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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6226565 | Method for control of an industrial robot along a given track A method for control of the movement of the movement of an industrial robot along a given track (P1 -P4) with a desired track speed (v), which industrial robot has a number of movement axes and for each axis servo equipment for contr... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6226562 | Method and system for adjusting and calibrating circuit parameters A method and system for calibrating analog integrated circuits. Initially, a single calibration circuit is formed integral with a group of analog integrated circuits. A control signal and a calibration signal are generated from the calibration circuit. Ne... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216058 | System of trajectory planning for robotic manipulators based on pre-defined time-optimum trajectory shapes A system for providing the reliable and numerically efficient generation of time-optimum trajectories with easy-to-track or continuous acceleration profiles for simple and blended moves of single- and multi-arm robotic manipulators, such as an extension a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6181983 | Method of command control for a robot manipulator Beginning with a successive commanded end-effector destination shift, the method of the invention, which includes a calculation corresponding to a special algorithm of inverse kinematics using the Jacobi Matrix in the control of a manipulator, effects an ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6173215 | Method for determining a desired response to detection of an obstacle A method is disclosed for responding to the detection of an obstacle in the path of a mobile machine as the mobile machine traverses the path at a work site. The method includes the steps of scanning a field of interest, detecting the presence of an obsta... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167328 | Robot language processing apparatus When a robot language is to be displayed and edited, a teaching apparatus or a programming pendant heretofore displays intermediate code of the robot language as expressed by characters. The operator cannot intuitively recognize motions of the robot, need... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6163739 | Tactile feedback apparatus using electromagnetic attraction for remote control robot A tactile feedback apparatus using an electromagnetic attraction for a remote control robot employs tactile data obtained during operation between a gripper attached to a robot arm of an externally controlled robot and the gripper's target so as to be tra... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6124695 | Cartesian coordinates robot Provided is a rectangular coordinate type robot, in which spaced-apart first tables are provided with respective first moving units that are guided along the first tables, and a second table has its one end connected to the first moving unit provided for ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6115646 | Dynamic and generic process automation system GPAE is a dynamic and generic object-oriented process automation engine that provides workflow management (WFM) services in a heterogeneous distributed computing environment. This invention decouples process definitions, run-time process management, and p... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6092004 | Robot speed computing apparatus and method An improved method and apparatus for computing the speed of a robot. Specifically, the method and apparatus relate to calculating the speed of a robot based on the rated maximum speed of a joint of the robot and one of the current position and joint infor... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6029099 | Method of a network that learns A self-learning network with: (a) one or more sensor(s) in one or more sensor unit(s) with a plurality of memory cells that forward-select values of one or more intermediate variable(s) I1, J1, . . . according to their stored values ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6028410 | Resonance detection and resolution The present invention provides a method for controlling following error in a robotic system that moves a tool at a velocity along a path defined by an inputted set of vertices. The following error is controlled to be less than a tolerable error allowance.... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6023645 | Trajectory control apparatus and trajectory control method for intra-planar multifreedom SCARA type of robot, and computer-readable recording medium with trajectory control program for intra-planar multifreedom SCARA type of robot stored therein In a trajectory control method for an intra-planar multifreedom SCARA type of robot, a positional increment for an arm tip is computed for a linear interpolating operation through the expression described below. Namely, the expression is Vn=L1 ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6002971 | Time optimal trajectory for cluster tool robots A method and apparatus involving the application of an algorithm used for finding the time optimal trajectory for torque limited Industrial Robots, to achieve the operation of Cluster Tool Robots in an improved manner by modifying the applied algorithm th... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5991510 | Removable memory device to store robotic application and configuration data A robot drive has operating and configuration parameters at an installation location stored in an easily removable storage device on the drive, or nearby, so that special data, such as that associated with arm design and system layout, including taught st... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5963712 | Selectively configurable robot apparatus A robot apparatus composed of a plurality of component units comprises a first storage unit for storing shape information for determining shapes of the component units, a second storage unit for storing motion information required to describe motions of t... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5956465 | Production facility with automatic movable body for man-machine cooperation For a combination of a first movable body adaptive for an automatic motion to provide an equivalent service to a required service, and a second movable body capable of exercising a voluntary motion and to cooperate with the first movable body to provide t... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5949683 | Robot control apparatus A robot control apparatus does not require an expert to perform programming, prepare teaching data or reprogram the motions of a work robot. The controller for the robot accepts the teaching point instructed by a beginner operator, and computes the start ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5946449 | Precision apparatus with non-rigid, imprecise structure, and method for operating same An apparatus which allows one to maintain precision placement of a manipulator which undergoes repeated controlled motions or trajectories is provided. The structure of the apparatus is compliant such that the manipulator may be displaced by forces applie... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5889925 | Method and equipment for assembling components According to the present invention there is provided a component assembling method capable of assembling a plurality of components in a successive manner, in which method faces of each component are contacted successively with two or more reference planes... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5793934 | Method for the orientation, route planning and control of an autonomous mobile unit Different bonus values and penalty values are allotted for each partial task of the unit such as, for example, drive from A to B, hold your positional uncertainty below a specific threshold, or draw up a map of the surroundings and add landmarks to it. Pe... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5781697 | Method and apparatus for automatic running control of a robot The present invention relates to an automatic running control apparatus of a robot and a method thereof by which a fuzzy logic rule is performed utilizing data on a running direction, a running distance and an obstacle when a self-propelled mobile robot r... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5761390 | Robot for removing unnecessary portion on workpiece A robot for removing an unnecessary portion on a workpiece, comprises a tool for removing the unnecessary portion, a tool positioning apparatus which contains a reference coordinate system, carries the tool attached thereon, and is movable to change a pos... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5719480 | Parametric control device An adaptive control system for mechanical and dynamic systems being transferred from an initial to a desired final state by control devices. The control system comprises an adaptive controller (e.g. in the form of an artificial neural network) for providi... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5655060 | Time optimal trajectory for cluster tool robots A method and apparatus involving the application of an algorithm used for finding the time optimal trajectory for torque limited Industrial Robots, to achieve the operation of Cluster Tool Robots in an improved manner by modifying the applied algorithm th... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5642467 | Controller for autonomous device A controller for directing the actions of an autonomous device in response to the existence or actions of objects in the physical world comprises program means for fusing physical world data and inferred property confidence factors into a plurality of rep... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5426586 | Robot drive joint control system A system for controlling the locomotion of a biped walking robot by absorbing the footfall impact such that the robot walks stably. In advance, constraint conditions for the robot such as a coordinates position of the robot's center of gravity for the rob... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5392382 | Automated plan synthesizer and plan execution method A reactive planning system automatically generates a universal plan for achieving specified goals. The universal plan is derived from a set of primitive and deductive rules governing operation of one or more actuators, and the specified goals. The univers... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5386499 | Controller and process for effecting a shorter path trajectory in robot movement A numerical control apparatus for a robot which controls an overlapping operation of the robot executed to minimize the tact time while bypassing an obstacle and which allows an operation program for the robot to be produced easily is provided. The comman... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5331265 | Method of executing sliding-mode control including twist feedback A sliding mode including a process of feeding back an amount of twist for controlling a servo loop is controlled by reading the position of a servomotor and the position of a mechanical actuator drivable by the servomotor (SP1), calculating an amount of t... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5271092 | Method for transmitting a permission signal for the operation of a robot A method for transmitting a permission signal for the operation of a robot is provided. In order to detect whether a permission signal gets from a manual programming unit to a robot control without disturbance, the permission signal is modulated with an a... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5250886 | Method of controlling robot and robot control apparatus In a method of storing teaching points of a robot, when teaching points for a plurality of moving units are input, information for identifying the moving units associated with the teaching points is input, and the teaching points and the identification da... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5179514 | Method and apparatus for trajectory control of robot manipulators or the like A method and device for trajectory control of robot manipulators include selecting a trajectory pattern which corresponds to a desired trajectory which the robot manipulator is to follow. The trajectory pattern is in the form of a sinusoidal time function... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5150024 | Control system of an industrial robot A control system of an industrial robot includes an operation program read out from a storage medium and deciphered and calculated to obtain data so that a robot machine is controlled on the basis of the data. An external memory has function of a conventi... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5046022 | Tele-autonomous system and method employing time/position synchrony/desynchrony Systems and methods for performing tele-operations with the active assistance and supervision of a cognitive agent, such as a human being, who generates a future path plan in real time for immediate use by an automated on-line controlled agent, such as a ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4956594 | Method of controlling a robot in accordance with load conditions A robot control method for enabling a robot effectuate various operations, having load conditions which differ from one another, in accordance with optimum control conditions. A load condition, including the sum (W) of the weight of a robot hand and the w... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4887014 | Industrial robot control device An industrial robot control device for use in an automobile manufacturing line for instance. The device is capable of preventing incorrect or improper operations of the machines due to a voltage drop in a power source, which occurs when a plurality of mac... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4879663 | Method for determining points in space guiding the movement of a robot arm An ideal motion trajectory for a robot arm is first resolved into N successive linear segments comprising N+1 points. These N successive linear segments are then converted into a lesser number of linear robot arm linear motion sections in accordance with ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4864204 | Multiprocessor torque servo control for multiaxis digital robot control system A digital robot control is provided with cascaded position/velocity and torque control loops with microprocessor servo controllers in each. The servo controller includes two microprocessors that operate as a servo engine in providing motion control for si... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4843566 | Robot motion control system A system for controlling a mechanical manipulator in a laboratory environment employs a system of taught motions, attribute operators and procedure rules to simplify the programming task for scientists or engineers skilled in their own fields and not robo... | 06/27/1989 |
