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8588971 |
Locomotive performance testing apparatus
Provided is a locomotive performance testing apparatus capable of testing the locomotive performance of a test subject while keeping the test subject at a suitable position on a treadmill.... |
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8583286 |
Hybrid control device
A brain-based device (BBD) for moving in a real-world environment has sensors that provide data about the environment, actuators to move the BBD, and a hybrid controller which includes a neural... |
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8577499 |
Method and a device for optimizing a programmed movement path for an industrial robot
A device and method for optimizing a programmed movement path for an industrial robot holding a tool to carry out work along the path during a work cycle. The movement path includes information on... |
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8577498 |
Automatic transfer method, transfer robot, and automatic transfer system
A transfer robot for accommodating and transferring a transferred object has a transfer route storage section, a movement mechanism section, and a security level setting section. The transfer... |
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8565920 |
Obstacle following sensor scheme for a mobile robot
A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem... |
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8560119 |
Robot cleaner and method of controlling travel of the same
A robot cleaner that travels straight through alignment of drive wheels to move the robot cleaner and a method of controlling travel of the same. Information related to a movement angle of the... |
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8532824 |
Control device for robot
A control device for a robot determines, as a desired driving force to be imparted to a joint, a component value corresponding to the displacement amount of each joint out of a desired generalized... |
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8527092 |
Movement controller for elastic robot structures
A predetermined robot path includes a plurality of path points defined by spatial coordinates. Spatial coordinates of the individual path points are converted in accordance with inverse robot... |
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8527091 |
Robotic apparatus implementing collision avoidance scheme and associated methods
A robotic system implements a collision avoidance scheme and includes a first robotic manipulator and a first controller configured to control the first robotic manipulator for movement along a... |
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8521308 |
System, method and program for supervisory control
A supervisory control system includes a supervisory control target device and a supervisory control device. The supervisory control device is configured such that an attribute usage flag that... |
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8504199 |
Robot control system
A robot control system includes a start position storage that stores a start position or orientation in a manual operation, a redundancy trajectory storage that successively stores a position or... |
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8504188 |
Device and method for the computer-assisted generation of a manipulator path
In a method, device and in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for computer-assisted generation of a manipulator path of a computer-controlled manipulator, a processor is loaded with... |
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8504200 |
System and method for managing and controlling robot competition
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... |
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8498743 |
Robot and method of controlling balance thereof
A finite state machine (FSM)-based biped robot, to which a limit cycle is applied to balance the robot right and left on a two-dimensional space, and a method of controlling balance of the robot.... |
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8498742 |
Robot and method of controlling balance thereof
An finite state machine (FSM)-based biped walking robot, to which a limit cycle is applied to balance the robot right and left on a two-dimensional space, and a method of controlling balance of... |
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8494677 |
Motion path search device and method of searching for motion path
A motion path search device includes a motion space identification unit which identifies, as first spaces, three-dimensional spaces passed through by a movable part in direct teaching operations... |
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8489237 |
High throughput method of in transit wafer position correction in a system using multiple robots
Methods correcting wafer position error are provided. The methods involve measuring wafer position error on a robot during transfer to an intermediate station. This measurement data is then used... |
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8483875 |
System as well as a method for controlling a self moving robot
A system provided with a base station (2) comprising a signal emitting module, a self movable robot comprising at least an energy storage, a sensor for sensing this signal emitted by signal... |
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8483879 |
Human-robot interactive system having a human stiffness estimation control algorithm
A robotic system includes a robot adapted for moving a payload in proportional response to an input force from an operator, sensors adapted for measuring a predetermined set of operator input... |
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8483878 |
Method and apparatus for predicting interference between target section of robot and peripheral object
A method and an apparatus for predicting interference, at practical accuracy and calculation time, between a target section of a robot and a peripheral object installed around the robot, when the... |
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8483881 |
Localization and mapping system and method for a robotic device
A multi-function robotic device may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect, a multi-function robotic device may be selectively configurable to perform a desired... |
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8478443 |
Robot system
The present invention provides a robot system including a robot having a plurality of move axes and a safeguard apparatus provided independently of a control system of the robot and adapted for... |
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8473103 |
Secondary position feedback control of a robot
A method of and apparatus for achieving dynamic robot accuracy includes a control system utilizing a dual position loop control. An outer position loop uses secondary encoders on the output side... |
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8473102 |
Robot controller, robot control method, and legged robot
A robot controller in accordance with the present invention is a robot controller that makes a robot including a plurality of legs walk by driving joints of the robot, the robot controller being... |
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8467902 |
Method and apparatus for estimating pose of mobile robot using particle filter
A method and apparatus for estimating the pose of a mobile robot using a particle filter is provided. The apparatus includes an odometer which detects a variation in the pose of a mobile robot, a... |
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8452452 |
Grip position calculator and method of calculating grip position
The grip position calculator determines a grip position where the fingers can grip a workpiece in any orientation of the workpiece. The calculator then determines an initial position where the... |
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8452448 |
Robotics systems
A method of controlling a robot includes running multiple applications on a processor, where each application has a robot controller and an action selection engine. Each application is in... |
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8452443 |
Method for controlling a plurality of axes in an industrial robot system and an industrial robot system
An industrial robot system including a workcell including a load area and a process area. A detector detects when a human enters the load area. A manipulator is located in the workcell. At least... |
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8442677 |
Verification system for robot pose
An apparatus and method for assuring effective backup for sensor failure in robots, by utilizing a single extra sensor attached between the end actuator and the base. The single extra sensor... |
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8442686 |
Articulated arm robot, control method and control program
An articulated arm robot includes a support part capable of extending and contracting upward and downward, a first arm part with one end joined to the support part through a first joint to be... |
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8428779 |
Robot controlling device
A robot controlling device includes: a position error calculator calculating a position error between an endpoint position of a robot and a position commanded value for the endpoint position; an... |
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8428778 |
Navigational control system for a robotic device
An autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and operable to enable movement of the cleaning apparatus, and a controller in communication with the... |
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8423186 |
Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally-invasive surgical instrument
A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common... |
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8423187 |
Autonomous robots with planning in unpredictable, dynamic and complex environments
A controller for the motion control of a robot, comprises: a target input interface for supplying the controller with information about a target to be reached,a predicting module predicting at... |
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8423188 |
Control apparatus and control method for robot arm, robot, control program for robot arm, and integrated electronic circuit
After switching a control method for a robot arm based upon characteristic information containing pieces of information relating to a grabbed position of the robot arm by a person and a... |
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8423182 |
Adaptable integrated energy control system for electrosurgical tools in robotic surgical systems
A method for a minimally invasive surgical system is disclosed including reading first tool information from a storage device in a first robotic surgical tool mounted to a first robotic arm to at... |
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8412376 |
Tension distribution in a tendon-driven robotic finger
A method is provided for distributing tension among tendons of a tendon-driven finger in a robotic system, wherein the finger characterized by n degrees of freedom and n+1 tendons. The method... |
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8412371 |
Laser welding system, laser welding method, and emitting device
A laser welding system includes a robot control unit that acquires movement amount measurement values from encoders provided on axes of the robot and calculates the current position of a laser... |
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8406921 |
Method and device for controlling a manipulator
A method according to the invention for operating a manipulator, in particular a robot (1), includes the following steps: determining (S10) parameters (c′, c″) of an exactly positioned manipulator... |
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8406922 |
System and method for setting the tool center point of a robotic tool
A system for calibrating a robotic tool includes a housing including an aperture for receiving the robotic tool, an image generating device disposed in the housing and positioned to generate an... |
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8396593 |
Gait generating device of legged mobile robot
A gait generating device of a legged mobile robot uses virtual surfaces to approximate a plurality of surfaces to be contacted in an operating environment of a robot, and determines the... |
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8396597 |
Distributed robotic guidance
The different illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus that includes a computer system, a number of structured light generators, and a number of mobile robotic devices. The computer system is... |
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8396598 |
Microsurgical robot system
A robot system for use in surgical procedures has two movable arms each carried on a wheeled base with each arm having a six of degrees of freedom of movement and an end effector which can be... |
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8392021 |
Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet 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... |
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8386079 |
Systems and methods for determining semantic information associated with objects
Methods and systems for determining semantic information associated with objects are provided. An example method includes receiving information associated with an object and information associated... |
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8386080 |
Robotic apparatus implementing collision avoidance scheme and associated methods
A robotic system implements a collision avoidance scheme and includes a first robotic manipulator and a first controller configured to control the first robotic manipulator for movement along a... |
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8386081 |
Navigational control system for a robotic device
An autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and operable to enable movement of the cleaning apparatus, and a controller in communication with the... |
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8384250 |
Computer-controlled connector-panel system
A system and method for ensuring that a large number of connectors, such as fiber-optic cable-connectors, which are plugged-into connector-receptacles arrayed across a connector-panel, are not... |
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8380350 |
Autonomous coverage robot navigation system
An autonomous mobile robot system for bounded areas including a navigation beacon and an autonomous coverage robot. The navigation beacon has a gateway beacon emitter arranged to transmit a... |
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8380349 |
Methods and systems for providing instructions to a robotic device
Embodiments disclose methods and systems for providing instructions to a robot device. The method may be executable to receive information from a robotic device and determine data responsive to... |