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7620483 Method for guiding a remote vehicle via lagged communication channel  
The invention relates to a method for guiding from a remote control center a vehicle towards a target object, said remote control center communicating with the vehicle by means of a lagged...
7620477 Robotic intelligence kernel  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes a robot intelligence kernel (RIK) that includes a multi-level architecture and a dynamic...
7620476 Autonomous surface cleaning robot for 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...
7619534 Method and apparatus for detection of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions  
A fire alarm system includes a fire alarm control panel (FACP) and an addressable signaling line circuit (SLC) operably coupled to the FACP for communicating with addressable components, including...
7617161 Vehicle appraisal assisting robot and vehicle appraisal system using the robot  
A vehicle appraisal assisting robot ( 1 ) includes an information acquisition unit ( 12 ) for acquiring basic information required for appraisal of a client vehicle ( 7 ), an image taking unit ( 13...
7617017 System and method for resource reallocation based on ambient condition data  
A system, method and apparatus for resource reallocation based on ambient condition data is disclosed herein. The system includes a planning module ( 102 ) for configuring plan data to include a...
7615956 Robot  
A robot, wherein the operating amounts of the first and second actuators are adjusted according to a torque necessary for maintaining a body member and an end member at specified angles in a...
7613545 Offline programming device  
An offline programming device in which a path for preventing interference may be automatically inserted such that a welding robot does not interfere with a jig clamping a workpiece to be welded....
7613544 Mobile robot, and system and method for autonomous navigation of the same  
Disclosed herein is a mobile robot, and system and method for autonomous navigation of the same. The mobile robot includes a communications module for transmitting a light source control signal to...
7613543 Electronic demarcating system  
A method and an electronic search system for operating an automatic device, preferably an automatic lawnmower. The system comprises at least one first electrical cable ( 1,4,5,6 ) connected to at...
7610115 Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)  
An Automated Pharmacy Admixture System (APAS) may include a manipulator that transports medical containers such as bags, vials, or syringes about a substantially aseptic admixing chamber. In a...
7606634 Control device for mobile body  
Ground contact portions 10 are classified into a tree structure such that each of the ground contact portions 10 of a mobile body 1 (mobile robot) equipped with three or more ground contact...
7606633 Robot simulation device, and robot simulation program  
A robot simulation device is provided. It includes a virtual robot working environment in which a virtual robot has a task of transferring a virtual object from a start point to a goal point, the...
7605557 Mobile robot for sensing and decoding a surface coding pattern on a surface  
A mobile robot for sensing and decoding a surface coding pattern on a surface includes a housing, A platform is in the housing. An on-board controller is mounted on the platform and configured for...
7603744 Robotic appliance with on-board joystick sensor and associated methods of operation  
A robotic appliance with a joystick sensor and associated methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, the robotic appliance includes: a housing, a joystick sensor configured to provide...
7603235 Arrangement for collision prevention of mine vehicle  
A mine vehicle and a method of preventing a mine vehicle from colliding. The mine vehicle ( 1 ) includes at least one scanner ( 13, 14 ) to scan the environment in front of the vehicle. On the...
7603201 Systems and methods for the automated pre-treatment and processing of biological samples  
Systems and methods allowing for the automatic control and scheduling of a staining apparatus for biological samples on slides present within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the actions of a...
7603200 Method and system for assessing the state of at least one axial joint  
A method assesses a state of at least one axial joint of an industrial robot, on the basis of data of a mechanical backlash present at the axial joint of the industrial robot, a state of wear of...
7603199 Control device for mobile body  
Ground contact portions are categorized in a tree structure manner such that all of the ground contact portions of a mobile body (mobile robot) equipped with three or more ground contact portions...
7599758 Sensors and associated methods for controlling a vacuum cleaner  
A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a height adjust mechanism disposed on the housing and a height adjust motor, disposed within said housing that controls a height of the height adjust mechanism....
7593787 Systems and methods for the automated pre-treatment and processing of biological samples  
Systems and methods allowing for the automatic control and scheduling of a staining apparatus for biological samples on slides present within the apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, the...
7593546 Telepresence system with simultaneous automatic preservation of user height, perspective, and vertical gaze  
A method for mutually-immersive telepresencing is provided with a view of a surrogate's location. An image of the surrogate's location is displayed at a user's location. A user's eye level and...
7590680 Extensible robotic framework and robot modeling  
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide a framework for developing and deploying distributed robotic applications. The framework allows a robotic application to be...
7590468 Robot system  
A robot system can grasp and take out one of a plurality of workpieces placed in a basket-like container by a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm. The workpiece is detected by a visual...
7587260 Autonomous navigation system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller, which executes instructions for autonomously navigating a robot. The instructions repeat, on each iteration through an...
7586383 Automatic tuning of multicavity filters of microwave signals  
The system for the automatically tuning of multicavity filters of high frequency signals, by means of screws sticking out from the lid of the plate incorporating said cavities, comprises a...
7584084 Method of manufacturing fluttering robot using a fluid-structure interactive numerical model for developing controls for wing driving apparatus  
A numerical model related to fluttering of an insect, when an equivalent model of actual structure of a wing of the insect is moved in the air in accordance with a model of fluttering motion of the...
7584020 Occupancy change detection system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes instructions for producing an occupancy grid map of an environment around the robot,...
7584019 Systems and methods for the automated pre-treatment and processing of biological samples  
Systems and methods allowing for the automatic control and scheduling of a staining apparatus for biological samples on slides present within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the actions of a...
7581282 Robot cleaner  
A robot cleaner includes: a suction unit installed at a cleaner body, for sucking dirt on a floor; a driving unit for moving the cleaner body; a sensing unit mounted at the cleaner body, for...
7580774 Characterization and classification of pose in low dimension  
A BodyMap matrix for a pose includes elements representing Euclidean distances between markers on the object. The BodyMap matrix can be normalized and visualized using a grayscale or mesh image,...
7580773 Handling robot system  
A handling robot system, including a table having a placement surface for placing articles; an article dispersing mechanism for dispersing the articles placed on the placement surface of the table...
7577499 Obstacle detection device of autonomous mobile system  
The present invention relates to an obstacle detection device, adapted for an autonomous mobile system, which comprises: a conducting wire, a first unit and a second unit. The first unit further...
7577498 Apparatus and methods for a robotic beverage server  
A robotic beverage server that includes a robot, a beverage dispenser in fluid communication with a plurality of beverages contained within respective beverage storage receptacles and operable to...
7577497 Industrial robot with portable emergency stop unit  
An industrial robot including a manipulator, a control unit for controlling the manipulator, a portable operating unit for teaching and manually operating the robot, which operating unit is adapted...
7574282 Electronic directing system  
The present disclosure relates to an arrangement and an electronic navigational control system for a self-propelling device ( 5 ), preferably a lawn-mowing robot. The system comprises at lease one...
7574250 Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system  
An input device of a teleoperator system can be operatively associated with an image of a surgical worksite. Movement of the image may correspond to movement of the input device so that the...
7573403 Systems and methods for controlling a density of visual landmarks in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system  
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...
7572253 Surgical operation device  
In order to rotate and move an arm of a slave which supports a needle-holder, the rotation and movement of a pen-shaped operating section ( 31 ) caused by the fingers of the operator's hand are...
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...
7571025 Method and device for controlling manipulators  
A method for controlling a plurality of manipulators, such as multiaxial or multiaxle industrial robots. At least one manipulator functions as the reference manipulator and is moved in a plurality...
7568536 Omni-directional robot cleaner  
An omni-directional robot cleaner, composed of a platform and a plurality of driving units for driving and controlling the movement of the platform, in which the platform further comprises: a...
7567855 Robot system and method for ball loading for loading into SAG and/or ball mills in ore concentration processes  
A robot system and method have been developed which are able to automatically load balls in semi-autogenous grinding mills so as to reduce the time used for maintenance. The robotic system is...
7567854 Self structuring and computing system  
A modular self structuring and computing system includes a matrix formed of a plurality of modules. Each module comprises up to six connecting assemblies that are detachably coupled to one another...
7566198 Industrial robot  
An industrial robot may include a main body part and an arm part including a first arm, a second arm and a hand arm. The main body part is provided with a first turnable shaft for performing an...
7565223 Methods and systems for handling a work piece for a machining process  
Automated handling systems and methods for using the handling systems for handling a work piece in a machining process, for example, an electrical discharge machining (EDM) process, are provided....
7564209 Micro-manipulator  
A micro-manipulator has grippers for gripping micro-material; an actuator for driving the grippers; a drive amount detection device for detecting a drive amount of the actuator; a power control...
7561942 Apparatus and method of controlling mobile body  
An apparatus and method of controlling a mobile body that travels around a sound source which generates a sound. This apparatus includes a traveling information producer for producing traveling...
7561941 Ambulatory robot and method for controlling the same  
An ambulatory robot including a lower body part having two or more legs and an upper body part installed on an upper end of the lower body part and capable of performing positional displacement by...
7558647 Device and method for controlling robot arm, robot and program based on object-dependent impedance  
In a robot arm controlling device, a mechanical impedance set value of the arm is set by an object property-concordant impedance setting device based on information of an object property database...