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7233842 Method of determining axial alignment of the centroid of an edge gripping end effector and the center of a specimen gripped by it  
A method determines axial alignment between the centroid of an end effector and the effective center of a specimen held by the end effector. The method is implemented with use of an end effector...
7228203 Autonomous personal service robot  
Autonomous personal service robot to monitor its owner for symptoms of distress and provide assistance. The system may include sensors to detect situations before they affect people such as smoke,...
7221999 Remote control device of bipedal mobile robot  
When an operator attempts to move a robot from a current position to a desired position, she/he operates a manipulator lever ( 26 ) corresponding to a desired direction of a manipulator ( 23 ) of a...
7222000 Mobile videoconferencing platform with automatic shut-off features  
A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station. A user can control movement of the robot from the remote control station. The remote control station may...
7218993 Robot system and autonomous mobile robot  
A robot system is provided and includes an autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, an...
7212886 Robot control apparatus and method  
A robot control apparatus including a motion torque calculating section for calculating a motion torque command which is required for a motion of a servo motor, a disturbance torque estimating...
7209803 Article handling system and method and article management system and method  
A camera or other sensing unit senses the conditions of articles and mobile entities, including humans within a living space. An article management/operation server manages, within an article...
7206667 Robot alignment system and method  
The robot alignment system is used for establishing a predetermined alignment position between a movable robot member and an article that is processed by the robot. The system includes a laser...
7181315 Manual-mode operating system for robot  
A manual-mode operating system for a robot provided with an end-effector. The manual-mode operating system includes a display section including a screen for displaying an image of an end-effector;...
7181314 Industrial robot with controlled flexibility and simulated force for automated assembly  
An industrial robot that has uses a simulated force vector to allow a work piece held by the robot end effector to be mated with a work piece whose location and orientation is not precisely known...
7177722 Assembling method and apparatus  
An assembling method and an apparatus for carrying out the method capable of efficiently, reliably and easily detecting an insertion and fitting position, for easy automatic assembly. In case a...
7177723 Operational optimization after powering on a robotic data storage library  
A robotic storage library is provided for reducing the transition time to reach an operational state following a transition from a power-off to a power-on state. The robotic storage library can...
7171286 Healthcare tele-robotic system with a robot that also functions as a remote station  
A robotic system that includes a plurality of robots that are linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robots have an input device and software that allows control of another robot. This...
7164970 Medical tele-robotic system  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote...
7164968 Robotic scrub nurse  
A robotic system, and corresponding method, performs the function of a human scrub technician in an operating room. A device, and associated method for using the device, performs one, or more, of...
7158859 5 degrees of freedom mobile robot  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot with at least five degrees of freedom and a teleconferencing function. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform...
7158861 Tele-robotic system used to provide remote consultation services  
A robotic system that allows a consultant to provide remote consulting services through a remotely controlled robot. The robot provides a video image to a remote station that is manned by the...
7158860 Healthcare tele-robotic system which allows parallel remote station observation  
A robotic system that includes a mobile robot linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robot provides both audio and visual information to the stations. One of the remote stations, a primary...
7151542 Manipulation of motion data in an animation editing system  
The problem of editing motion data can be solved by providing a way to specify control points (herein called “handles”) along the path of the motion data and to describe the motion data as a...
7148644 Marking robot  
A robot adapted to operate in association with an interface surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data indicative of a plurality of reference points of the interface surface, the robot...
7142947 Medical tele-robotic method  
A method for monitoring a patient with a robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing....
7142945 Medical tele-robotic system  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote...
7136723 Robot controller  
A robot controller for teaching a robot with high efficiency. The robot controller including command storage unit ( 21 ) where a movement command and a work command are stored, command identifying...
7136722 Method for generating a motion of a human type link system  
A human-type link system, such as a humanoid robot having a dynamically feasible motion of the link system that is generated when a reference joint acceleration that is only calculated from a...
7133744 Information processing apparatus and method, program storage medium, and program  
An input motion acquiring unit acquires a motion trajectory of an object from an image recognizing unit. A dynamic modelling processor models a plurality of robot motion patterns stored in a robot...
7117067 System and methods for adaptive control of robotic devices  
Methods for operating robotic devices (i.e., “robots”) that employ adaptive behavior relative to neighboring robots and external (e.g., environmental) conditions. Each robot is capable of...
7112938 Attitude control device of mobile robot  
A posture control system for a mobile robot. When an unexpected external force acts, the system is configured to control and stabilize the posture of the robot driving an arm link such that, in...
7107124 Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery  
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...
7099743 Two-legged walking robot  
A two-legged walking robot includes a pair of foot members a calf member provided above each foot member, a double-axis ankle joint provided between the foot member and the calf member to allow the...
7076337 Ambulation control apparatus and ambulation control method of robot  
The stability of attitude of a robot can be recovered by an ambulation control apparatus and an ambulation control method if it is lost in the course of a gesture for which the upper limbs take a...
7076338 Motion unit generating method for legged mobile robot  
A predetermined action sequence is generated by using basic motion units which include time-sequential motion of each joint and compound motion units in which basic motion units are combined....
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
6962220 Leg joint assist device for leg type movable robot  
An assist device that applies an auxiliary driving force to a joint in parallel with a driving force of a joint actuator between a thigh portion and a crus portion, which are a pair of link members...
6961640 Motion control for a legged robot  
A predetermined action sequence is generated by using basic motion units which include time-sequential motion of each joint and compound motion units in which basic motion units are combined....
6959231 Robot system  
A robot system includes a plurality of segments 3 , joints 4 for linking the segments together, drive units 5 for actuating the joints, and a controller 8 for controlling the drive units....
6941192 Robot machining tool position and orientation calibration  
A robot having a spindle is calibrated by disposing a calibration tool in the robot spindle. The position of the calibration tool is measured. An axis of the spindle is determined based on the...
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