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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4585388 | Self-relocating manipulator A self relocating manipulator assembly which is movable so as to be secured to any one of a number of fixtures which are spaced from one another on a support structure. The manipulator assembly comprises, a boom which has first and second end effectors ea... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4565487 | System of robots with legs or arms A robot system is disclosed comprising a robot having a plurality of articulated members, actuator jacks for effecting movements (locomotion or other operations) of the articulated members, and a data processing unit controlling the jack actuators. One ar... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4558758 | Prime mover A prime mover having a central body with a plurality of elongated legs pivotally connected to said central body for movement both up and down and sideways and individual steerable drive means on each elongated leg to enable the prime mover to move over a ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556940 | Robot vehicle A robot vehicle for automatic operation in a predetermined travelling route comprises a pair of driving wheels connected to a driving device; means for detecting revolving speeds of said driving wheels; means for detecting azimuth of the travelling direct... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4527650 | Walking machine A walking machine comprising a body, six leg frames mounted on the body for pivotal movement about six parallel, spaced axes, the axes being located at the vertices of a hexagon, each of the leg frames being mounted for pivotal movement through an angle g... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4500970 | Robot vehicle guidance system including checkpoint realignment system Robot vehicle guidance systems of the type which employ relative motion sensors to establish learned movement behavior along a pre-selected guidepath are improved by combining such relative motion programmed devices with apparatus for initially identifyin... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4483407 | Variable configuration track laying vehicle A vehicle has a pair of endless tracks each extending around a series of wheels arranged in a plane adjacent to one side of the vehicle body. One of the series of wheels on each side of the vehicle body is movable relative to the vehicle body to a selecte... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4425751 | Automatic asparagus picking machine An automatic asparagus picking machine is disclosed comprising a chassis able along a mound in which the asparagus are grown. The chassis has a picking tool which is mounted for horizontal and vertical translation at right angles to the direction of disp... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4340187 | Bobbin changing apparatus A bobbin changing apparatus is provided which is adapted for use in association with a textile yarn processing machine having a plurality of winding stations, and wherein the apparatus comprises a thread operating carriage and a separate doffing carriage,... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4307891 | Remote control robot with person supporting platform A humanoid appearing robot adapted for movement relative to a ground support surface includes a removable passenger carrying platform attached to a base portion thereof. The platform serves to both provide the robot with a passenger carrying capability th... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4283165 | Motorized manipulator of the cable transmission type having an increased field of action Motorized manipulator, wherein it comprises a body, a shaft which rotates about its longitudinal axis with respect to the body, an upper arm articulated to the end of the shaft about a shoulder axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and to ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4282677 | Ambulatory worker toy An ambulatory worker toy having a wind-up spring motor within a housing which includes a head casing movably mounted on a torso casing from which fixed and movable arm members extend. Two movably mounted leg members are connected to the spring motor via a... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4272918 | Multi-position remote controlling device for toys A control device adapted for remotely controlling a plurality of moving appendages or functions of a toy or a small machine, is disclosed. The toy includes a drive motor which provides power to rotate a drive gear. A control gear is pivotably mounted with... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4252360 | Mechanical handling apparatus A lightweight, mechanical handling apparatus including a self-contained, motorized base module, a self-contained torso module, and arm modules mounted in left and right hand orientation upon the torso module. Each arm module is provided with six reversibl... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4141175 | Action toy An action toy is provided in the form of a robot having an upstanding body portion, a head portion mounted on top of the body portion, and a base at the bottom of the body portion. The toy has a plurality of wheels on the underside of the base portion rot... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4119900 | Method and system for the automatic orientation and control of a robot The present method and system for the automatic orientation and control of a robot in a space or on a surface to be worked by the robot, for example an area to be vacuum-cleaned or a lawn to be mowed, employs a plurality of distance measuring devices, whi... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4051623 | Mobile reconfigurable robot toy A toy is provided configurable as a robot whose appendages are press-fit attached to the body and may be removed and attached to other press-fit connection points located on the body or on other complimentary toy assemblies to form various other toy confi... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046262 | Anthropomorphic master/slave manipulator system An anthropomorphic master/slave manipulator system including master arm apparatus including a plurality of master tubular articulated portions which are coaxially adjacent one another and relatively rotatable, master transducing apparatus responsive to th... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4028533 | Robot movable in a group Robots in a group, each usually moving randomly in irregular directions but making a specific movement, upon detection by one of them, of any other robot of the group present within a certain distance, either to run away from or run after the detected oth... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4010346 | Self-propelled tractor for welding and cutting apparatus and the like A propelled tractor, for welding or cutting apparatus and the like. The tractor has drive and steering wheels and is adapted to support necessary welding or cutting equipment including a guidance system. The guidance system includes a probe mounted on a slide ... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4000819 | Control arm for a power manipulator The control arm for a remotely operated power manipulator comprises a system for carrying out a number of movements and position detectors for each movement. The number of possible movements of the arm is equal to the number of possible movements of the m... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3973685 | Photoelectric sensing apparatus for pallet storage systems A photoelectric sensing apparatus for a pallet carrying robot vehicle is disclosed. The sensing apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric sensors mounted on the robot vehicle for sensing the location of stored pallets mounted on storage rails in ord... | 08/10/1976 |
