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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7378612 | Arc welding robot Accommodating a welding control cable for connecting a welding power supply and a robot main body and a wire feeder sensor cable connected to a wire feeder encoder in a robot main body driving power cable connecting the robot main body and the robot controller of an... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378613 | Arc welding robot A robot main body is provided with a protection cover. The robot main body can be swung by a rotary pipe shaft holding a wire feed device and including a hollow portion and is structured such that a connecting cable and/or a gas hose are guided through the hollow po... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7328086 | Robotic tool coupler rapid-connect bus A tool changer comprising a master module and a tool module includes a rapid-connect communication bus between the master and tool modules. A unique tool identification number, along with other tool-related information, may be transmitted from the tool module to the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324872 | Robot apparatus An external force estimation system for estimating an external force acting upon a robot apparatus which includes a machine body which in turn includes a plurality of movable joints is disclosed which includes a distribution type contacting state detection section, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7283892 | Hybrid compact sensing apparatus for adaptive robotic processes A hybrid compact sensing apparatus for generating signals usable for guiding a process robot as a function of an object detected in a scene. The apparatus comprises a laser light generator, two optical sensors, one or more ultrasound sensors, and a control unit, all... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7241969 | Umbilical-member managing system for industrial robot An umbilical-member managing system for an industrial robot. The embodiment of the umbilical-member managing system provided in an arc welding robot serves to lay and manage, along a manipulator, a torch cable connected to a welding torch attached to the manipulator... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238916 | Robotic welding cell unit A portable welding cell unit includes a frame structure in which first and second welding stations are disposed. A robot arm is also provided within the frame. The robot arm can pivot between the first and second welding stations such that a work piece can be welded... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7202442 | Cable arrangement for robot arm, and industrial robot utilizing the same A cable arrangement for a robot arm is provided, which includes a rotation arm and a line member such as a power cable. The rotation arm has a front end and a base end, the front end being provided with a swing shaft, the base end being provided with a rotational sh... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196285 | Structure for managing umbilical member of welding torch in arc welding robot An umbilical-member managing structure for a welding torch in an arc welding robot. The umbilical members include a welding wire fed to the welding torch, a tubular liner surrounding the welding wire, a tube for supplying an assist gas to the welding torch, and an e... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173213 | Torch cable disposition structure for arc-welding robot A first wrist element is rotatably provided on the front end of a forearm base of a robot. A second wrist element is rotatably provided on the first wrist element. A welding torch is rotatably supported via a transmission mechanism. A wire feeder is disposed at a po... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163247 | Tool holder Device at tool holder (10) of the kind comprising an essentially C-shaped frame preferably having a long inner range, which frame at its free shank ends carries said tool, for instance a riveting, a glueing or a welding unit. The holder (10) comprises ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7123990 | Gap welding process A gap welding process (10) for manipulating a movable robotic welder (30) for making a weld between two or more substantially immovable work pieces (51) using a higher level programming language (20). The gap welding process (10) p... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105771 | Torch cable accommodating structure of arc welding robot A first wrist element is provided at a distal end of a front arm of an arc welding robot rotatably about a first axial line, a second wrist element is provided on the first wrist element rotatably about a second axial line, and a welding torch is supported on the se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103447 | Robot apparatus, and behavior controlling method for robot apparatus A robot (1) is provided which includes a situated behaviors layer (SBL) (58). This SBL (58) is formed in the form of a tree structure in which a plurality of schemata (behavior modules) is connected hierarchically in such a matter that the schem... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7076333 | Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression An electrical connection of a transfer station releasably, repeatably electrically couples with respect to a matching connection of a portable cartridge. A substrate in the portable cartridge has electrical contacts on a facing surface. In the transfer station, a ma... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7050866 | Dynamic controller for controlling a system A method for providing independent static and dynamic models in a prediction, control and optimization environment utilizes an independent static model (20) and an independent dynamic model (22). The static model (20) is a rigorous predictive mo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047108 | Enhancements to mechanical robot A mechanical robot can detect intruders using a camera or other motion sensor or aurally using a microphone, and then alert a user in response. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034249 | Method of controlling the welding of a three-dimensional structure A welded structure is formed by arranging multiple pieces on a three-dimensional support base to provide an assembly in accordance with the structure to be welded and making a picture map of the assembly by photographing the assembly. Weld points are identified from... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027893 | Robotic tool coupler rapid-connect bus A tool changer comprising a master module and a tool module includes a rapid-connect communication bus between the master and tool modules. A unique tool identification number, along with other tool-related information, may be transmitted from the tool module to the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7002102 | Toolholder for coupling a tool to a handling device The invention relates to a toolholder (10) for coupling a welding torch to an industrial robot (14), comprising a first fixing device (16) for fixing the welding torch (12) to the toolholder (10) and comprising a second fixing devi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996456 | Robot with tactile sensor device Methods and apparatuses for calibrating and teaching a robot to accurately work within a work environment. The present invention preferably provides one or more tactile sensor devices that may be operatively coupled with a robot or positioned at one or more desired ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984805 | Arc welder The present invention provides an arc welder in which a robot controller of a teaching playback type robot and a welding power source are of digital control type and the robot controller and the welding power source are coupled through a bus. A welding condition com... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6889119 | Robotic device for loading laboratory instruments A robotic device for moving at least one object between locations, including a servo motor system having a single servo axis for effecting motion in at least two directions of motion. The robotic device includes a link arm rotationally coupled to said servo motor sy... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6885911 | Track anomaly detection in an automated data storage library Track anomalies in an automated storage library are detected by transmitting a track health signal from one portion of the track. The presence of a track anomaly is determined based on any reception of the transmitted signal at another portion of the track. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881920 | Welding parameters setting method for a resistance welder controll apparatus A robot controller and a welding timer coupled to each other by a dual-port RAM which is connected to data busses thereof, and Initial reference values of welding parameters are stored into a ROM of welding timer in same sequence as character strings of items. When ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6852941 | Welding robots for spot welding A welding robot for spot welding is disclosed. The welding robot is capable of grinding electrode tips promptly and clearly. The welding robot 1 includes a servo gun 5 provided at a front end of a multi-joint arm 2, in which a pair of electrode ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6828522 | Adaptable servo-control system for force/position actuation An adaptable, servo-control system for force/position actuation generally includes an electric linear actuator and a controller. The controller interfaces with the electric linear actuator and with a number of I/O signals that are independent from the electric linea... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826453 | Method and system for emission suppression in detection of data cartridge labels A system and method for minimizing electromagnetic radiation emissions from a data cartridge handling library employs intermittent operation of the video camera to ascertain correct bin locations and verify automated access between bin locations. This intermittent o... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6826450 | Robot controller Bendings Δα, Δβ, and Δθ are determined by the torques about the axes of coordinate systems disposed to respective joints and by spring constants. Parameters α, β, and θ0 are determined by adding an amount of twist to corrected D-H parameters αs, βs... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6816755 | Method and apparatus for single camera 3D vision guided robotics A method of three-dimensional handling of an object by a robot uses a tool and one camera mounted on the robot and at least six target features which are normal features of the object are selected on the object. The features are used to train the robot in the frame ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6810306 | Data storage library status monitoring Library system health is monitored and displayed based on the location of equipment within the library relative to track layout. Robotic devices travel on rails within the data storage library accessing data storage devices such as cartridges, cassettes, media packa... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6799086 | Robot, robot control system, and program for the same A robot control system includes a scenario receiver to receive a robot control program or scenario, a scenario register to incorporate the received scenario in the robot, a scenario selector to select a scenario for execution thereof from scenarios beforehand incorp... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6791062 | Method for positioning a welding torch in the center-line of the desired course of a weld seam The invention describes a method of positioning a welding torch (10) and a welding wire (13) at the center of a seam (32). The welding torch (10) is positioned by means of a robot arm on a predetermined or programmed position between two ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6787729 | Multi-axis articulatable robot having a weld gun with inverted roller screw actuator A multi-axis articulatable robot with a weld gun having a pair of opposing arms, where at least one arm is movable relative to the other arm to apply pressure to a workpiece during a welding operation. At least one of the opposing arms of the weld gun can be rotatab... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772932 | Automated welding system utilizing overhead robots An automated welding system utilizing integrally mounted robots within a self-contained and repositionable work station. One or more work tables are shuttled between loading and welding stations. The robot is mounted directly adjacent the operating stage, thereby dr... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768078 | Servo spot welding control system and method of welding workpieces A servo spot welding control system and method to efficiently weld a pair of workpieces together. The system includes a robot movable about the workpieces, a weld gun, servomotors, a transformer, and a controller. The weld gun is mounted on the robot and includes at... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6763284 | Robot teaching apparatus An image of a reference object is captured using a camera and displayed. A measurement starting point is pointed by an image position pointing device. A corresponding view line is obtained using a position on the image and a position and a direction of the camera, a... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760644 | System and method for transmitting communication signals to an automated robotic device in a data storage system A system and method for transmission of communication signals between a controller and a robotic device in a data storage library. The system and method include a substantially planar electrical insulator having opposed first and second sides, and first and second s... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6750428 | Automatic welding device and welding skill training device A technique for judging a welding quality for acceptance or rejection and displaying the result in diagrams, and an automatic welding device incorporating the technique therein. When an operation result record status judging means judges that past operation records ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6720529 | Autothread control for a wire feeder of a welding system The present invention is directed to a control that upon detection of an autothread input determines the amount of time in which a motor of a drive assembly should be activated so as to precisely supply an initial segment of wire to a welding gun of a welding system... | 04/13/2004 |
