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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109377 | AUTOFOCUS AND/OR AUTOSCALING IN TELESURGERY Robotic, telerobotic, and/or telesurgical devices, systems, and methods take advantage of robotic structures and data to calculate changes in the focus of an image capture device in response to movement of the image capture device, a robotic end effector, or the like. A... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109376 | CLEANER AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same. The robot cleaner may prevent repeated executions of a cleaning operation by recognizing its position through an absolute position recognition unit, in a case that the cleaning operation is performed a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103367 | CLEANING ROBOT, DIRT RECOGNITION DEVICE THEREOF AND CLEANING METHOD OF ROBOT A cleaning robot a dirt recognition device thereof and a cleaning method of the robot are disclosed. The recognition device includes an image collecting module and an image processing module. The image collecting module may be used for collecting the image information o... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109378 | ROBOT REFRIGERATOR AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME Disclosed are a robot refrigerator and a robot refrigerator system. The robot refrigerator can be remotely controlled. The robot refrigerator generates image information from a surrounding image and transmits the generated image information to a wireless communication d... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082535 | SUBMERSIBLE ROBOT FOR OPERATING A TOOL RELATIVE TO A SURFACE OF AN UNDERWATER STRUCTURE A submersible robot for operating a tool relative to a surface of an underwater structure has a tool holder movably mounted on a support assembly provided with a driving arrangement for movably holding the tool in operative position relative to the surface. Position and... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079670 | Dust inflow sensing unit and robot cleaner having the same A dust inflow sensing unit and a robot cleaner having the same. The dust inflow sensing unit includes a light emitting element to emit a beam having a transmission region, a light receiving element having a reception region overlapping the transmission region of the lig... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072023 | Human-Robot Interface Apparatuses and Methods of Controlling Robots A method of controlling a robot using a human-robot interface apparatus in two-way wireless communication with the robot includes displaying on a display interface a two-dimensional image, an object recognition support tool library, and an action support tool library. T... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY PRECISELY POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN AN END POSITION IN SPACE An object is highly precisely moved by an industrial robot to an end position by the following steps, which are repeated until the end position is reached within a specified tolerance: Recording a three-dimensional image by means of a 3-D image recording device. Determi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072024 | TELEROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH DUAL APPLICATION SCREEN PRESENTATION A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and a microphone of the robot, respecti... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053724 | ROBOT SYSTEM A robot system includes a manipulator; a work table arranged within a movement extent of the manipulator; an imaging unit for taking a two-dimensional image of the workpieces loaded on the work table; a workpiece supply unit for supplying workpieces onto the work table;... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053728 | OBJECT-LEARNING ROBOT AND METHOD The present invention relates to an object-learning robot and corresponding method. The robot comprises a gripper (14) for holding an object (11) to be learned to the robot (10); an optical system (16) having a field of view for introducing t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053727 | Movable robot A technique to wholly recognize the surrounding environment may be provided by excluding unknown environment which arises due to parts of a body of a robot hindering the sight of the robot during operations. The robot of the present inventi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048208 | Vision System for Facilitating the Automated Application of Disinfectant to the Teats of Dairy Livestock In certain embodiments, a system includes a controller operable to access an image signal generated by a camera. The accessed image signal corresponds to one or more features of the rear of a dairy livestock. The controller is further operable to determine positions of ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051595 | MOBILE ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME Disclosed are a mobile robot and a controlling method of the same. The mobile robot is capable of reducing a position recognition error and performing a precise position recognition even in the occurrence of a change of external illumination, through geometric constrain... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046820 | Systems and Methods for Obstacle Avoidance Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for obstacle avoidance. In some embodiments, a robotically controlled vehicle capable of operating in one or more modes may be provided. Examples of such modes include teleoperation, waypoint navigation, follow, a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120024142 | ROBOTIZED ARM FOR A VEHICLE A robotized arm (2) is installable on a vehicle (1) by a supporting plate (12), on which the arm is mounted. The vehicle includes a conventional passenger compartment (11), adapted to house operators. At the free end of the arm is supported a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024091 | LINEAR-MOTION TELESCOPIC MECHANISM AND ROBOT ARM HAVING LINEAR-MOTION TELESCOPIC MECHANISM A linear-motion telescopic mechanism according to the present invention includes a plurality of block members (22) by which an arbitrary arm length is achieved in such a manner that the plurality of block member (22) are rigidly connected to each other so ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019627 | MOBILE ROBOT WITH SINGLE CAMERA AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING 3D SURROUNDINGS OF THE SAME Disclosed are a mobile robot with a single camera capable of performing a cleaning process with respect to surroundings, and capable of more precisely making a 3D map of the surroundings including a plurality of feature points, and a method for recognizing 3D surroundin... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016522 | PROCESS AND MACHINE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND WORKING OF DEFECTS ON USED TYRES An automatic process for the identification and working of defects (12) on used tyres (6) is disclosed, comprising the steps of assembling the used tyre (6) on rotative support and centring means (7), starting the rotation of the tyre (6 | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004145 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SPOTTING ROBOT FOR WAFER-SCALE SPOTTING OF LOCS An oligonucleotide spotting robot for spotting oligonucleotide probes into a silicon wafer on which an array of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices are fabricated, each LOC device having a digital memory for data related to the reagents loaded into the LOC device, the oligonucl... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004775 | ROBOT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR A robot apparatus includes a robot mechanism having a plurality of joints, and actuators that drive joint axes of the robot mechanism. The robot apparatus includes a robot controller that controls the driving of the actuators based on a cost function that is a function ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320039 | ROBOT CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATING METHOD THEREOF A robot calibration system includes a robot, a calibration tool, a plane calibration board, a camera, and a controller. The calibration tool is assembled to the robot and is controlled by the robot to move along a preset trajectory. The plane calibration board is locate... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320042 | METHODS AND PROCESSES TO AGGREGATE MULTIPLE IMAGE FEEDS AND DYNAMICALLY SELECT COMMAND REFERENCE FRAMES Methods and systems to improve operator control of mobile robots are disclosed. The invention comprises in various embodiments the aggregation of multiple image feeds to improve operator situational awareness and the dynamic selection of command reference frames to impr... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311127 | MOTION SPACE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND MOTION SPACE PRESENTATION METHOD A motion space presentation device includes: a work area generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional region in which the movable robot operates; an image capture unit configured to capture a real image; a position and posture detection unit configured to ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110312854 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SPOTTING ROBOT FOR SPOTTING ARRAYS OF LOCS An oligonucleotide spotting robot for spotting oligonucleotide probes into an array of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices, each having a digital memory for data related to the oligonucleotide probes loaded into that LOC device, the oligonucleotide dispensing robot having an ar... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299966 | LIFTING APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOTIC DEVICE A retrofittable lifting apparatus for use on an articulated robotically controlled device is disclosed. The lifting apparatus includes a structure for mating the apparatus to the robotic device and a mechanism for the remotely controlled lifting of an ordnance or other ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301759 | GRAPHICAL INTERFACE FOR A REMOTE PRESENCE SYSTEM A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and microphone of the robot, respective... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING ITEMS A system and associated method is provided for sorting parts, which includes a conveyor system for receiving and circulating a plurality of randomly presented parts, a sorting buffer for accumulating selected parts from the plurality of randomly presented parts in an as... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301758 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT ARM [SUMMARY] [OBJECT] Provide a method for controlling a robot arm which retrains the vibration of the arm during a switch of operating method from teaching play back control to feedback control. 12/08/2011 | |
| 20110288417 | MOBILE VIDEOCONFERENCING ROBOT SYSTEM WITH AUTONOMY AND IMAGE ANALYSIS A robot system that can move about two or more patient beds. The robot includes a monitor and an infrared camera that are coupled to a mobile platform. The robot also includes a controller that is programmed to autonomously move the mobile platform from one patient to a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288667 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM Provided is an industrial robot system which enables a reduction in an installation/adjustment period, and an increase in a no-error continuous operation period, and includes an action planning section (4) for temporary halts, an error-inducing-task restraining s... | 11/24/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110288684 | Mobile Robot System A robot system includes a mobile robot having a controller executing a control system for controlling operation of the robot, a cloud computing service in communication with the controller of the robot, and a remote computing device in communication with the cloud compu... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110286800 | DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS A method and apparatus for deployment and retrieval of ocean bottom seismic receivers. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a carrier containing a plurality of receivers attached to a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The carrier comprises a frame in which is mount... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282483 | Automated Positioning and Alignment Method and System for Aircraft Structures Using Robots Automated positioning and alignment methods and systems for aircraft structures use anthropomorphous robots with six degrees of freedom to carry the aero structure parts during the positioning and alignment. The parts and structures (if any) supporting the parts are tre... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282492 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC TOOL A method of controlling a robot system includes the steps of providing a tool supported by a moveable mechanism of the robot system, providing a workpiece supported by a holder, generating an image of the workpiece, extracting a data from the image, the data relating to... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276179 | IMAGING PLATFORM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED NAVIGATION CAPABILITIES FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE An imaging platform system that provides integrated navigation capabilities for surgical guidance. The system can include two robotic arm systems, one robotic arm system holding an imaging source, and the other holding an imaging sensor. These robotic arm systems are ab... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261198 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE In a data transmission method, a data transfer module 40 for transmitting an image frame of a predetermined image format and an audio frame of a predetermined audio format is used. The data transmission method includes: a step of acquiring image data captured by a pair ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264266 | Robot safety system and a method A robot safety system configured to protect humans in the vicinity of a working robot (1, 11, 21, 31) against harmful impacts by said robot (1, 11, 21, 31), said safety system comprising a sensor system (3, 13, 23) and a safety controller (4, 14,... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110251717 | METHOD FOR PICKING UP WORK PIECES The method for picking up work pieces includes: storing a representative partial shape, at least one of holding positions in the representative partial shape, and a preference rank for each of the holding positions; obtaining an image information by sensing the work pie... | 10/13/2011 |
