both end portions of which...
6427098 Method for controlling pivoting machine member  
A method and apparatus for control of pivoting machine members propelled by linear actuators so as to permit coordinated motion of the pivoting members with translating machine members. Position...
6332102 Robot controller  
A robot control apparatus has keys for input/output control and an execution key for permitting execution therefor. A key can be allocated for a reservation sequence stored beforehand. When an...
6327519 Method and system for transferring energy between robotic mechanisms in an automated storage library  
A storage library includes a first robotic mechanism having an energy coupler and a second robotic mechanism having an energy coupler. The storage library further includes tracks disposed adjacent...
6301525 System and method for controlling a robot  
A system and method for controlling a robot (1), includes at least three setting devices (2, 3, 4) which can be extended or shortened in the longitudinal direction. Each setting device being...
6297611 Robot having independent end effector linkage motion  
A substrate handling system comprises a robot containing mico-environment in communication with a plurality of processing stations. The robot has a robot arm comprising an end effector linkage...
6295484 Robot control method and device  
When a multiaxial robot with a mechanism having spring elements between electric motors of respective axes and robot arms is controlled, the path precision of a tool tip is increased without...
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