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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...
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...
6988020 Method and apparatus to move an accessor within a data storage and retrieval system  
A method to move an accessor capable of accelerating at a MAX . The method calculates a first velocity profile where the accessor travels a distance in the minimum time interval. That first...
6978193 Positioning data calculating procedure, positioning data calculating apparatus and articulated manipulator  
A positioning data calculating procedure calculates analytically relative rotation angles for the links arranged in series to form an articulated manipulator to locate an object in a desired...
6973372 Drive unit and method for using the drive unit to control a machine tool  
A drive unit for a machine, in particular a machine-tool, robot and the like, is described. The drive unit has several components, and each component has at least one associated component-specific...
6968592 Self-running vacuum cleaner  
A self-running vacuum cleaner comprises a homing mode of following a back of a user with receiving a signal from a light emitting means or a transmitting means of a position indicator means held by...
6928490 Networking infrastructure for an operating room  
A networking infrastructure for an operating room, comprising a plurality of medical devices, each device of which is connected through a single communication channel to the network, wherein each...
6925358 Toy robot and control system therefor  
A toy robot system includes a toy robot and a surface over which the robot can move. The surface is constructed from a number of modules of various types that may be joined together. Each module...
6922611 Automation equipment control system  
A automation equipment control system comprises a general purpose computer with a general purpose operating system in electronic communication with a real-time computer subsystem. The general...
6922610 Robot having offset rotary joints  
A robot is obtained having various functions that are demanded for planetary landing vehicles, extreme operations robots or the like, in particular to provide a leg structure for a robot that is...
6909940 Method and apparatus for the exchange of batteries in a robot located in an automated library  
An apparatus and a method for the exchange of power-supplied batteries which are arranged in a media-conveying untethered robot which is located in an automated data-storage library.
6907318 Multi-station robotic welding assembly  
A multi-station robotic welding assembly includes a mounting platform, and a plurality of robots attached to the mounting platform and located in respective weld stations. Each of the robots...
6889118 Hardware abstraction layer 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...
6879877 Method and apparatus for producing operation signals for a motion object, and program product for producing the operation signals  
A method and apparatus for providing a motion object with psychological and emotional expressions characterized by simplified processing and reduced control data associated with controlling a...
6876903 Gait pattern generating device for legged mobile robot  
A gait generation system of a legged mobile robot, in particular a biped robot that has the dynamic model expressing the relationship between the motion of the body and leg and the floor reaction...
6876888 Modular system and method for controlling a material handling system  
A control system ( 60 ) controls a material handling system and has a first control module ( 120 ), a second control module ( 140 ), and a third control module ( 160 ). The first module ( 120 )...
6871116 Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot  
A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the...
6871103 Car wash controller  
A car wash controller for receiving input data from a plurality of remote input devices and for controlling the operation of multiple remote output electrical devices. The central controller is...
6859683 Integrated robotic cell  
An integrated robotic cell having robot and series of sensors is able to process a component as desired by an operator using an interactive interface display. The integrated robotic cell includes a...
6853881 Robot information processing system  
A robot controller executes an operating program, calculates a position and posture of a robot, and sends the position and posture information to a personal computer (PC). At the PC side, on the...
6845295 Method of controlling a robot through a singularity  
A method of controlling a robot ( 32 ) includes the steps of selecting an initial configuration from at least one of a first, second, and third sets to position a TCP at a starting point ( 44 )...
6826450 Robot controller  
Bendings Δα, Δβ, and Δθ are determined by the torques about the axes of coordinate systems disposed to respective joints and by spring constants. Parameters α, β, and θ 0 are determined...
6819978 Robot, identifying environment determining method, and program thereof  
A robot is provided, wherein it is possible to reduce incorrect identification in the case of executing face identification in a place where lighting variations are large such as in a house and in...
6816755 Method and apparatus for single camera 3D vision guided robotics  
A method of three-dimensional handling of an object by a robot uses a tool and one camera mounted on the robot and at least six target features which are normal features of the object are selected...
6816754 Method and system for controlling drive of a robot  
A method and system for controlling drive of a robot having two or more drive axes and driven in accordance with an action program transmitted from a system controller to a robot controller by a...
6804580 Method and control system for controlling a plurality of robots  
A system for controlling a plurality of robots and a method for controlling said system. Said system comprises a plurality of controllers, each having an associated motion system adapted to control...
6799086 Robot, robot control system, and program for the same  
A robot control system includes a scenario receiver to receive a robot control program or scenario, a scenario register to incorporate the received scenario in the robot, a scenario selector to...
6786896 Robotic apparatus  
A robotic apparatus has eight actuators (M 0 -M 7 ) and a linkage (LINK 0 -LINK 5 ) that actuates an end effector. Three serial macro freedoms have large ranges of motion and inertias. Four...
6760644 System and method for transmitting communication signals to an automated robotic device in a data storage system  
A system and method for transmission of communication signals between a controller and a robotic device in a data storage library. The system and method include a substantially planar electrical...
6760646 Robot and control method for controlling the robot's motions  
With a robot and a control method for it, information is read in from the outside, based on which a particular object is detected, and it is judged upon detecting the object whether or not the...
6757587 Method and apparatus for dynamically reprogramming remote autonomous agents  
An apparatus and associated method, the apparatus comprising a controlled element ( 10 ), such as a robotic manipulator, and a dynamically updatable control system ( 11 ). The control system ( 11 )...
6751526 Method for describing robot structure and part of robot  
A method for describing the structure of a robot representing robot parts as an assembly of elementary structures which is based on the skeletonic representation, a robot structure and a robot...
6711469 Robot system, robot apparatus and cover for robot apparatus  
An authenticating pattern is disposed on a cover and an authenticating device is disposed in a robot apparatus for authenticating the cover on the basis of the authenticating pattern of the fitted...
6711468 Control system for robots  
A control system for robots comprising a control unit for generating and controlling the paths of a movement of the moving parts of the robot, a drive unit for generating the control signals for...
6708068 Machine comprised of main module and intercommunicating replaceable modules  
A machine, functioning as a unit, is composed of a main module and at least one replacable module having an ID. The main module includes (i) an ID recognition unit programmed to receive ID...
6697711 Operational control method, program, and recording media for robot device, and robot device  
A robot apparatus ( 1 ) includes leg blocks ( 3 A to 3 D), head block ( 4 ), etc. as a moving part ( 16 ), a motion controller ( 102 ), learning unit ( 103 ), prediction unit ( 104 ) and a drive...
6690999 Manipulator control method  
A method for controlling a hyper-redundant manipulator including a plurality of links coupled by joints by determining the shape the manipulator takes when the end of the manipulator is moved to a...
6684128 Robot and method of controlling the robot  
A robot capable of being operated at a high-speed by the full use of a power of a servo-motor, including a motor and a speed reducer, wherein the motor drives the robot through the speed reducer,...
6684130 Robot apparatus and its control method  
A robot apparatus is provided with a photographing device for photographing subjects and a notifying device for making an advance notice of photographing with the photographing device. In addition,...
6678582 Method and control device for avoiding collisions between cooperating robots  
A method of avoiding collisions between a robot and at least one other object such as another robot is provided in which the user does not need to make any provisions in a robot program for...
6662082 System for operating a robot with easy programming  
A robot wherein the condition for a work and a sequence of movements to be performed may be set in connection with positions. In addition to setting a position at which a work is performed, the...
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...
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...
6636779 Tape library mirrored redundant controllers  
The present invention provides two redundant tape library controllers that mirror each other's function. A secondary controller can immediately take over from the primary controller if the primary...
6633783 Fuzzy logic based control  
Because of the enormous number of neurons and reflex pathways involved in the control of human motion, a comprehensive identification of the structure of the feedback control circuitry is a...
6629002 Semiconductor automation markup language based gem/secs development application  
A system and method of transmitting instructions to control at least one fabrication machine includes generating a user interface including a series of selectable instructions, selectable machines...
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...
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...
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...
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