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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437214 | Robot device and method of controlling the same A legged mobile robot can calculate the movement amount between a portion of the robot apparatus that had been in contact with a floor up to now and a next portion of the robot apparatus in contact with the floor using kinematics and to switch transformation to a co... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415321 | Robot controller Realized is a robot controller capable of handling a large amount of data of images and so on necessary for advanced intelligence of control while securing a real-time performance with a simple structure. For this purpose, there are provided a motion control device ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412863 | Work positioning device Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M1, M2), ((G1, G2), (N1, or N2), (K1, K2)), there is provided image processing means (40B) for obtaining by image processing,... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400939 | Robot device, motion control device for robot device and motion control method A motion equation with a boundary condition regarding a future center-of-gravity horizontal trajectory of a robot is solved so that the moment around a horizontal axis at a point within a support polygon is zero when the robot is in contact with a floor or so that h... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389156 | Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386364 | Operation control device for leg-type mobile robot and operation control method, and robot device A legged mobile robot gives up a normal walking motion and starts a tumbling motion when an excessively high external force or external moment is applied thereto and a behavior plan of a foot part thereof is disabled. At this time, the variation amount ΔS/Δt of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379789 | Gait generating device of legged mobile robot and legged mobile robot controller A permissible range of a restriction object amount, which is a vertical component of a floor reaction force moment or a component of the floor reaction force moment in floor surface normal line direction, or a vertical component of an angular momentum changing rate ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366587 | Legged mobile robot The characteristics of actuators themselves and the characteristics of controllers for the actuators are dynamically or statically controlled to achieve stable and highly efficient movements. In a stage in which a leg in the flight state is uplifted such that the re... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359766 | Robot cleaner and operating method thereof A robot cleaner comprises a suction unit installed within a cleaner body, for sucking dirt on a floor; a driving unit for moving the cleaner body; a wheel installed at a bottom of the cleaner body to be contacted with the floor, and rotated by movement of the cleane... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343223 | Robot apparatus and load sensor A load sensor that is inoperable even when applied with a large load, has a simple structure easily designed to be lightweight and compact and can detect a load with a high accuracy, and a legged robot apparatus including the load sensor in each of legs thereof. The... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337040 | Self-position estimating device for leg type movable robots Based on a detected or estimated value of an actual posture of a predetermined part, such as a body 3, of a robot 1 and a deviation the actual posture from a posture of a desired gait, a posture rotational deviation's variation is determined as the tem... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337039 | Gait producing device for leg type movable robot There are provided device for determining a desired trajectory of a translation floor reaction force's vertical component of a legged mobile robot 1, a vertical component of the total center-of-gravity acceleration or a body acceleration vertical component of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328087 | Bipedal robot with storage battery A bipedal robot of the present invention has a trunk consisting of an upper trunk and a lower trunk which are rotatable around a rotation axis relative to one another. The upper trunk has shoulders on the right and left sides. An arm is provided at each shoulder. A ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324873 | Offline teaching apparatus for robot An offline teaching apparatus including a data acquiring section for acquiring position and orientation data and processing-condition data including interpolation commands, at respective predefined taught points, from an existing first processing program for a first... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319919 | Control device and footstep determination device for legged mobile robot A landing position/orientation of a foot (22) to be landed in a landing action of a robot (1) such as a biped mobile robot or the like is estimated, and a desired footstep path for the robot (1) is set up. Based on the estimated landing position... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319918 | Gait generation device for legged mobile robot A gait generation device for setting a translation floor reaction force's horizontal component (component concerning a friction force) applied to a robot 1, a limitation-target quantity, such as a ZMP, and an allowable range, for determining at least a provis... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319917 | Gait generation device for legged mobile robot A gait generation device for generating a desired gait which includes floating periods in which all the legs 2, 2 of a legged mobile robot 1 float in the air and landing periods in which at least one leg 2 is in contact with a floor which appear... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313463 | Biomimetic motion and balance controllers for use in prosthetics, orthotics and robotics Systems for controlling the motion of multiple articulated elements connected by one or more joints in an artificial appendage system. Four different embodiments includes a controller that reduces the dimension of joint state space by utilizing biomechanically inspi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313461 | Data connectivity with a robotic device A method for data connectivity in a room with a robotic device. In the method, at least one condition is detected with a plurality of sensors and the detected at least one condition is communicated from the sensors to associated access points. One or more of the acc... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308336 | Gait producing device for leg type movable robot An allowable range of a frictional force component, such as a horizontal component of a translation floor reaction force, applied to a legged mobile robot 1 is set, and a provisional movement with a current time gait of the robot 1 is determined so as ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308335 | Gait generation device and control device for leg type movable robot When generating a gait for a legged mobile robot 1 which has floating periods in which all the legs 2 of the robot float in the air and landing periods in which any of the legs 2 is in contact with the floor appearing alternately, a desired ZMP ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300082 | Active edge gripping and effector The present invention generally relates to an end effector that utilizes a gripping mechanism to grip a peripheral edge of the wafer and secure the wafer to the end effector. In one embodiment, the gripping mechanism includes a pair of gripper arms that pivot betwee... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296835 | Robotic hand and arm apparatus A robotic hand and arm where the fingers are driven by rotational motors with drums, and pulled with cables using rolling friction. The hand extends into a robotic arm through a wrist wherein the wrist is controlled by pneumatic cylinders. Each finger preferably is ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283893 | Group robot system, and sensing robot and base station used therefor Communication system of a group robot system is made hierarchical, having a base station as an uppermost layer and a plurality of layers formed by a plurality of sensing robots, and the plurality of sensing robots are controlled such that a sensing robot belonging t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281446 | Machine tool with machining head kept fixed by means of bars whose length is variable by magnetostriction A machine tool (1) for machining by chip removal, in which a machining head (2) operates while being positioned in a horizontal plane and is mounted on a vertical bed (3) to which it discharges the forces (F) by which it is axially stressed, thi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274166 | Apparatus and method for correcting position of mobile robot An apparatus and a method for correcting a position of a mobile robot includes a position notifying unit, installed at a predetermined position, that generates and transmits a signal indicative of the predetermined position. The mobile robot includes a position sign... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261350 | Negative pressure attraction device and attraction confirming sensor An air suction passage (4A, 4B) is provided with a pick and place confirming sensor (1) comprising a gas flow sensor. The pick and place confirming sensor (1) measures the flow rate of air sucked in from an air suction port (33) of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257992 | Surface finish tester apparatus and methods Automated apparatus and methods for testing surface finishes. In at least one preferred embodiment, automated apparatus capable of reliably, automatically testing surface finishes in industrial environments. In at least one further preferred embodiment, an automated... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248944 | Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers (72R and 72L) for control of right and left manipulators (24R and 24L) through use of a servomechanism that includes computer (42). Cam... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245760 | Robot for making an interface surface A robot for marking an interface surface is provided. The interface surface has coded data identifying a plurality of locations on the interface surface printed thereon. The robot comprises: an image sensor for sensing at least some of the coded data; a processor fo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7210219 | Cir-clip to shaft insertion tool The fastener to shaft insertion tool is disclosed which consists of a shaft holding member, a fastener insertion member, and force transmitting member. The fastener holding member facilitates the holding of the fastener and the application of forces to the fastener ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196487 | Method and system for robot localization and confinement The present invention discloses a system and method for confining a robot to a particular space. The system includes a portable barrier signal transmitter that produces a barrier signal primarily along an axis, and a mobile robot capable of avoiding the barrier sign... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188000 | Navigational control system for a robotic device A navigational control system for altering movement activity of a robotic device operating in a defined working area, comprising a transmitting subsystem integrated in combination with the robotic device, for emitting a number of directed beams, each directed beam h... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168748 | Intelligent, self-contained robotic hand A robotic device has a base and at least one finger having at least two links that are connected in series on rotary joints with at least two degrees of freedom. A brushless motor and an associated controller are located at each joint to produce a rotational movemen... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162331 | Power supply control device and method for mobile robot A charging/discharging circuit electrically controls the charge of a battery using supplied current and discharge of it. A micro-controller drives a robot according to instructions from a personal computer, controls the charging/discharging circuit while monitoring ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156795 | Tool change system for a machine A plurality of atomizers or other tools are disposed in a mounting plate (10) in storage places (12), respectively. The mounting plate (10) is rotatable relative a paint robot of a coating installation and has a pneumatic lock or a tool holder (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7133744 | Information processing apparatus and method, program storage medium, and program An input motion acquiring unit acquires a motion trajectory of an object from an image recognizing unit. A dynamic modelling processor models a plurality of robot motion patterns stored in a robot motion pattern storage unit in a dynamic system form, and stores the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117068 | System and method for library robotics positional accuracy using parallax viewing In one aspect and one example, a method for calibrating robotic picker mechanisms in automated storage library systems includes detecting a calibration mark with at least one sensor from a first position and a second position, where the first position and the second... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7103446 | Power supply control device and method for mobile robot A charging/discharging circuit electrically controls the charge of a battery using supplied current and discharge of it. A micro-controller drives a robot according to instructions from a personal computer, controls the charging/discharging circuit while monitoring ... | 09/05/2006 |
