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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT TEACHING A method and apparatus are disclosed for the direct and safe teaching of a robot. The apparatus consists of a plurality of tactile sensors and electronic circuitry encapsulated in a compact enclosure, and a handle protruding from the enclosure. The handle provides an ea... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110314950 | ROBOT A robot includes an articulation mechanism that includes a pair of opposing bevel gears, a pair of motors that rotate the pair of opposing bevel gears independently of each other, an output bevel gear that is engaged with each of the pair of opposing bevel gears and is ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110288964 | Kinetic Input/Output In exemplary implementations of this invention, an input/output device (“Bulb”) is attached to on an articulated, actuated robotic arm. The robotic arm can move the Bulb by translating it along three axes and by rotating it about the arm's base. In addition, the I/O... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280379 | Imaging apparatus comprising a ring-shaped gantry An imaging apparatus comprising a ring-shaped gantry is provided. The gantry has a rotor arrangement rotating therein and a radiation source as well as at least one radiation detector. The gantry has at least one gantry segment which can be detached from the ring shape ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110272126 | FIBER APPLICATION MACHINE PROVIDED WITH FLEXIBLE FIBER CONVEYING TUBES ARRANGED WITHIN A COLD SHEATH A fiber application machine for the production of composite material parts, comprising a system for displacing a fiber application head, a fiber storage, and a fiber conveyor for conveying the fibers from the fiber storage to the application head, the fiber conveyor bei... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271785 | Parallel Robot of the Scara Type A parallel robot of the SCARA type includes a base or a body to which two articulated elements are attached, each including an arm and a forearm that are connected by a joint and are mounted in a manner allowing rotation about one and the same geometrical axis. The two ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110245006 | STRAIN WAVE GEARING AND ROBOTIC ARM Provided is a strain wave gearing having a high stiffness and no limitation imposed on rotation, and a robotic arm including the strain wave gearing. A strain wave gearing includes an electric motor and a strain wave gearing reducer. The strain wave gearing reducer incl... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110224822 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE ARTICULATED ARMS A substrate transport apparatus including a drive section having at least one drive shaft and at least two scara arms operably coupled to the at least one drive shaft, the at least one drive shaft being a common drive shaft for the at least two scara arms effecting exte... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110213599 | Method of Sizing Actuators for a Biomimetic Mechanical Joint A method of configuring a biomimetic mechanical joint for the efficient movement of a support member about a pivot device. The method includes providing a first fractional actuator and a second fractional actuator being operable with the support member and the pivot dev... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110202176 | Method for Operating a Multi-Axis Robot A method for operating a multi-axis, preferably six-axis, robot with axes that can be driven by drive means is proposed. The axes are possible to be moved separately and their movement is controlled by a control facility. Before the movement of the robot is executed, a ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110185962 | HUMANOID TRAFFIC CONTROL ROBOT A humanoid traffic control robot is provided, which is installed on all or some of the lanes of a road where maintenance work, subway construction, or an unexpected situation such as a traffic accident takes place and allows arm parts of a robot body thereof to freely i... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110154938 | ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLY A robot arm assembly includes a first joint, a second joint and a flange. The second joint is rotatably connected to the first joint. The flange is fixed on the second joint. The first joint includes a rotary connecting portion located on an end of the first joint and a... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110120254 | PARALLEL ROBOT A parallel robot includes a base, a movable platform, a plurality of control arms, a rotation arm, a plurality of first actuators, and a second actuator. The control arms rotatably interconnect to the base and the movable platform, respectively. Opposite ends of the rot... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110123305 | TRANSFER ROBOT A transfer robot includes a hand section, a horizontal arm mechanism, and a lift mechanism. An object is to be placed on the hand section. The horizontal arm mechanism is connected to the hand section and includes at least two rotary joints. The horizontal arm mechanism... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110077775 | Robot device, movement controlling apparatus and method for legged locomotion robot, sensor system for legged locomotion robot, and mobile unit The lumbar part of a robot as a controlled-object point where the mass is moved to the largest extent is set as the origin of a local coordinate, an acceleration sensor is disposed at the controlled-object point to directly measure the attitude and acceleration at that ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110046779 | Remote Contrivance Refurbishment Apparatus & Related Methods Disclosed is a remote contrivance refurbishment apparatus and related methods.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046782 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE RELATION BETWEEN A ROBOT COORDINATE SYSTEM AND A LOCAL COORDINATE SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE WORKING RANGE OF THE ROBOT The present invention relates to a method and a system for determining the relation between a local coordinate system located in the working range of an industrial robot (1) and a robot coordinate system. The method comprises: attaching a first calibration object... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110015787 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT A control apparatus for a robot arm, which controls an operation of the robot arm so as to carry out a job by using the robot arm, is designed to correct operation information based on operation correcting information relating to a correcting method for operation inform... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100222918 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSFER METHOD A conveyance device (10) constructed from a multijoint robot having first to sixth arms (15A-15F) that are each numerically controlled. A suction arm (12) for sucking and holding a semiconductor wafer (W) is provided on the free end side of t... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100204954 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR TESTING THE DESIGN OF A SEAT COMPRISING A SEAT AREA, A BACKREST, AND A HEADRESTü A method and a device are provided for testing the design of a seat comprising a seat area, a backrest, and a headrest. The method includes positioning a body simulating element with a reference measuring point on the seat by means of a robot kinematics; passive switchi... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100172733 | INTELLIGENT INTERFACE DEVICE FOR GRASPING OF AN OBJECT BY A MANIPULATING ROBOT AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING THIS DEVICE The invention concerns an intelligent interface device for grasping an object comprising:
| 07/08/2010 |
| 20100158656 | Robot arm assembly A robot arm assembly includes a turret, a lower arm pivotable with respect to the turret, and an upper arm pivotable with respect to the lower arm.... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100057255 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF A ROBOT BASED UPON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION AND IMITATION LEARNING The present invention relates to a method for controlling motions of a robot using evolutionary computation, the method including constructing a database by collecting patterns of human motion, evolving the database using a genetic operator that is based upon PCA and dy... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046708 | GONIOMETER The invention relates to a goniometer and a method for measuring stresses and characterizing microstructure of particles. The goniometer comprises a base (1), and a measurement head (12) including both an X-ray tube and a detector arc (11) movably a... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100036525 | PARTS HANDLING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD A method for operating a system including at least two robots for handling parts and a robot control unit arranged for control of said at least two robots. Each of the robots is arranged with a parts handler device including a rigid arm with one end connected to the end... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090276589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA DOWNLOAD FROM A MOBILE VEHICLE A method and apparatus are provided for autonomous data download. The method includes the steps of navigating an autonomous data download device to a first data storage device located in a mobile vehicle and parking the autonomous data download device adjacent to the fi... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090268011 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT USING A CAMERA UNIT WITH A MODIFIED PRISM An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures: a visible first color component of a visible left image combined with a fluorescence left image from first light from one channel in the ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090268010 | AUGMENTED STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZATION FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT USING A CAPTURED FLUORESCENCE IMAGE AND CAPTURED STEREOSCOPIC VISIBLE IMAGES An illumination channel, a stereoscopic optical channel and another optical channel are held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A first capture unit captures a stereoscopic visible image from the first light from the stereoscopic optical channel while a second... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090248040 | Coupler to Transfer Controller Motion from a Robotic Manipulator to an Attached Instrument A coupler to provide controller motion from a robotic manipulator includes a pin having a tip with a spherical bearing surface and a plate supported on the spherical bearing surface of the pin with two degrees of rotational freedom about the center of the spherical bear... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090204259 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC MACHINES EMPLOYING A DYNAMIC JOINT MOTION MODEL A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can include determining a dynamic model of the motion of the hydraulic arm for e... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090178506 | Robot joint drive system The robot joint drive system includes a motor and a reducer for driving a first member and a second member of a robot relative to each other. Output shaft of the reducer is secured to the first member, while a casing of the reducer is secured to the second member. An in... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090179766 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING JOINTS OF ARTICULATED ROBOT An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a robot joint in which a second member (43) is displaceably mounted on a first member (41). The distance to a measurement plate provided to the second member (43) is measured by a range finder (42)... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090177306 | PRESS LINE SYSTEM AND METHOD An press line including at least one mechanical press with at least one electric drive motor, a ram, a mechanical unit for operating the press, and one other device or auxiliary production device. The press is arranged so that the speed of the at least one said drive mo... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090149993 | ROBOT A robot, capable of appropriately adjusting position and/or posture on a current spot to execute a designated task involving interaction with a target object. The Robot is configured to enable adjustment of the position and/or posture by co... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090143787 | Robotic surgical device A robotic surgical device for using in laparoscopic surgery, including two robotic arms, each having at least six joints providing a total of fourteen degrees of movement that accurately reproduce the movements of a human torso complete with arms.... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090132057 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENTS OF A PLURALITY OF MECHANICAL UNITS A control system is disclosed for controlling the movements of a plurality of mechanical units. The control system includes a plurality of independent control units, each including one or more control programs having instructions for controlling movements of at least on... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090121061 | Robot system and method for unblocking the primary crusher At present, the unblocking of the primary crusher is carried out manually or using mechanical equipment which means the crusher stops for a long time and is less available. There is also a high level of exposure to the risks associated to unblocking procedures. | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090095109 | STRUCTURE, MANIPULATOR AND STRUCTURE CONTROL SYSTEM A structure is provided with a first member at a base end side, a third member at a leading end side, a second member arranged between the first and third members, and a coupling force generator for generating a first coupling force for pressing an end surface of the fi... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090093908 | Target Position detection apparatus for robot A target position detection apparatus for a robot includes: a robot including an arm configured to be freely moved in at least two directions of X and Y axes, the arm having a wrist axis provided at a distal end of the arm and configured to be freely moved in a horizont... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090043425 | ROBOT PROGRAM ADJUSTING SYSTEM A robot program adjusting system (11) adjusting an operating program of a robot arm having a plurality of axes including an overload identifying means (12) for successively reading operational instructions from said operating program of said robot arm to r... | 02/12/2009 |
