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7571027 |
Kinematic singular point compensation systems and methods
Kinematic singular points in a process system are handled. In one embodiment, a numerically controlled (NC) processing system includes materials processing installation having a multi-axis...
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7474939 |
Object taking-out apparatus
An object taking-out apparatus for taking out objects randomly stacked in a container according to a condition of how each object is placed, which includes a robot hand having telescopic means and...
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7422411 |
Gripping mechanisms, apparatus and methods
The present invention provides grasping mechanisms, gripper apparatus/systems, and related methods. Grasping mechanisms that include stops, support surfaces, and height adjusting surfaces to...
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7254464 |
System and methods for adaptive control of robotic devices
Methods for operating robotic devices (i.e., “robots”) that employ adaptive behavior relative to neighboring robots and external (e.g., environmental) conditions. Each robot is capable of...
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7207127 |
Hook-on grab bucket, in particular motor-driven underwater grab bucket
A grab bucket, in particular motor-driven underwater grab bucket, has first and second half-scoops. The scoops can be moved relative to on another from an open position into a closed position by a...
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7175579 |
Machine tool with gripper and/or tool magazine system
A tool magazine system and a gripper for a machining spindle. The gripper is fed to the tool laterally with respect to the rotational or longitudinal axes of the tool, particularly substantially at...
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7002102 |
Toolholder for coupling a tool to a handling device
The invention relates to a toolholder ( 10 ) for coupling a welding torch to an industrial robot ( 14 ), comprising a first fixing device ( 16 ) for fixing the welding torch ( 12 ) to the...
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6907317 |
Hub for a modular intelligent assist system
An intelligent assist system having a modular architecture, coordinated by electronic communication links between the modules is provided. A multi-function hub for use in the assist system includes...
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6813542 |
Modules for use in an integrated intelligent assist system
An intelligent assist system having a modular architecture, coordinated by electronic communication links between the modules. Modules for motion, computation, interface, and programming are...
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6783484 |
Machine tool with gripper and/ or tool magazine system
A tool magazine system and a gripper for a machining spindle. The gripper should be fed to the tool laterally with respect to the rotational or longitudinal axis of the tool, particularly...
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6738691 |
Control handle for intelligent assist devices
A method and system for controlling an intelligent assist device, robot, or other powered system that is partially or fully directed by the intent of a human operator. The method and system...
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6662082 |
System for operating a robot with easy programming
A robot wherein the condition for a work and a sequence of movements to be performed may be set in connection with positions. In addition to setting a position at which a work is performed, the...
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6643564 |
Method of determining retreat permission position of carrier arm and teaching device thereof
A retreat permission position of a carrier arm when the carrier arm is moved back to retreat outside a mounting table after the carrier arm carries a substrate to a position above the mounting...
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6618645 |
Method of using a specimen sensing end effector to determine angular orientation of a specimen
Robot arm ( 16 ) end effectors ( 10, 110, 210 ) of this invention rapidly and cleanly transfer semiconductor wafers ( 12 ) between a wafer cassette ( 14 ) and a processing station. The end...
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6592324 |
Gripper mechanism
A gripper apparatus for grasping an object such as a specimen holder. The gripper apparatus comprises two arms. In one embodiment the arms are pivotable, and in a second embodiment, each arm...
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6592315 |
Self-feeding apparatus with hover mode
A robotic self-feeding device uses a multiplicity of dishes, utensils and control methods to handle a wide variety of food, including sandwiches. Its operating sequence has a hover mode in which a...
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6530735 |
Gripper assembly
A controlled material transport system (MTS) for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes...
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6503046 |
Apparatus and method for extracting a single bar from a plurality of bars
An apparatus for extracting a single bar from a plurality of bars, comprises a holding device for nipping the single bar. The holding device comprises nipping-members, which face each other and are...
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6477442 |
Autoacceptertube delivery system with a robotic interface
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the automatic receipt and distribution of products, such as parenteral products or oral/solid products from a hospital pharmacy or...
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6438449 |
Substrate transport apparatus and transport teaching system
To provide a substrate transport device and a transport teaching system which can automatically perform a teaching processing in order to reduce the burden of an operator and to eliminate a...
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6435794 |
Force display master interface device for teleoperation
A force display master interface is provided for interaction with teleoperated robotic slave manipulators or virtual slave entities. The device provides a de-coupled actuator that permits selective...
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6434449 |
Method and device for automated robot-cell calibration
A system and a method for re-calibrating a robot, an end-effectuator of the robot and a fixture for holding a production part based upon measurements recorded by a sensor after contact or...
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6366830 |
Self-teaching robot arm position method to compensate for support structure component alignment offset
A self-teaching robot arm positioning method that compensates for support structure component alignment offset entails the use of a component emulating fixture preferably having mounting features...
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6356808 |
Method for cell alignment and identification and calibration of robot tool
A method for cell alignment, identification and calibration of part of a robot tool, preferably a part of the robot tool, is positioned close to a detector, whereupon it is moved repeatedly past...
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6324444 |
Robot with multi-joint arms movable in horizontal plane
A robot with multi-joint arms, wherein articulated first and second arms 9, 10 are movable in a horizontal plane as well as in a vertical direction, the second arm having a free end to which a...
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6317653 |
Control system for adjusting a reaction force acting on a working end of a robot
A correct track calculating section calculates a correction amount in accordance with a reaction force acting on the working end of a robot. The correction amount is added to a given provisional...
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6311829 |
Device to separate rolled bars
Device to separate rolled bars (12), the bars (12) emerging from the cooling zone and being fed by conveyor means in a direction substantially transverse to the axis of the bars (12) and displaced...
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6288512 |
Robot with cables extending at least partially on an outside
A robot has a plurality of components which can pivot relative to each other, in particular robot arms. Changes in separation between individual points of the robot thereby occur. This must be...
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6282459 |
Structure and method for detection of physical interference during transport of an article
A method for detecting physical interference with desired transport of an article. The method includes the step of detecting an operative acoustic signal representing the structure-borne sound...
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6266576 |
Legged moving robot
A legged moving robot has an action plan function to operate according to a predetermined action plan. The legged moving robot has a fuel cell for supplying operating electric energy for the legged...
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6236896 |
Coordinate system setting method using visual sensor
A method of setting a coordinate system to an automatic machine with a stable accuracy in a non-contact manner. The desired coordinate system can be set even if it exists outside a moving range of...
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6194859 |
X-Y positioner based on X axis motions
Positioning apparatus to place a reference point at selected locations in a plane. Two carriages are independently mounted to a carriage rail. The rail bears location references and the carriage...
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6114824 |
Calibration method for a visual sensor
A calibration method enables a visual sensor attached to a robot to be calibrated easily, quickly, and accurately without using a mechanism for accurately setting a calibration jig or a wide jig...
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RE36631 |
Robot teaching pendant
A robot teaching pendant having improved operability achieved by being provided with a display function for a personal computer. The robot teaching pendant includes an emergency stop switch and a...
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6016599 |
Device and method for mounting electronic parts
An electronic components mounting machine comprising an actuator(7), whereby electronic components are mounted on a substrate, a camera(5) whereby coordinates of recognition marks formed on the...
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5971697 |
Device for overturning packaged editorial products, for association with a packaging line
For association with a packaging line, a device for overturning packaged editorial products which grips the editorial products (12) advancing on a conveyor belt (13) and overturns them to superpose...
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5967731 |
Auto cycle swivel mounted container handling system
A multi-compartment refuse and/or collection vehicle having an automated container handling mechanism that may automatically lift and dump a container into a preselected corresponding charging...
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5860900 |
End effector storage station
An end effector storage station that stores end effectors in a horizontal and cantilevered position, each end effector being stored in a known location in space relative to a robotic manufacturing...
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5791865 |
Bag palletizer
A bag palletizer has a frame equipped with two tier guides, two pallet lift mechanisms, two stacker work stations, and a lift control at each work station. A belt conveyor delivers bagged articles...
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5752729 |
Vacuum lifting device
A vacuum lifting device that is particularly suitable for lifting refractory slabs used to line aluminum smelting cells incudes suction cups which engage the object to be lifted. A plurality of...
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5749142 |
Method and device for adjusting nozzle height for recognition in surface mounter
A mechanism and method for mounting components on a substrate in an accurate location. The components are presented in the sensing station at successive positions to determine the optimum position...
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5743005 |
Component mounting apparatus and method
A component mounting apparatus and method for mounting components on to-be-mounted positions of works, includes a carrying device for continuously and successively carrying the works in a working...
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5712552 |
No-wiring robot
A robot which does not require electric wires (power transmission wires and signal wires) for interconnecting joint shafts is provided. An electrodeless unit for transmitting electric power by way...
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5668452 |
Magnetic sensing robotics for automated semiconductor wafer processing systems
A collision avoidance technique is provided in an automated semiconductor wafer processing system, wherein a magnet or magnetic strip is incorporated into each boat or carrier used to hold and...
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5656904 |
Movement monitoring and control apparatus for body members
Basic interchangeable building blocks such as to create a structure and/or an exoskeleton for an apparatus for monitoring and controlling the movements of body members comprising a single axis...
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5632590 |
Method and system for loading panels into shipping containers at a work station and end effector for use therein
A robotic end effector adapted to be mounted at the end of an arm of a program-controlled robot is capable of providing compliance within a vertical plane as well as alignment along a horizontal...
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5558380 |
Logging grapple
A grapple comprising a grapple head to which is pivotally mounted left and right tongs. Two double acting hydraulic cylinders extend between the tong pivot points and the other tong. The piston...
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5520501 |
Wafer holding apparatus
A wafer holding apparatus comprises a susceptor unit having wafer support grooves where wafers are detachably fixed, a plurality of chuck claws so provided as to be movable by air cylinders...
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5484219 |
Six-degree-of-freedom compliancy/breakaway device
A compliancy joint for a robot has six degrees of compliancy freedom and comprises a housing having an inner ring. A float block is movably disposed in the interior of the housing and a plurality...
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5426586 |
Robot drive joint control system
A system for controlling the locomotion of a biped walking robot by absorbing the footfall impact such that the robot walks stably. In advance, constraint conditions for the robot such as a...
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