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6934606 Automatic calibration of a wafer-handling robot  
In one embodiment, a wafer-handling robot in a wafer processing system is automatically calibrated by determining an orientation of the robot relative to a chassis of the wafer processing system,...
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...
6922609 Floor shape estimation system of legged mobile robot  
A floor shape estimation system for a legged mobile robot, in particular a biped walking robot, which estimates a foot-to-foot floor inclination difference based on at least a control error of the...
6907317 Hub for a modular intelligent assist system  
An intelligent assist system having a modular architecture, coordinated by electronic communication links between the modules is provided. A multi-function hub for use in the assist system includes...
6901313 Legged mobile robot and control method thereof, leg structure of legged mobile robot, and mobile leg unit for legged mobile robot  
A legged mobile robot controls the posture of the body thereof in a stable manner using a ZMP stability determination criterion with a relatively long sampling period. The legged mobile robot has a...
6898487 Specimen sensing and edge gripping end effector  
Robot arm end effectors rapidly transfer semiconductor wafers between a wafer cassette and a processing station. Preferred embodiments of the end effectors include proximal and distal rest pads,...
6895306 Method and apparatus for controlling a tray changer incorporated in a robot control system  
A control circuit of a tray changer is interfaced with a control circuit of a robot. A tray changer control program, used for operating the tray changer, is loaded into the robot control system....
6889119 Robotic device for loading laboratory instruments  
A robotic device for moving at least one object between locations, including a servo motor system having a single servo axis for effecting motion in at least two directions of motion. The robotic...
6853878 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...
6853879 Medical manipulator and method of controlling the same  
A medical master/slave manipulator is excellent in operability and capable of reducing burden on the operator. The medical master/slave manipulator includes a master unit provided with an operation...
6832132 Legged mobile robot and method and apparatus for controlling the operation thereof  
A legged mobile robot is adaptively controlled in its attitude against variable external forces to continue the operation without inversion. When the legged mobile robot kicks an object having a...
6826452 Cable array robot for material handling  
A cable array robotic system and apparatus for applications such as cargo handling at sea and pallet handling in manufacturing, based on a multi-cable robotic control system is disclosed. The...
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...
6813543 Substrate handling system for aligning and orienting substrates during a transfer operation  
A system is provided for sensing, orienting, and transporting wafers in an automated wafer handling process that reduces the generation of particles and contamination so that the wafer yield is...
6813542 Modules for use in an integrated intelligent assist system  
An intelligent assist system having a modular architecture, coordinated by electronic communication links between the modules. Modules for motion, computation, interface, and programming are...
6792335 Robotic apparatuses, systems and methods  
A mobile device for traversing a ferromagnetic surface. The device includes a frame and at least one surface contacting device attached to the frame. The device also includes a Halbach magnet array...
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...
6748298 Method for limiting the force action of a robot part  
In order to reduce the risk of damage on external objects, material articles or persons during the operation of a robot, particularly a miniature robot, the invention provides a method for limiting...
6738691 Control handle for intelligent assist devices  
A method and system for controlling an intelligent assist device, robot, or other powered system that is partially or fully directed by the intent of a human operator. The method and system...
6728598 Arithmetic processing device, inter-object communication method, and robot  
An arithmetic processing device for inter-object data communication has an object manager for connecting objects so as to enable exchange of data between the objects, and a connection data...
6714840 User-machine interface system for enhanced interaction  
A user information input structure that inputs user information, a memory structure that stores user's bearing information as robot's bearing pattern, and a regenerating structure that regenerates...
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...
6691001 Diagnostic port between independent robots  
An automated storage library structure, a structure of at least one robot operating within the automated storage library, and a method of connecting the robot to test equipment to facilitate...
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...
6681150 Insect robot  
External state detection device detects an environmental state indicating whether there is an obstacle, external light, or a pheromone signal. On the basis of the detection result, sensor...
6678581 Method of calibrating a wafer edge gripping end effector  
A method of calibrating a wafer edge gripping end effector. A wafer calibration tool is held in a stationary position simulating the position of a semiconductor wafer to be picked up by the wafer...
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...
6675069 Arm operation mechanism and industrial robot incorporating the same  
An arm operation mechanism for an industrial robot includes a support, a first arm, a second arm, a link base, a parallel link and a conversion mechanism. The first arm has a base end pivotally...
6671580 Outer route for robots in a horizontal storage library  
A system for directing robot movement in a storage library is provided, the library comprising at least one horizontal array of storage cells and at least one robot that moves along the horizontal...
6668211 Arithmetic processing device, object-to-object communication method and robot  
An arithmetic processing device, an object-to-object communication method and a robot, such as an entertainment robot, in which software suited to a current robot configuration is set. The software...
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...
6658324 Pick and place robot system  
A plant is provided for rapid pick and place operations, enabling automated systems that return to at least one approximately fixed position to run faster than the rate of conventional systems. 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...
6643564 Method of determining retreat permission position of carrier arm and teaching device thereof  
A retreat permission position of a carrier arm when the carrier arm is moved back to retreat outside a mounting table after the carrier arm carries a substrate to a position above the mounting...
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...
6618645 Method of using a specimen sensing end effector to determine angular orientation of a specimen  
Robot arm ( 16 ) end effectors ( 10, 110, 210 ) of this invention rapidly and cleanly transfer semiconductor wafers ( 12 ) between a wafer cassette ( 14 ) and a processing station. The end...
6604021 Communication robot  
A communication robot includes a speaker. By generating a sound or voice through the speaker, the human is requested to cause a robot to make a certain action. When the human makes an action to the...
6600967 Automated physical disk storage and management  
A data storage system for remote access to stored data. The innovative system uses a storage library to contain magnetic hard disks and automatically replaces the hard disks upon failure, without...
6594550 Method and system for using a buffer to track robotic movement  
A method for controlling movement of an automated machine. The movement is defined by a plurality of steps. First, a buffer of a predetermined size is defined. The buffer stores a current step and...
6591165 Robot apparatus, body unit and coupling unit  
A robot system having a plurality of component units. The robot system includes a first storage device, and a second storage device. The robot system further includes a plurality of control...
6591164 Library failover method using hot spare redundant picker mechanism  
A “hot spare” method for facilitating the seamless transition from a failed robotic mechanism to backup unit is provided. A spare robot is located inside a storage library on a section of rail...
6587751 Robot device and method for controlling the robot's emotions  
In a robot and its control method the behavior and motion models functioning as bases in generating behaviors and motions of the robot are transformed based on the input history from the outside...
6587752 Robot operation teaching method and apparatus  
A robot operation teaching method and apparatus includes a three-dimensional measuring system that can measure spatial coordinates corresponding to points designated on camera images, a display...
6587750 Removable infinite roll master grip handle and touch sensor for robotic surgery  
An input device for robotic surgery mechanically transmits a grip signal across a first joint coupling a handle to a linkage supporting the handle. The handle is removable and replaceable, allows...
6584378 Device and a method for determining coordinates and orientation  
When determining coordinates of a point of an object ( 2 ) in a reference system of coordinates and the orientation of the object in the space in a measuring position assumed by the object, the...
6584377 Legged robot and method for teaching motions thereof  
A legged robot is provided with a plurality of basic motion programs. The legged robot can produce a teaching motion program for performing a series of expressive motions by recognizing and...
6580246 Robot touch shield  
A robot touch shield device comprising a shell supported by at least one shell support member mounted on a base member, and a sensor device for sensing an exterior force applied to the shell, the...
6567724 Robot apparatus and method of controlling the posture thereof  
The CPU 102 detects that the posture of the apparatus main body has been shifted from the normal posture into an abnormal posture on the basis of the acceleration information obtained as...
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