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7627396 Industrial robot  
There is provided an industrial robot which comprises a manipulator having a tool at the tip end, a robot control unit for controlling the manipulator, and a primary teaching device and subsidiary...
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...
7620476 Autonomous surface cleaning robot for dry 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...
7615956 Robot  
A robot, wherein the operating amounts of the first and second actuators are adjusted according to a torque necessary for maintaining a body member and an end member at specified angles in a...
7606634 Control device for mobile body  
Ground contact portions 10 are classified into a tree structure such that each of the ground contact portions 10 of a mobile body 1 (mobile robot) equipped with three or more ground contact...
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...
7605558 Robot system  
The present invention provides a safe robot system adapted to always and clearly indicate a worker whether an emergency stop operation can be performed by an emergency stop operation section in an...
7605557 Mobile robot for sensing and decoding a surface coding pattern on a surface  
A mobile robot for sensing and decoding a surface coding pattern on a surface includes a housing, A platform is in the housing. An on-board controller is mounted on the platform and configured for...
7603199 Control device for mobile body  
Ground contact portions are categorized in a tree structure manner such that all of the ground contact portions of a mobile body (mobile robot) equipped with three or more ground contact portions...
7602133 Robot having an obstacle detection unit and method of controlling the same  
A robot having an obstacle detection unit and a method of controlling the robot. The robot includes a main body, a driving unit, an auxiliary body, and a control unit. The driving unit drives the...
7600593 Robotic vehicle with dynamic range actuators  
A robotic vehicle including a chassis having front and rear ends, an electric power source supported by the chassis, and multiple drive assemblies supporting the chassis. Each drive assembly...
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....
7598695 Quadruped walking robot  
A quadruped walking robot, comprising a body part having a horizontal swing part, a horizontal swing drive part, an upper side upper leg part pivotally supported on the horizontal swing part, a...
7590468 Robot system  
A robot system can grasp and take out one of a plurality of workpieces placed in a basket-like container by a hand mounted at the forward end of a robot arm. The workpiece is detected by a visual...
7584045 Unmanned tactical platform  
An unmanned tactic platform (UTP) mounted on a two-stage locomotive system of which a first locomotive stage is a significantly high-speed travel stage where the UTP reaches an arena, and a second...
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,...
7581282 Robot cleaner  
A robot cleaner includes: a suction unit installed at a cleaner body, for sucking dirt on a floor; a driving unit for moving the cleaner body; a sensing unit mounted at the cleaner body, for...
7579803 Robot confinement  
A method of confining a robot in a work space includes providing a portable barrier signal transmitting device including a primary emitter emitting a confinement beam primarily along an axis...
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...
7573403 Systems and methods for controlling a density of visual landmarks in a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot...
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...
7567854 Self structuring and computing system  
A modular self structuring and computing system includes a matrix formed of a plurality of modules. Each module comprises up to six connecting assemblies that are detachably coupled to one another...
7559385 Ruggedized robotic vehicles  
A miniature, rugged robotic vehicle suitable for a variety of tasks including covert surveillance and reconnaissance. The vehicle may include a unitary single-piece chassis that provides structural...
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...
7556108 Robotic platform  
An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main...
7555363 Multi-function 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...
7554787 Wall crawling devices  
Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion...
7546912 Communications spooler for a mobile robot  
A cable handling system mounted to a mobile robot to dispense and retrieve cable at zero tension includes a cable reel drive and a downstream tension roller drive that includes an idler. As a cable...
7530410 Legged mobile robot and control system thereof  
The legged mobile robot the foot comprises a foot main body connected to each leg, a toe provided at a fore end of the foot main body to be bendable with respect to the foot main body, and a...
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 ...
7514893 Method for using a wearable interactive movable device  
The method is for interacting with a wearable interactive device. A pathway extends through an interactive device that is non-slidably attached to the pathway. The pathway has a first end and a...
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...
7501780 Docking system  
A docking system includes: a station including: a light emitter comprising light emitting elements arranged in a circular arc form so as to cause optical axes of light generated from the light...
7501778 Robot control device  
A robot control device includes an operation mode change-over switch for switching between a first operation mode for prohibiting an operator from approaching a predetermined area around a robot...
7484612 Overload protection device comprising an electric switching unit  
The invention relates to an overload protection device ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 2 ) which is designed to be fixed to a manipulation device. The overload protection device comprises a tool...
7474945 Route generating system for an autonomous mobile robot  
In a route generating system for an autonomous mobile robot, a plurality of nodes are designated within an area of movement of the robot and an edge is defined between a pair of nodes only if a...
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...
7463001 Soccer and fighting robot, and driving and operating device of the robot  
An amusement soccer and fighting robot, wherein a three-wheel drive cart usable as the drive device of various movable bodies is installed on a robot toy, whereby, since the robot can be moved...
7459871 Debris sensor for cleaning apparatus  
A piezoelectric debris sensor and associated signal processor responsive to debris strikes enable an autonomous or non-autonomous cleaning device to detect the presence of debris and in response,...
7456753 Internal pressure explosion-proof system  
An internal pressure explosion-proof system is provided that is capable of detecting high-pressure abnormality of an internal pressure explosion-proof mechanism, urging a check of gas/air apparatus...
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...
7444205 Modular self structuring and computing system  
A modular self-structuring computing system includes a matrix formed of a plurality of modules. Each module has a set of connecting legs, a set of connecting plates, an internal computer system and...
7441614 Legged mobile robot  
In a legged mobile robot, each hip joint that connects a body with a thigh link comprises a first rotary shaft that provides a degree of freedom to rotate about a yaw axis, a second rotary shaft...
7437214 Robot device and method of controlling the same  
A legged mobile robot can calculate the movement amount between a portion of the robot apparatus that had been in contact with a floor up to now and a next portion of the robot apparatus in contact...
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...
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...
7415321 Robot controller  
Realized is a robot controller capable of handling a large amount of data of images and so on necessary for advanced intelligence of control while securing a real-time performance with a simple...
7409267 Predictive robot, control method for predictive robot, and predictive robotic system  
A predictive robot includes a prediction-related item storage to store terms related to prediction performance, a first communicator which transmits stored prediction-related terms and receives a...