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7630792 Apparatus and method for detecting position of mobile robot  
An apparatus and a method for detecting a position of a mobile robot in accordance with the present invention can accurately detect a position of a mobile robot by calculating time taken for each...
7627395 Vision system  
A vision system and method for calibrating motion of a robot disposed in a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, a vision system for a processing system includes a camera and a...
7627394 Robot trajectory control including emergency evacuation path system and method  
A system and process is provided for controlling a robot path of a robot including providing a main path for movement of the robot based on path data having points along the main path and providing...
7623944 System and method of estimating joint loads in a three-dimensional system  
A method for estimating joint load at a joint of a segment. The method comprises the steps of receiving kinematic data, determining a modified acceleration using at least the kinematic data,...
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...
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...
7612324 Distributed display composed of active fiducials  
An apparatus configured to obtain, process, and relay data to a user in a coherent and useful manner. An active fiducial is equipped with an interface for receiving and transmitting data. The...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
7571026 Mobile apparatus, and control method thereof, control program and supervisory system therefor  
A mobile apparatus or the like capable of moving or acting by avoiding contact with an object, such as a person, while reducing the possibility of inducing a change of the behavior of the object....
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...
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...
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...
7557703 Position management system and position management program  
A position management system including two or more types of detection tags provided to objects whose positions are to be detected, detectors provided corresponding to the detection tags, and a...
7551981 Robot system and method for inspecting and repairing casts in smelting processes  
A robot system and method for the repair and/or inspection of cast surfaces in an automated comprising a robotic manipulator of at least 4 degrees of freedom and a gripping mechanism which allows...
7551980 Apparatus, process, and program for controlling movable robot control  
An apparatus 1 for controlling a movable robot recognizes the person to be followed up from an image taken by a camera C by an image processing portion 20 , controls leg portions R 1 of a...
7551979 Robot calibration system and method  
A robot calibration system and method for robots in semiconductor wafer processing systems is disclosed. The calibration system comprises a calibration array, a dummy wafer and a control system...
7551978 System for carrying an item  
The item-carrying system comprises: a robot comprising: a gripping portion for gripping an item; external force detecting means for detecting an external force applied to the gripping portion;...
7546179 Method and apparatus for allowing mobile robot to return to docking station  
A method and apparatus allowing a mobile robot to return to a designated location the method including: calculating a first direction angle of the mobile robot at a second location arrived at after...
7539557 Autonomous mobile robot  
A mobile robot is equipped with a range finder and a stereo vision system. The mobile robot is capable of autonomously navigating through urban terrain, generating a map based on data from the...
7526361 Robotics visual and auditory system  
Robotics visual and auditory system is provided which is made capable of accurately conducting the sound source localization of a target by associating a visual and an auditory information with...
7525275 Impact absorbing mechanism of walking robot  
An impact absorbing mechanism, provided to a foot 5 of an extremity of each of two movable legs 2 of a bipedal walking robot 1 having the two movable legs 2 , includes: an upper base plate ...
7520187 Breakaway/crash detection system for use with a fixture on a coordinate measurement machine  
A breakaway unit sits atop a base plate of a coordinate measuring machine via a breakaway coupling system. A crash detection system including at least one crash detection sensor mounted on the...
7519502 Surface profile measurement processing method  
In one general aspect, a method of processing surface profile measurements includes obtaining a calibration image, the calibration image including one or more surface profile measurements at one or...
7509213 Apparatus and method for correcting location information of mobile body, and computer-readable media storing computer program for controlling the apparatus  
There is provided an apparatus and method for correcting location information of a mobile body and a computer-readable recording medium storing at least a computer program for controlling the...
7498758 Lower half body module of bipedal walking robot  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a lower half body module of a bipedal walking robot which is excellent in practicality in the point that it is possible to transport a heavy...
7469166 System and method of predicting novel motion in a serial chain system  
A method of predicting kinematic data for a segment. The method comprises the steps of determining a modified acceleration using at least original kinematic data, estimating a joint load for a...
7467026 Autonomously moving robot management system  
An autonomous robot is controlled by the local robot information controller which is connected to a robot application network to which the transceiver to communicate with the autonomous robot is...
7463948 Robot control apparatus  
A robot control apparatus allows a plurality of mobile robots to carry out tasks at a reduced or minimized cost as a whole with consideration given to costs derived from an encounter with an...
7454268 Manipulator  
A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command...
7447564 Robot  
A robot of the present invention moves to a place where a user is, in response to the voice of the user who is calling the robot. Then, when the user presses a switch, the robot recognizes that the...
7444214 Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium  
An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in...
7444206 Robotic vacuum cleaner  
An autonomous robot, that is for example, suitable for operations such as vacuuming and surface cleaning includes a payload configured for vacuum cleaning, a drive system including a steering...
7433759 Apparatus and methods for positioning wafers  
A method for calibrating a controller of a robotic arm in a microelectronics manufacturing apparatus that includes storing a default position for an edge detector, moving a blade on the robotic arm...
7430457 Robot teaching program editing apparatus based on voice input  
Candidate character strings representing objects disposed in a work cell, models for robot operation instructions which has variable parts, and robot commands related to the objects are defined in...
7430455 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...
7426424 Moving body system  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine the moving position of a vehicle, stacker crane, or other moving body wherever on a moving path having a...
7421338 Robot system  
A robot system including a beacon provided with a transmitting part to transmit a light for location determination, and a mobile robot provided with a receiving part to receive the light. The robot...
7421314 Method and device for controlling robot  
A method for controlling a robot during an interpolation of a trajectory or motion to any prescribed position, comprises the steps of a) ignoring at least one of the three originally prescribed or...
7421313 Robot apparatus and control method thereof  
A robot apparatus that is able to determine whether to ask a user for help, according to robot's situations. The robot apparatus determines based on an external or internal situation of the robot...
7418312 Robot apparatus and walking control method thereof  
An object of the present invention is to provide a robot apparatus and a walking control method thereof capable of changing walking control modes in accordance with floor surfaces by discriminating...
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