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7330776 System, apparatus, and method for managing and controlling robot competitions  
A system and method for operating robots in a robot competition. One embodiment of the system may include operator interfaces, where each operator interface is operable to control movement of a...
7328087 Bipedal robot with storage battery  
A bipedal robot of the present invention has a trunk consisting of an upper trunk and a lower trunk which are rotatable around a rotation axis relative to one another. The upper trunk has shoulders...
7328196 Architecture for multiple interacting robot intelligences  
An architecture for robot intelligence enables a robot to learn new behaviors and create new behavior sequences autonomously and interact with a dynamically changing environment. Sensory...
7328086 Robotic tool coupler rapid-connect bus  
A tool changer comprising a master module and a tool module includes a rapid-connect communication bus between the master and tool modules. A unique tool identification number, along with other...
7328083 Injection molding system data management method  
A controller of an injection molding machine and a controller of a molded-product removing robot are connected to each other via communication means. When a molding condition save command is...
7328088 Method and apparatus for detecting position of mobile robot  
A method and apparatus for detecting a position of a mobile robot are disclosed to accurately and precisely detect a position of a mobile robot on the basis of a time difference between an infrared...
7324872 Robot apparatus  
An external force estimation system for estimating an external force acting upon a robot apparatus which includes a machine body which in turn includes a plurality of movable joints is disclosed...
7324873 Offline teaching apparatus for robot  
An offline teaching apparatus including a data acquiring section for acquiring position and orientation data and processing-condition data including interpolation commands, at respective predefined...
7324907 Self-calibrating sensor orienting system  
Controlling an orienting/positioning system having a sensor and actuator for controlling at least one of an orienting and positioning action of the sensor. The invention (1) evaluates pre-action...
7324871 System and method for retaining sensory data objectivity when sensory data is internalized by a system  
A fully integrated system and method that provides for a system that generates fundamental differences between a host system and sensory data. The system processing covers a series of contrasting...
7324870 Cleaning robot and control method thereof  
A cleaning robot and a control method thereof in which a cleaning path desired by the user is recognizable by the cleaning robot, thereby being capable of cleaning a cleaning area desired by the...
7321807 Robotic wash cell using recycled pure water  
A robotic wash cell is provided and includes a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects...
7321808 Robot and multiple robot control method  
When braking of a motion of a part of a first robot is assumed to be started at points in time, a first stop position of the first robot part is estimated at each point in time. When braking of a...
7319920 Method and apparatus for self-calibration of a substrate handling robot  
A substrate-handling robot which serves a processing tool such as a plating tool may be automatically controlled by a controller to perform a self-calibration procedure. As part of the procedure,...
7319919 Control device and footstep determination device for legged mobile robot  
A landing position/orientation of a foot ( 22 ) to be landed in a landing action of a robot ( 1 ) such as a biped mobile robot or the like is estimated, and a desired footstep path for the robot (...
7317388 Position detection system for mobile object  
A position detection system for measuring a position of a mobile object traveling throughout a controlled area, the position detection system includes a tag, which is provided on the mobile object,...
7316170 Method and measuring configuration for measuring backlash at an axial joint  
A method measures the backlash at an axial joint of an industrial robot having a first and a second robot knuckle that are movably connected to each other in a direction of rotation by the axial...
7316567 Physical programming toy  
A toy for teaching the logical thought process of computer programming has a plurality of stackable blocks with each block having a memory for the storage of at least one computer programming...
7314473 Medical manipulator  
A medical manipulator comprises a working unit ( 10 ) that performs operations, an operating unit ( 20 ) that generates instructions, a drive unit ( 50 ) that drives the working unit on the basis...
7313458 NC machine Tool  
The NC device of the machining center has the data memory for storing exchange history and data concerning a tool therein when the tool has been manually exchanged. When the data concerning the...
7313464 Bin-picking system for randomly positioned objects  
A method for picking up objects randomly arranged in a bin using a robot having a gripper for grasping the objects using prehension feature(s) on the object. The method includes a shaking scheme...
7313462 Integrated tool with automated calibration system and interchangeable wet processing components for processing microfeature workpieces  
An integrated tool and automatic calibration systems that enable wet chemical processing chambers, lift-rotate units and other hardware to be quickly interchanged without having to recalibrate the...
7313463 Biomimetic motion and balance controllers for use in prosthetics, orthotics and robotics  
Systems for controlling the motion of multiple articulated elements connected by one or more joints in an artificial appendage system. Four different embodiments includes a controller that reduces...
7313461 Data connectivity with a robotic device  
A method for data connectivity in a room with a robotic device. In the method, at least one condition is detected with a plurality of sensors and the detected at least one condition is communicated...
7310571 Method and apparatus for reducing environmental load generated from living behaviors in everyday life of a user  
An apparatus calculates, based on unimproved behavior amounts, behavior amount variations of living behaviors when each of living behaviors increases by one unit behavior amount, calculates...
7310583 System and method of measurement and processing of electrical variables  
A system and method of measurement and processing of physical variables, and in particular electrical variables, comprising: a multimeter to measure multiple electrical variables, similar to any...
7310439 Robot having an imaging capability  
A robot having an imaging capability includes: an imaging device, and at least one actuator separate from the imaging device for moving at least a portion of the robot. The at least one actuator is...
7308335 Gait generation device and control device for leg type movable robot  
When generating a gait for a legged mobile robot 1 which has floating periods in which all the legs 2 of the robot float in the air and landing periods in which any of the legs 2 is in...
7308337 Crane installation, in particular container crane  
A crane installation, especially a container crane, for moving a load, especially a container, includes a first stored-programmable control unit which, if required, receives signals resulting in a...
7303010 Apparatus and method for an autonomous robotic system for performing activities in a well  
An autonomous robot performs maintenance and repair activities in oil and gas wells, and in pipelines. The robot uses the well and pipeline fluids to provide most of the energy required for the its...
7305371 Swarming agents for distributed pattern detection and classification  
Swarming agents in networks of preferably physically distributed processing nodes are used for data acquisition, data fusion, and control applications. An architecture for active surveillance...
7304581 Mobile information apparatus and moving method therefor, and information system and position estimation method  
A mobile information apparatus has a communication unit configured to collect usage states of a plurality of devices on a network, an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a user on...
7302312 Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for a robot  
Methods and apparatus that provide a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for a robot are disclosed. A HAL can reside as a software layer or as a firmware layer residing between robot control software...
7298385 Method and device for visualizing computer-generated informations  
To improve the operation of robots in installations reprogramming and emptying an operating sequence to be performed by them, the invention provides a method and a device for visualizing...
7297860 System and method for determining genre of audio  
Both the beat and genre of music are used to select or generate a dance robot object for display of a robot icon on a computer monitor or for establishing the movements of a three-dimensional...
7295942 Increasing robustness of online calibration through motion detection  
In a method for controlling an orienting/positioning system, the orienting system comprises at least one sensor means, an external motion detection device for detecting an externally-caused motion...
7295892 Speed-adaptive control scheme for legged running robots  
A control scheme for legged running machines which is based on a decoupled control of system energy and kinematic trajectory is described.
7295891 Method and device for controlling movements in the case of manipulators  
In a method for controlling the movement of a manipulator associated with an interpretation of a given point sequence of poses (positions and orientations) by splines, the motion components are...
7292913 Articulated robot  
In the articulated robot, types of teaching a moving track of the robot can be optionally selected. The articulated robot comprises: a switch for manually selecting a moving axis to move an arm...
7292910 Method and device for machining a workpiece  
A method for machining workpieces by means of a multiaxial manipulator, such as an industrial robot, with a tool moved proportionally by a control unit of the manipulator and which can perform...
7292000 Angular velocity measuring device and leg-moving robot  
An angular velocity measuring device ( 1 ) includes a first sensor ( 2 ) (vibration gyro) and a second sensor ( 3 ) (gas rate gyro). The detection output of the first sensor ( 2 ) is inputted to a...
7292354 Apparatus for photoelectric measurement of an original  
An apparatus for the photoelectric measurement of an essentially planar measurement original includes a photoelectric scanner and a positioning arrangement for the two dimensional movement of the...
7292911 Living assistance system  
In a robot operation terminal, a storage unit has a group-belonging article table that indicates articles belonging to each of groups. Upon receipt of operation information indicating an operation...
7292912 Door knocker control system for a remote controlled teleconferencing robot  
A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive...
7289881 Information collection apparatus, information collection method, information collection program, recording medium containing information collection program, and information collection system  
A robot includes a robot sensor for sensing abnormality around the robot, a moving portion for moving the robot main body, and a movement control unit for controlling the moving portion so that the...
7289884 Hand control system, method, program, hand, and robot  
According to the hand control system ( 2 ), the position and posture of a palm ( 10 ) are controlled such that the object reference point (P w ) and the hand reference point (P h ) come close to...
7289883 Apparatus and method for patient rounding with a remote controlled robot  
A method for remotely monitoring a patient. The method includes generating and transmitting input commands to the robot from a remote station. The remote station may include a personal computer...
7289882 Robot operating in association with interface surface  
A robot is provided which is adapted to operate in association with an interface surface, which has disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the interface surface and of...
7289879 Pill dispensing system  
A pill dispensing system includes a shelving unit in array form that holds a number of bulk containers, each holding a bulk amount of a pill to be dispensed. A computer controlled robot removes a...
7286903 Robotic library communication protocol  
A method and system are disclosed for transmitting data among robots and a controller computer system within an automated robotic library. A robotic library communication protocol is described for...