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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...
6560513 Robotic system with teach pendant  
A robotic system for a robot includes a programmable controller coupled to the robot and a teach pendant coupled to the programmable controller. The teach pendant is adapted to control the robot...
6549825 Alignment apparatus  
An alignment apparatus which obtains an amount of correction for centering a semiconductor wafer from four points of a wafer edge detected by noncontact proprioceptors in a wafer delivery position...
6535792 Automated data storage library with wireless robotic positioning system  
A method and apparatus in an automated data storage library for identifying a location of a robot in the automated data storage library. Signals are transmitted from a set of transmitters in the...
6522953 Thermal polymer clamping tool  
A workpiece is held between a movable clamping element ( 56 ) and a stationary clamping element ( 52 ). During setup, a hex drive ( 58 ) is rotated to move a traveler ( 100 ) which is connected to...
6522951 Method and device for controlling a robot  
A method and a device for controlling a robot on the basis of data from sensors with their own sensor data structures. For solving the problem of adapting to different sensors and their data...
6507771 Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a plurality of agents  
A method for controlling the movement of agents using local communications is provided. Generally, each agent maintains an optimal distance from other local neighbor agents by, for each agent 200,...
6496756 Master-slave manipulator apparatus and method therefor, further training apparatus for manipulator operation input and method therefor  
A master-slave manipulator apparatus and a control method therefor, in which a movement which an operator does not intend is prevented, thereby reflecting the operator's intention accurately and...
6493606 Articulated robot and method of controlling the motion of the same  
A legged mobile robot realizes a motion language by a time-series change in an actuator angle or a motion pattern using the four limbs and the trunk. A motion language which includes, for example,...
6490504 Feeding robot and control method therefor  
A feeding robot which is capable of drawing a glass panel for a liquid crystal display from a cassette without bringing it into collision with the cassette, and then feeding the drawn glass panel...
6487474 Automated data storage library with multipurpose slots providing user-selected control path to shared robotic device  
A data storage library features multipurpose slots each configured to receive a media drive (operable to read/write data from/to media removably loaded into the media drive) a command relay port...
6484083 Tandem robot control system and method for controlling mobile robots in tandem  
A control system for controlling mobile robots provides a way to control mobile robots, connected in tandem with coupling devices, to navigate across difficult terrain or in closed spaces. The...
6480761 Battery-driven legged robot and method of controlling the same  
When the remaining capacity of a battery of a robot comes to a low level at a position in an operational area, power consumption can be reduced, thereby extending the life of the battery, by...
6477448 Force feed back supply apparatus  
A force feed back supply apparatus having a force feed back supply unit which is held by or mounted on an operator, and a force feed back generating unit for providing the force feed back supply...
6470237 Robot having a body unit and plural component units connected thereto  
A robot is provided which comprises a body unit, plural component units connected to the body unit, a memory mounted on the body unit for storing unit information of each of the component units and...
6466843 Method and apparatus for lifting objects  
In one embodiment of the present invention, a system for lifting objects comprises a Cartesian manipulator, a machine vision system for acquiring video images of the objects, and a control...
6459958 Operation data display device for robot  
An operation data display device for a robot allowing an operator to recognize operation data on a plurality of operations performed by the robot at a time. When an arc start command is read out...
6456901 Hybrid robot motion task level control system  
A hybrid control system is provided for controlling the movement of a robot. The hybrid control system includes a singularity detector; a task level controller that receives a motion plan and...
6453213 Robot control system and method  
A robot control system and method for controlling a robot that performs working on a working path between a specified working start point and a working end point. The robot control system includes...
6442450 Robot device and motion control method  
The robot apparatus of the present invention autonomously makes natural motions. The robot apparatus is provided with a control means 32, which has a feeling/instinct model that causes a motion...
6442451 Versatile robot control system  
An improved, versatile robot control system comprises a general purpose computer with a general purpose operating system in electronic communication with a real-time computer subsystem. The general...
6438458 Substrate conveying system in semiconductor manufacturing apparatus  
A substrate conveying system wherein, at a substrate transfer position of a conveyance robot, a robot arm is moved upwardly at a normal speed from its lowermost position, and wherein the movement...
6430473 Power assist apparatus and control method for same  
A power assist apparatus includes an autonomously mobile base on which a manipulator for holding a load is mounted. The movement of the mobile base is controlled such that when the manipulator tip...
6430474 Tooling adapter for allowing selected manipulation of a workpiece  
A system for manipulating a workpiece in an industrial robot system having a manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece, a tooling adapter coupled to the manipulator device for manipulating...
6415203 Toboy device and method for controlling the same  
In the robot system and the control method thereof, the motion of the movable part of which one end has been connected freely in rotation in the direction of at least one axis or more will be...
6408225 Device and method for balancing the weight on a robot arm  
The invention relates to a device for balancing the weight carried by a robot arm of a robot. Said device comprises a fluid spring, rotably a pneumatic spring, and a control device for controlling...
6393340 Robotic mechanisms with active and passive joints  
Control of a robotic mechanism comprising both active and passive joints is accomplished, where the motion of one or more of the passive joints is constrained by one or more constraints imposed on...
6385509 Tool actuation and force feedback on robot-assisted microsurgery system  
An input control device with force sensors is configured to sense hand movements of a surgeon performing a robot-assisted microsurgery. The sensed hand movements actuate a mechanically decoupled...
6381517 Method and apparatus to analyze accessor performance  
An automated data storage system which comprises one or more robotic accessors movably disposed therein, each such accessor including a revolving memory buffer and a velocity control program,...
6360142 Random work arranging device  
A random work arranging device that arranges randomly conveyed works by using a robot and carries out the arranged works, wherein the robot comprises a plurality of arms and a single robot...
6360143 Error recovery methods for controlling robotic systems  
A method of controlling a dispensing system, having a robot that moves along a motion segment and applies a material to a workpiece, automatically determines a backup distance for the robot after...
6356808 Method for cell alignment and identification and calibration of robot tool  
A method for cell alignment, identification and calibration of part of a robot tool, preferably a part of the robot tool, is positioned close to a detector, whereupon it is moved repeatedly past...
6356807 Method of determining contact positions, calibration parameters, and reference frames for robot assemblies  
A method of determining contact positions of a robot relative to a workpiece in a workspace of the robot. The method utilizes the contact positions to determine a location of the workpiece in the...
6343242 Protective device for clean robot  
The invention relates to a protective device for a clean robot that includes a base 7 in which actuators 4 and 5 for driving a robot arm 3 are accommodated; a translational guide 8 for...
6343243 Method for determining load parameters for a manipulator  
A method for determining a number of load parameters (m l , x l , r l , α l , I x , I y , I z ) for a load ( 6 ) which is carried by a manipulator. The manipulator comprises a number of links (...
6341246 Object oriented motion system  
An object oriented motion system for controlling the movement of a robotic manipulator is presented. The motion system includes a trajectory generator object for producing a stream of machine joint...
6330494 Robot and method of its attitude control  
A robot system wherein the CPU 102 detects that the posture of the system main body has been shifted from the normal posture into an abnormal posture on the basis of the acceleration information...
6327517 Apparatus for on-the-fly center finding and notch aligning for wafer handling robots  
A system and an associated method for positioning a substrate includes transferring a substrate along a path intersecting a plane of a sensor beam; determining a center point and an orientation...
6321137 Method for calibration of a robot inspection system  
A system for calibrating a robot used for inspecting a workpiece to maintain the accuracy of the robot during inspection of workpieces on a production basis, the system including means for storing...
6317653 Control system for adjusting a reaction force acting on a working end of a robot  
A correct track calculating section calculates a correction amount in accordance with a reaction force acting on the working end of a robot. The correction amount is added to a given provisional...
6314339 Method and apparatus for optimizing an actual motion to perform a desired task by a performer  
A method for optimizing an actual motion to perform a desired task by a performer wherein the performer has joints connected to body parts, the joints being actuated by muscle forces resulting in...
6314338 Automatic configuration options for multi-element robotic library configurations  
A robotic library system having a self-discoverable inter-library connectivity capability, and methods of operating the robotic library system are provided. Each library of the multi-library system...
6301525 System and method for controlling a robot  
A system and method for controlling a robot (1), includes at least three setting devices (2, 3, 4) which can be extended or shortened in the longitudinal direction. Each setting device being...
6301526 Master device having force reflection function  
A master device for generating motion instruction of the slave robot by sensing motion of the arm with fixed to the arm of the operator, and reflecting motion limit information by external force...
6295484 Robot control method and device  
When a multiaxial robot with a mechanism having spring elements between electric motors of respective axes and robot arms is controlled, the path precision of a tool tip is increased without...
6292716 Method and apparatuses for backgaging and sensor-based control of bending operations  
Several methods and subsystems are provided for aligning a workpiece as it is being loaded into a die space of a bending apparatus, and for performing sensor-based control of a robot as it moves a...
6292715 Robotic process planning method and apparatus using templates  
A method of generating a robotic process plan for performing a process on a work structure includes a step of receiving input identifying a template corresponding to a plurality of geometric...
6285920 Method of robot teaching with motion constraints  
A method for teaching movements to a robot (12) is disclosed. The robot (12) includes a fixture (14) for cooperating with a workpiece (16), at least one sensor (18) for sensing a spatial...
6278907 Apparatus and method of distributing object handling  
A modular object handling system has a multi-level control architecture, which includes a system controller that coordinates the functions and/or operations of individual module controllers, that...
6278903 Working robot for heat exchangers and method of operating said working robot  
A robot body (21) is carried into the water chamber (2A) of a condenser (1) and disposed on a tube sheet (4) through which a number of narrow tubes (3) open. Inner nozzles (23) are inserted into...
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