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7076333 Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression  
An electrical connection of a transfer station releasably, repeatably electrically couples with respect to a matching connection of a portable cartridge. A substrate in the portable cartridge has...
7072741 Robot control algorithm constructing apparatus  
A control algorithm constructing device that constructs a control algorithm controlling the motion of a robot, and a controller that controls the motion of the robot in accordance with the...
7072739 Data center robotic device  
A method for operating a data center with a robotic device. In the method, a condition is detected in a location of the data center. The robotic device, which includes a camera and a manipulator,...
7072740 Legged mobile robot  
In a mobile robot, the actuator characteristics are dynamically or statically controlled, during motions of an entire robot body in the course of falldown or descent, to realize stable highly...
7071648 Electrical charging system, electrical charging controlling method, robot apparatus, electrical charging device, electrical charging controlling program and recording medium  
A robot apparatus 1 is to be electrically charged autonomously. An electrical charging device 100 is provided with two markers, namely a main marker 118 and a sub-marker 119 , and the...
7069111 Method and system for controlling a robot  
A system and method are described that use impulse radio technology to enhance the capabilities of a robot. In one embodiment, a system, a robot and a method are provided that use the communication...
7066291 Robot system  
A mobile robot system for performing a plurality of separate operations, and including at least one autonomous wheeled mobile robot having at least one wheel-driving motor, an on-board computer, a...
7065430 Receiving apparatus  
A receiving apparatus includes a receiving section for receiving image data output from an autonomously traveling robot at a predetermined output position and a storage section for storing the...
7062356 Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatus  
A robot apparatus 1 is a four-legged mobile robot, and leg units 3 A, 3 B, 3 C, and 3 D are connected to the left and side parts in the front and rear sides of a body unit 2 . Ahead unit 4 ...
7062334 Positioning control method, positioning control device, and electronic component mounting apparatus using same  
There are provided a positioning control method and a positioning control device, which enables high speed positioning with low power consumption without repeating two or more acceleration and...
7058476 Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatus  
A robot apparatus 1 is a four-legged mobile robot, and leg units 3 A, 3 B, 3 C, and 3 D are connected to the left and side parts in the front and rear sides of a body unit 2 . Ahead unit 4 ...
7054718 Motion editing apparatus and method for legged mobile robot and computer program  
A motion editing system for a robot in which the motion of a robot edited is corrected as the movements performed by an actual robot are checked. An optional range of motion data is reproduced...
7054716 Sentry robot system  
A sentry robot system and method for operating the system is provided. In one embodiment, the robot system includes at least one functional robot with one or more environmental sensors and at least...
7054715 System, method, and program for robot control  
System and method for allowing execution of control over robot hardware other than specific robot hardware by using control software that does not have features to be applied to the robot hardware...
7053577 Robot and motion control method of robot  
When the sole of the foot of one of the leg sections of the robot leaves or touch the floor, the angular velocity of the joint angle θ of each of the joints of the leg section of the robot becomes...
7047105 Robot controlled by wireless signals  
A user communicates with a companion with his or her portable telephone attached to a telephone attachment pocket of a robot. The robot acts in accordance with a voice signal which is outputted...
7047107 Robot control apparatus  
There are provided a parameter storage part for storing monitor point information, a locus generation part for generating motions of the support, each joint point, and the like based on the...
7047106 Storage cell mounting and alignment for cartridge system libraries  
In a mass storage library, a module storage array includes a back plate having “T” shaped apertures patterned to form a cartridge storage together with cell blocks that have “T” shaped...
7047108 Enhancements to mechanical robot  
A mechanical robot can detect intruders using a camera or other motion sensor or aurally using a microphone, and then alert a user in response.
7042185 Robot control apparatus and control method thereof  
A robot control apparatus to control an operation path of a robot includes an interpolator including a rough interpolation processor to output a rough velocity signal of no-acceleration and...
7043334 Method of and apparatus for operating a work robot  
For operating a positioning device of a multi-axes processing device having at least one processing for improving its positioning accuracy, a position change of the processing device and the...
7043337 Methods and apparatus for eliminating instability in intelligent assist devices  
Methods and apparatus for eliminating instability in intelligent assist devices are disclosed. The intelligent assist device includes an overhead motorized moveable trolley, a support that extends...
7039501 Method for determining a position of a robot  
Generally, a method of determining a position of a robot is provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a position of a robot comprises acquiring a first set of positional metrics,...
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...
7039499 Robotic storage buffer system for substrate carrier pods  
A storage/buffering system for the stocking and/or buffering of substrate and/or substrate carriers in a process environment includes a 6-axis robot. An end-effector is connected with the robot...
7039498 Robot end effector position error correction using auto-teach methodology  
A robot arm positioning error is corrected by employing a specimen gripping end effector in which a light source and a light receiver form a light transmission pathway that senses proximity to the...
7035716 Active-constraint robots  
An active-constraint robot ( 4 ), particularly for surgical use, is controlled by means of a series of motorized joints to provide a surgeon with real-time tactile feedback of an operation in...
7031805 Robot cleaner system having external recharging apparatus and method for docking robot cleaner with external recharging apparatus  
A robot cleaner system for detecting an external recharging apparatus which is positioned in a non-detectable area by an upper camera thereof, and a docking method for docking the robot cleaner...
7031802 Semi-autonomous operation of a robotic device  
A method for semi-autonomous operation of a robotic device in a room. In the method, one or more goal points are set and the distances between the robotic device and the one or more goal points are...
7031806 Motion controller and motion control method for legged walking robot, and robot apparatus  
A robot operates accurately while canceling an affect of pitch-axis, rollaxis, and yaw-axis moments, these moments being applied on the robot body during a leg-moving operation such as walking. By...
7031807 Device and method for securing apparatuses with parts freely movable in space  
The invention relates to a safety device for apparatuses having parts freely movable in space, particularly handling equipment such as industrial robots or driverless transportation means, as well...
7031798 Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands  
A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a...
7027031 Touch sense interface and method for controlling touch sense interface  
A touch sense interface provided with an arm mechanism including an arm joint, a touch sense finger base arranged in the arm mechanism, and touch sense fingers arranged on the base. The touch sense...
7027965 Time domain passivity control of haptic interfaces  
Methods are provided for stabilizing a haptic interface of a computer-controlled one-port virtual-reality system or a two-port teleoperation system comprising a robot manipulator. “Stabilizing”...
7024277 Determination and control of activities of an emotional system  
A method and a sub-system, henceforth called method DKA, for the determination and control of the activities of an emotional system aS, belonging to the class of autonomous, motivated agents and...
7024280 Robot capable of detecting an edge  
A robot with an edge detector and two operating modes. The first operating mode is a remote control mode. The second operating mode is a processor controlled mode.
7024276 Legged mobile robot and its motion teaching method, and storage medium  
Learning-type motion control is performed using a hierarchical recurrent neural network. A motion pattern provided through human teaching work is automatically time-serially segmented with the...
7024255 Event driven motion systems  
A motion system comprising a motion enabled device, an event source, a plurality of message transceivers, and a motion services system. The motion enabled device performs motion operations based on...
7024250 Method and apparatus for the synchronous control of manipulations  
A method for the synchronous control of several manipulators, such as several industrial robots, is characterized in that control units of specific manipulators exchange control information...
7020542 Apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument  
An apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument that can be easily placed at a desired location by a user. In addition, a medical apparatus for measuring...
7015831 Systems and methods for incrementally updating a pose of a mobile device calculated by visual simultaneous localization and mapping techniques  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot...
7013201 Legged mobile robot and method of controlling operation of the same  
A legged mobile robot possesses degrees of freedom which are provided at roll, pitch, and yaw axes at a trunk. By using these degrees of freedom which are provided at the trunk, the robot can...
7013200 Movable robot  
A movable robot includes a main body unit and at least three wheel units. The wheel units are connected with the main body unit. The wheel units at least partially project from the main body unit....
7010390 Method and system for controlling robots  
The invention concerns a method and a system for controlling a first robot and at least one other robot, the at least one other robot being calibrated relative to the first robot by the...
7006895 Computed pivotal center surgical robotic system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6999850 Sensors for robotic devices  
A robotic device having a body with an upper surface resiliently connected to a lower surface and having a bump sensor including a contact point on the lower surface, which contact pint is in its...
6999849 Folding robotic system  
A portable robotic system having a folding carriage is disclosed. The carriage in one embodiment includes two legs and a lateral stabilizer. The folding legs and stabilizer allow the carriage to be...
6999852 Flexible robotic surgery system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6999851 Robot apparatus and motion controlling method therefor  
A robot apparatus and a motion controlling method for the robot apparatus wherein a reflex motion or the like can be performed at a high speed while decreasing the calculation amount of and the...
6996456 Robot with tactile sensor device  
Methods and apparatuses for calibrating and teaching a robot to accurately work within a work environment. The present invention preferably provides one or more tactile sensor devices that may be...