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6650966 Robot remote controlling apparatus and robot apparatus  
The invention has an object to provide a robot remote controlling apparatus that can easily and comfortably carry out operations at the finger portion operating portion and arm portion operating...
6643563 Trajectory planning and motion control strategies for a planar three-degree-of-freedom robotic arm  
A method for moving a substrate to a predetermined location with a specified orientation with a robotic manipulator, the robotic manipulator having a plurality of joint actuators and an...
6642922 Interface apparatus for dynamic positioning and orientation of a robot through real-time parameter modifications  
A display plane shown in the computer graphics for displaying an arbitrary plane in a three-dimensional space is mapped to a movable range of an end effector of a robot. The movable range is...
6640160 Biped ambulatory robot  
A biped ambulatory robot is provided having a structure in which the electrical storage device is arranged to reduce the load on the joints (particularly the knee joints) of the leg members of the...
6633797 Automated reconfigurable object manipulation device with an array of pins  
An apparatus for manipulating an object to a desired state. The object is received by a grid of retractable pins. A control component determines, through employment of a manipulation algorithm, one...
6631308 Off-line teaching apparatus  
An off-line teaching apparatus comprises an operation command-receiving means for receiving an operation command inputted via an input/output port from a key input device or a coordinate input...
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...
6615110 Controlling method and apparatus for positioning a robot  
A controlling method and apparatus for positioning a robot that can output an optimal speed instruction for controlling residual vibration after completion of a moving operation, achieve reduction...
6615112 Method and device for calibrating robot measuring stations, manipulators and associated optical measuring devices  
A method and device is provided for multistage calibration of multiple-axis measuring robots ( 6 ) and associated optical measuring devices ( 10 ), especially 3D sensors, in a measuring station ( 1...
6615109 System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus  
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically,...
6611734 Robot capable of gripping objects  
A robot which incorporates a body, arms with a hand grip, legs, several sensors, light elements, an audio system, and a video system. The sensors allows the robot to interact with objects in the...
6606539 Portable coordinate measurement machine with pre-stressed bearings  
A portable coordinate measuring machine comprises a multijointed manually positionable articulated measuring arm for accurately and easily measuring a volume. The articulated arm includes a...
6606540 Pressure sensor systems and methods for use in robotic devices  
An optical pressure sensor useable in robotic applications. The optical pressure sensor can be included in a robotic grasping device. The pressure sensor includes a sensor structure having an...
6604022 Robot for autonomous operation  
A robot which incorporates a body, arms with a hand grip, legs, several sensors, light elements, an audio system, and a video system. The sensors allows the robot to interact with objects in the...
6604020 Teach tool  
A pointer to teach a robot to repetitively manipulate a brazing nozzle is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the pointer allows the robot to manipulate the brazing nozzle at a preselected work...
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...
6600967 Automated physical disk storage and management  
A data storage system for remote access to stored data. The innovative system uses a storage library to contain magnetic hard disks and automatically replaces the hard disks upon failure, without...
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...
6594551 Robot for expressing moods  
A robot which incorporates a body, arms with a hand grip, legs, several sensors, light elements, an audio system, and a video system. The sensors allows the robot to interact with objects in the...
6594550 Method and system for using a buffer to track robotic movement  
A method for controlling movement of an automated machine. The movement is defined by a plurality of steps. First, a buffer of a predetermined size is defined. The buffer stores a current step and...
6591165 Robot apparatus, body unit and coupling unit  
A robot system having a plurality of component units. The robot system includes a first storage device, and a second storage device. The robot system further includes a plurality of control...
6591164 Library failover method using hot spare redundant picker mechanism  
A “hot spare” method for facilitating the seamless transition from a failed robotic mechanism to backup unit is provided. A spare robot is located inside a storage library on a section of rail...
6587751 Robot device and method for controlling the robot's emotions  
In a robot and its control method the behavior and motion models functioning as bases in generating behaviors and motions of the robot are transformed based on the input history from the outside...
6587752 Robot operation teaching method and apparatus  
A robot operation teaching method and apparatus includes a three-dimensional measuring system that can measure spatial coordinates corresponding to points designated on camera images, a display...
6587749 Industrial robot and method of operating same  
It is possible to obtain an industrial robot which assures excellent reduction in maintenance. The industrial robot includes a robot body, a manipulator to control the operation of the robot body,...
6587750 Removable infinite roll master grip handle and touch sensor for robotic surgery  
An input device for robotic surgery mechanically transmits a grip signal across a first joint coupling a handle to a linkage supporting the handle. The handle is removable and replaceable, allows...
6584376 Mobile robot and method for controlling a mobile robot  
A mobile robot includes an autonomous displacement device, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a mobile telephone module, and a voice analysis module able to interpret voice commands through the mobile...
6584375 System for a retail environment  
The system and method of the present invention provides a system, and in particular a robot system, and a variety of processes that may be performed by the robot system in a retail environment. The...
6584378 Device and a method for determining coordinates and orientation  
When determining coordinates of a point of an object ( 2 ) in a reference system of coordinates and the orientation of the object in the space in a measuring position assumed by the object, the...
6584377 Legged robot and method for teaching motions thereof  
A legged robot is provided with a plurality of basic motion programs. The legged robot can produce a teaching motion program for performing a series of expressive motions by recognizing and...
6584379 Robot device and method of adjusting origin of robot  
In a robot machine having a plurality of rotational joint axes, a rotational angle of rotational joint axis and a tilt angle of robot arm against the direction of gravity are measured at three or...
6580246 Robot touch shield  
A robot touch shield device comprising a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the...
6580971 Multipoint inspection system  
A multipoint inspection system for evaluating manufactured assemblies includes a robotic arm and a robot controller for controlling the robotic arm. A camera is mounted to an end of the robotic arm...
6580970 Arm structure of human-type robot  
An upper arm portion and a lower arm portion are connected to each other by a substantially cylindrical elbow joint, and are bendable between an extended position in which they are extended into a...
6577923 Apparatus and method for robotic alignment of substrates  
A robot device that either translationally or rotationally aligns an object with a slot. For translational alignment, the robot device comprises a position sensor positioned in close proximity to...
6577924 Robot managing system, robot managing method, and information managing device  
A robot-related information held at a robot user ad data held at a robot manufacturer as well as to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each of personal terminal devices ( 31 A to ...
6567723 Program executing method, system and program processing unit for robot  
A method, system and program processing unit for a robot, by which the safety during execution of a program is improved. The program processing unit comprises a program interpreter, a command...
6567725 Method and apparatus for teaching robot station location  
Apparatus for teaching robot station location relative to a work piece apparatus includes an attachment that can be temporarily coupled to the apparatus and positioned in known relationship to the...
6567724 Robot apparatus and method of controlling the posture thereof  
The CPU 102 detects that the posture of the apparatus main body has been shifted from the normal posture into an abnormal posture on the basis of the acceleration information obtained as...
6560511 Electronic pet system, network system, robot, and storage medium  
An electronic pet with more reality using various types of devices. Specifically, a virtual electronic pet 202 and a pet-type robot 204 change the state of the emotion and the state of the...
6560512 Relational robotic controller  
The relational robotic controller (RRC) is a robotic control devise made up of a stack of relational correlation sequencers (RCS). The RRC controls the tasks (including sound generation, memory...
6560513 Robotic system with teach pendant  
A robotic system for a robot includes a programmable controller coupled to the robot and a teach pendant coupled to the programmable controller. The teach pendant is adapted to control the robot...
6556891 Apparatus system and control box for same  
An apparatus system is provided with at least one robot and with a control unit accommodated in a control cabinet. To improve the integration of robot and technology control units and to utilize...
6556893 Robotic system control  
In an automated processing system, a system controller uses a meta-heuristic technique for identifying an optimal or near-optimal control schedule for controlling movements and operations of a...
6556892 Control device and control method for robot  
A controlling apparatus for a robot of the type formed by a plurality of joint actuators and operating in accordance with a behavioral schedule comprises a behavior scheduling unit for setting a...
6549215 System and method for displaying images using anamorphic video  
An image is displayed using anamorphic video. A first portion of an image is displayed on a display at a first scale. At least one second portion of the image is displayed on the display. The at...
6549825 Alignment apparatus  
An alignment apparatus which obtains an amount of correction for centering a semiconductor wafer from four points of a wafer edge detected by noncontact proprioceptors in a wafer delivery position...
6542788 Robot apparatus capable of selecting transmission destination, and control method therefor  
A robot apparatus such as an entertainment robot is configured to select a transmission destination at which a communication appliance is located, and transmits predetermined information to the...
6539283 Robot and action deciding method for robot  
A robot device 1 has a sensor 101 for detecting information of a user, a user identification section 120 for identifying one user from a plurality of identifiable users on the basis of the...
6534943 Robot device and learning method of robot device  
A walking-type robot device and its learning method are disclosed, wherein the robot device is caused to perform walking that accords with the parameters for controlling the walking, the walking is...