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7403451 Media vaulting in an automated data storage library  
Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture to provide for managing data storage media to provide secure storage of the data storage media in an automated data storage library. A...
7400939 Robot device, motion control device for robot device and motion control method  
A motion equation with a boundary condition regarding a future center-of-gravity horizontal trajectory of a robot is solved so that the moment around a horizontal axis at a point within a support...
7400974 Method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device  
A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a method for provisioning a mobile device with a model for determining a position of the mobile device in...
7397214 Wheeled moving robot  
A wheeled moving robot including a main body; wheels provided at least at opposite sides of the main body and configured to move the main body; an actuator configured to generate torque which...
7398136 Biped robot control system  
In a biped robot control system, stereoscopic images captured by CCD cameras are analyzed, the analyzed images are then utilized to detect presence of any moving object around the robot and if it...
7397213 Mobile robot and mobile robot charge station return system  
Disclosed are a mobile robot and a mobile robot charge station return system, the mobile robot having a simplified structure by commonly using a detection sensor capable of both receiving charge...
7395136 Robot end effector detachment sensor  
A robot device includes a sensor on its base plate capable of sensing rotation of the base plate occasioned by decoupling of a detachable joint that joins a forearm member of the robot to the base...
7390157 Force feedback and texture simulating interface device  
A man-machine! interface is disclosed which provides force, texture, pressure and temperature information to sensing body parts. The interface is comprised of a force-generating device ( 900 ) that...
7389156 Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning  
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis...
7389166 Methods to prevent wheel slip in an autonomous floor cleaner  
Tread structures, wave motion navigational controls, and ramp up recovery controls are provided to an autonomous floor cleaner to reduce wheel slippage. The floor cleaner delivers liquid to the...
7388879 Communication device and communication method network system and robot apparatus  
A gateway object ( 48 ) for transmitting and receiving data to and from an object of a robot apparatus ( 1 ) is allocated to a radio LAN PC card ( 41 ) of the robot apparatus ( 1 ), and a gateway...
7386364 Operation control device for leg-type mobile robot and operation control method, and robot device  
A legged mobile robot gives up a normal walking motion and starts a tumbling motion when an excessively high external force or external moment is applied thereto and a behavior plan of a foot part...
7386367 Workpiece conveying apparatus  
A workpiece is gripped by a robot hand and an image of the workpiece is captured by a camera. An image processing device detects the position and posture of a characteristic portion of the...
7386408 Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product  
A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end...
7386365 Tool grip calibration for robotic surgery  
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods selectively calibrate end effector jaws by bringing the jaw elements into engagement with each other. Commanded torque...
7386163 Obstacle recognition apparatus and method, obstacle recognition program, and mobile robot apparatus  
An obstacle recognition apparatus is provided which can recognize an obstacle by accurately extracting a floor surface. It includes a distance image generator ( 222 ) to produce a distance image...
7383100 Extensible task engine framework for humanoid robots  
An extensible task engine framework for humanoid robots. Robot instructions are stored as tasks and skills. Tasks are designed so that they can be executed by a variety of robots with differing...
7379790 Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery  
Robotic devices, systems, and methods for use in robotic surgery and other robotic applications, and/or medical instrument devices, systems, and methods includes both a reusable processor and a...
7379789 Gait generating device of legged mobile robot and legged mobile robot controller  
A permissible range of a restriction object amount, which is a vertical component of a floor reaction force moment or a component of the floor reaction force moment in floor surface normal line...
7376487 Nesting negotiation for self-mobile devices  
Disparate robotic devices can be automatically recharged and reprogrammed by self-scheduling individual time slots for the available recharging area(s) of a charging station. These charging...
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...
7373218 Image distribution system  
An information distribution system capable of presenting an image photographed by a moving body, such as a robot or vehicle, selected by a user. The information distribution system includes moving...
7373219 Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery  
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is...
7366585 Method and apparatus for moving a handling system  
A method for moving a multi-axis or multi-axle handling system, particularly for orienting a hand of an industrial robot, with a gripping tool connected to a hand is characterized in that the...
7366587 Legged mobile robot  
The characteristics of actuators themselves and the characteristics of controllers for the actuators are dynamically or statically controlled to achieve stable and highly efficient movements. In a...
7363109 Backlash compensation control method, backlash compensation controller and backlash compensation control program  
To allow a robot performing a cyclic movement upon receipt of a driving force transmitted through a driving force transmission system from a driving source along with a backlash to perform the...
7363110 Gasket with curved configuration at peripheral edge  
A gasket having the form of a frame is provided with a curved portion at an inner or outer periphery thereof. When used in combination with a similarly configured gasket, the two gaskets may...
7363092 Multi-joint robot and control device thereof  
It is an object of the invention to provide an articulated robot capable of reducing a number of axes, making the robot light-weighted, reducing fabrication cost and promoting a working efficiency...
7363108 Robot and control method for controlling robot expressions  
A robot apparatus which, by exploiting limited resources highly efficiently, is capable of making expressions matched to the motion or to complex variegated feeling or instinct states, representing...
7358697 Robot for marking an encoded surface  
A robot for marking an encoded surface is provided. The encoded surface has coded data identifying a plurality of locations thereon. The robot has an image sensor for sensing the coded data, and a...
7359817 Method of and device for re-calibrating three-dimensional visual sensor in robot system  
A re-calibration method and device for a three-dimensional visual sensor of a robot system, whereby the work load required for re-calibration is mitigated. While the visual sensor is normal, the...
7359766 Robot cleaner and operating method thereof  
A robot cleaner comprises a suction unit installed within a cleaner body, for sucking dirt on a floor; a driving unit for moving the cleaner body; a wheel installed at a bottom of the cleaner body...
7353076 Vacuum processing method and vacuum processing apparatus  
The invention provides a semiconductor processing apparatus having a high throughput capable of appropriately coping with the positional displacement that may occur during transfer of the wafer...
7353081 Method and a system for programming an industrial robot  
A method for programming an industrial robot. The robot is taught a path having waypoints located on or in the vicinity of an object. An image of the object is obtained. Information is obtained...
7349759 Area coverage with an autonomous robot  
A robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker ( 48 ) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot ( 40...
7348746 Abnormality detection system of mobile robot  
In an abnormality detection system of a mobile robot, it is configured such that it is self-diagnosed whether the quantity of state is an abnormal value, or whether at least one of the internal...
7349758 Interactive personalized robot for home use  
An interactive personalized robotic system for a home environment includes a home network in communication with at least one electronic device. A robot is in communication with the home network and...
7346431 Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyer  
In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station...
7346796 Streaming output peripherals for programmable chip systems  
Methods and apparatus are provided for configuring and generating a sequence of discrete output signal values. A microcontroller writes output signal values to memory and provides address and...
7346429 Mobile robot hybrid communication link  
A mobile robot communication system includes a remote unit, a repeater module and a control station. A cable connects the repeater module to the control station. The remote unit has a wireless...
7346430 Image transmission device and method, transmitting device and method, receiving device and method, and robot apparatus  
An image transmission device and method, a transmitting device and method, a receiving device and method, and robot apparatus are capable of effectively transmitting the image data of multiple...
7346428 Robotic sweeper cleaner with dusting pad  
An autonomously movable home cleaning robot that incorporates a sweeper and dust bin as well as a dusting assembly in tandem in the direction of movement of the robot.
7343221 Control system of a robot cleaner  
A control system of a robot cleaner including a signal transmitting unit and a cleaning unit is provided. The signal transmitting unit wirelessly transmits reference signals, while the cleaning...
7343223 Robot apparatus and load sensor  
A load sensor that is inoperable even when applied with a large load, has a simple structure easily designed to be lightweight and compact and can detect a load with a high accuracy, and a legged...
7343222 System, method and apparatus for organizing groups of self-configurable mobile robotic agents in a multi-robotic system  
A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI...
7343264 Telemetry signal collection, process and provision equipment  
This patent refers to an electronic equipment unit, which is intended to collects, process and transfer data from a certain area, which it monitors, to a telemetry system. In more detail, data are...
7340322 Rubbing apparatus for liquid crystal display panel and method thereof  
A rubbing apparatus and method for liquid crystal display panels are provided. The apparatus includes at least one cassette for keeping at least one mother substrate to be rubbed, an internal port...
7337040 Self-position estimating device for leg type movable robots  
Based on a detected or estimated value of an actual posture of a predetermined part, such as a body 3 , of a robot 1 and a deviation the actual posture from a posture of a desired gait, a...
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...
7330775 Legged mobile robot controller, legged mobile robot and legged mobile robot control method  
A legged mobile robot, a legged mobile robot controller and a legged mobile robot control method are provided to perform a loading operation to load a gripped object in parallel on a target place...