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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120102703 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOLT REMOVAL FROM SAG AND/OR BALL MILLS IN ORE CONCENTRATION PROCESSES The present invention is directed to a robotized method for removing discharge from furnaces used for smelting. The method includes punching and tapping exit passages, sampling different materials, and cleaning exit channels.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080139 | RUBBER SHEET JOINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD A rubber sheet jointing apparatus is provided with first holding means for releasably holding a joint end portion of one of two rubber sheets, second holding means provided movably relative to the first holding means for releasably holding a joint end portion of the oth... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120029686 | WORKPIECE REMOVING DEVICE AND METHOD A workpiece removing device including a camera for imaging a workpiece loading area including a plurality of workpieces loaded in bulk; a workpiece detection section for detecting a workpiece, based on a camera image taken with the camera; a workpiece selection section ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120011956 | APPARATUS FOR A ROBOT ARM An apparatus for a robot arm of an industrial robot. A first module includes a first and a second member rotatable in relation to each other about a first axis of rotation. A second module includes a first and a second member rotatable in relation to each other about a ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007374 | GRIPPING APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM AND GRIPPING METHOD In a conventional technology, it has been difficult to precisely position a gripping object when gripping the gripping object. Therefore, in the present invention, a multifingered hand includes a palm and a plurality of fingers having joints, to grip a tool with the pal... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006363 | COMPACT AND MODULAR ROBOTIC WASH SYSTEM A compact robotic wash system is provided for cleaning a work piece. The robotic wash system includes an enclosed wash chamber. A robot is fully disposed inside the wash chamber. The robot has a maximum horizontal reach that is at least 40% of the maximum horizontal lin... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110290090 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCT To automatically perform an attachment work of a material supply to a target object, a robot system includes a robot provided with a body, a first arm provided for the body and having a plurality of joints, a second arm provided for the body separately from the first ar... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293397 | End Effector for Picking, Forming, and Inserting U-Shaped Packing Insert End of arm tool (10) is used to load goods A and B in two layers in a packing container (8), with a packing insert positioned between the layers. The tool (10) also grasps a packing insert in the form of a flat sheet, bends the ends of the packing s... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110276174 | PALLETIZER MACHINE AND METHOD OF PALLETIZING A palletizer machine and a method for palletizing layers, one on top of the other, of packs fed from an infeed transfer line includes a transfer unit for transferring single packs arriving from the line to a first operating position, a forming unit for feeding single pa... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110253523 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD A sputtering apparatus includes a preheating chamber, a deposition chamber, a connection assembly connecting the preheating chamber to the deposition chamber, a first supporting assembly received in the preheating chamber, a second supporting assembly received in the de... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110243702 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT ARM In an optical position detecting device, a position detecting section detects the position of a target object on the basis of a result obtained by receiving detection light, which is emitted from a light source section and reflected by the target object, using a light d... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243701 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT ARM An optical position detecting device includes a plurality of light source sections which emits detection light, a light detection section which receives the detection light reflected by a target object located in an emitting space of the detection light, a light source ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241369 | ROBOT HAND The robot hand includes a planetary gear unit into which a rotational power is input from a motor, first and second drive shafts to which a rotational power output from the planetary gear unit is transmitted, a finger having first and second joints respectively driven b... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110226183 | HANDLING OF TEAT CUPS Teat cups are fetched from a teat cup magazine by a gripper carried on a robotic arm. The gripper grips and removes teat cups from the teat cup magazine. The gripper also holds at least one teat cup during transport thereof towards an udder where an animal's teats are l... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218677 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM A medical manipulator system includes a manipulator including a working unit having a distal end at which an end effector for carrying out working is provided and an operating unit including an operating input unit for being operated for an input and a driving source fo... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110217154 | GRASPING DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL PRODUCT A grasping device includes a first member, a fixed member fixed to the first member, a first finger member fixed to one end of the first member, a slide mechanism fixed to the first member, a first slider member slidably attached to the slide mechanism, a second member ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209661 | Automated Pizza Assembly System An apparatus is provided for assembling a pizza, including a pizza sauce spreading station, a cheese spreading station and a pepperoni applying station. A robot including a stationary base and an articulating arm having a gripper attached to the end is operable to grip ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211938 | Compliant End Of Arm Tooling For A Robot A robot (12) is used to pick parts from a bin (40 in FIG. 1). The robot has a compliant apparatus (42) and one or more tools are connected to the apparatus to perform the picking. The compliant apparatus has mechanisms for monitoring and/or c... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110208355 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND ROBOT ARM CONTROL-PURPOSE INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT Motion information of a robot arm stored in a motion information database is acquired. A person manipulates the robot arm, and correction motion information at the time of the motion correction is acquired. An acquiring unit acquires environment information. A motion co... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110153082 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE SURFACE STRUCTURES OF SEVERAL PACKAGED ARTICLES An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a sensor system for detecting the surface structures of several packaged articles. An exemplary system comprises at least one laser distance detector that functions according to a triangulation principle and that deter... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110127788 | OPTICAL-TYPE POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, HAND APPARATUS, AND TOUCH PANEL An optical detection device includes: a translucent unit that has elasticity; a light source unit that emits detection light toward the translucent unit; a light sensitive unit that is directed toward the translucent unit and has light sensitivity; and a detection unit ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110098859 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND WORKPIECE PICKING METHOD A robot system includes a robot. A robot control device is configured to control an operation of the robot, and includes a workpiece shape memory configure to store a shape of workpieces. A shape sensor is configured to detect shape information about the workpieces. A t... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110087360 | ROBOT PARTS ASSEMBLY ON A WORKPIECE MOVING ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE An industrial robot is used to assemble a part to a predetermined location on a randomly moving workpiece. The workpiece may be an automobile on an assembly line and the part may be a wheel (a tire mounted on a rim) to be assembled on one of the wheel hubs of the automo... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110081462 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEIGHING PRODUCTS The invention relates to a system for producing and handling sausage-like product S and a method for controlling for controlling said system with the steps of filling a tubular casing with viscous or granular stuff, dividing the filled tubular casing into sausage-like p... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110074172 | MULTI-FINGERED ROBOTIC HAND A multi-fingered robotic hand comprises a base, a rotation member rotatably connected to an end of the base, a driving means, and a plurality of digits. The driving means is configured for driving the rotation member to rotate. Each digit comprises a proximal phalanx, a... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110067504 | COMPLEX SENSOR AND ROBOT HAND A complex sensor comprises a touch sensor and a proximity sensor. The touch sensor comprises a flexible pressure-sensitive sheet covering a fingertip portion. The pressure-sensitive sheet comprises a front surface film and a rear surface film composed of a flexible cond... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110061596 | POSITIONING OF TEAT CUPS An arrangement for fetching a teat cup from a teat cup magazine in which each teat cup has a respective fixed position includes a reference entity in a fixed spatial relationship to the teat cup magazine and each teat cup stored therein; a remote detecting element that ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110052349 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD A robot according to this invention includes a driving mechanism, a first arm rotatably connected to the driving mechanism, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and an X-shaped end effector rotatably disposed at the distal end of the second arm. Of the fou... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110030318 | ROBOTIC MAIL TRAY SLEEVER METHOD AND APPARATUS A novel method and apparatus for placing trays into sleeves is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor system for transporting a mail tray, a sleeve blank presentment device and a robotic arm. The robotic arm is provided with an end of arm tool which retains and ope... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110024051 | Automated lamination stacking system for a transformer core former An automated steel lamination stacking system for a transformer core. A computer controlled robot arm with a machine vision system locates each of a series of laminations formed by a core former. A hand with a pair of fingers disposed on the end of the robot arm sequent... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100329832 | SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND ROBOT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A housing including a base and cover has an open space that is open to the atmosphere and a closed space that is closed to the atmosphere. The open space contains a laser having a low operating temperature. The closed space contains a heat generating element and the lik... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100300041 | AUTOMATED MEDICINE STORAGE AND MEDICINE INTRODUCTION/DISCHARGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Disclosed is an automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system, which includes a main body in which a plurality of receiving shelves is arranged, the main body having a door to enable user access, a medicine introduction/discharge unit ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100291669 | System for rapid identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent in a sample An automated instrument for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample. The instrument includes (a) a sample removal apparatus operative to remove a test sample from a specimen container and add the test sample to a disposable separa... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100268370 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM A conveyance system. The conveyance system includes a movable device for conveying an article, and a robot selected from the group consisting of an articulated robot and an orthogonal robot. The movable device is configured to be both vertically and horizontally movable... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259057 | ROBOT HAND WITH HUMAN-LIKE FINGERS A robotic hand with finger assemblies to better simulate human hand form factors and gestures. For each finger assembly, the robotic hand includes a finger drive assembly that is operable to selectively apply tension to four elongated and flexible tension elements (e.g.... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100236704 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FABRICATING TAPE WITH THREADS FOR VISUALIZATION OF AIR STREAMS ON AERODYNAMIC SURFACES Apparatus and method for visualizing air stream by little threads on aerodynamic surfaces such that strips of adhesive tape populated with threads are automatically fabricated.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100228397 | Apparatus for the operation of a robot The invention relates to an apparatus for the operation of a robot having a product gripper which is designed to represent at least one approach position of the product gripper for the picking up and/or placing down of a product, in particular of a food product, as a gr... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100206119 | GRASS SEED BAG END EFFECTOR An embodiment is a robotic arm end effector. The end effector generally comprises an actuator assembly, a positioning palm assembly, a claw assembly, a tamp assembly, and an end plate. The end effector of an embodiment may grasp and move bulk items. More specifically, t... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100201143 | HARSH ENVIRONMENT ROBOT END EFFECTOR A harsh environment robot end effector includes an end effector frame connectable to a material handling robot, one or more pickup arms rotatingly coupled to the frame, and pickup arm airbag actuator air bags for opening and closing the pickup arms. One or more position... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198388 | Production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks A production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks, such suitcases and trunks comprising at least two half-shells mutually associated so as to form at least one internal containment compartment. The plant comprises: at least one station for loading at least one h... | 08/05/2010 |
