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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 θ 0 are determined...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6580245 |
Jerk-limitation with adaptation of the path dynamics
A critical resonant frequency (f res ) 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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6211639 |
Drive system using a servomotor with a memory
A drive device regulates a servomotor to one of a predefined position, a predefined speed, and a predefined current setpoint value. A control module is connected upstream from the drive device. A...
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6124693 |
Robot controller
Axes used for posture alignment are selected from the axes of a work coordinate system W and a tool coordinate system T, and an angle of intersection between those selected axes are set. A robot is...
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6084371 |
Apparatus and methods for a human de-amplifier system
A human de-amplifier system for interfacing a human operator and a physical object through a physical plant, wherein the physical object has dimensions in the range of 1 micrometer to 1 mm. The...
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6046564 |
Path planning apparatus and method for robots
Disclosed is a path planning apparatus and method for robots. The apparatus includes a planner which receives target positioning information, performs calculations using this information to obtain...
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6043621 |
Production positioning system
A positioning method for a production system for positioning the location of a positioning head (2 12, 27) in relation to a work object, comprising a positioning body (1, 11), e.g. a robot or a...
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5963711 |
Watch outer case polishing apparatus and general purpose polishing apparatus
A polishing apparatus comprises a polishing member for polishing a workpiece and a manipulator for manipulating the workpiece and having a base disposed at a coordinate origin of a base coordinate...
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5814959 |
Gyro-moment compensation control method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for controlling a robot which performs an operation on an object while applying any desired force to the object, and a method of controlling automobile suspensions so as to...
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5773950 |
Program creating method for uniform-shape machining
A machining program for machining a workpiece into predetermined shape in a specific machining positions of the workpiece is created in advance. The position of the center of rotation and a...
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5731679 |
Off-line programming system for control of industrial robots
A system for carrying out offline programming of an industrial robot takes steps to improve upon a known, approximate kinematic model of the robot. By placing three measuring devices within a robot...
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5719762 |
Method of controlling a vehicle to make a combination of arbitrary translational and rotational motions
A method of controlling a rotary vehicle to navigate a heading using a conation of translational and rotational motions by a plurality of driving-steering wheels controlling the motion in three...
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5675229 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting robot positioning
A robot control system for repositioning work points used by the robot control system at which operations occur. The work points are retrieved from the robot controller memory and plotted onto a...
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5656905 |
Multi-degree-of-freedom mechanisms for machine tools and the like
A new generation of hybrid form multi-axis machine tools is described. The hybrid machine tools comprise a position mechanism and an orientation mechanism. Both mechanisms are three-DOF parallel...
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5616917 |
Device for measuring an angle between pivotally-connected members
A device for measuring an angle between pivotally connected, intersecting sides of a parallelogram includes a grating having a pattern of parallel, straight grating lines formed on a substrate, and...
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5614677 |
Diaphragm gage for measuring the pressure of a fluid
Apparatus for measuring the pressure of a fluid includes a first pressure transmission element in form of a membrane in contact with a pressure sensor, and a second pressure transmission element in...
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5608618 |
Method of manually feeding coordinate system and robot control device
A jog-feed operation is set to enable rotation and movement of a coordinate system. During the jog-feed of the coordinate system, a robot is moved equivalently to the jog-feed steps. A tool distal...
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5604677 |
Control of CNC machine tools
A multi-axis computer numerically controlled machine tool is provided in which a cutting tool is movable relative to a workpiece by a number of linear and rotary joints under the control of a...
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