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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422773 | Method and apparatus for creating an enhanced electrical field to improve paint transfer efficiencies A cover for a robot which includes an electrostatic spray gun with a nozzle which sprays charged material. The cover includes an insulating layer adapted to generally surround the robot except at an aperture where the nozzle extends from the cover. The cover also in... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7399363 | Robotic apparatus for painting A painting robot outer arm includes a non-conductive housing mounting a color changer on the outside and a paint canister on the inside connected by an isolating paint transfer line. The paint canister is releasably attached to a piston ram and drive motor by a quic... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373220 | Robot teaching device A teaching device and a teaching modification device capable of easily attaining conformity between an operation program of a robot prepared by off-line programming and an actual operation of the robot. A layout of a robot system including three-dimensional models o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7333879 | Offline programming device An offline programming device capable of automatically generating a measuring program by which the time and the workload for making an offline program may be greatly reduced. The offline programming device includes a storing part for storing a plurality of data in r... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313462 | Integrated tool with automated calibration system and interchangeable wet processing components for processing microfeature workpieces An integrated tool and automatic calibration systems that enable wet chemical processing chambers, lift-rotate units and other hardware to be quickly interchanged without having to recalibrate the transport system or other components to the replacement items. These ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7233842 | Method of determining axial alignment of the centroid of an edge gripping end effector and the center of a specimen gripped by it A method determines axial alignment between the centroid of an end effector and the effective center of a specimen held by the end effector. The method is implemented with use of an end effector coupled to a robot arm and having a controllable supination angle. A co... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216909 | Breakaway mandrel for transporting disks An end-effector that loads disks into a pallet of a sputtering machine, for example, has a two-piece mandrel with a rigid inner core and a plastic outer sleeve slideably axially mounted on the core. The sleeve is attached to the core with a coupling providing a pred... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206667 | Robot alignment system and method The robot alignment system is used for establishing a predetermined alignment position between a movable robot member and an article that is processed by the robot. The system includes a laser transmitter that emits a focused laser beam and a target against which th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194335 | Manipulator and its control apparatus and method A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode, comprising: a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a detector detecting the orientation of the master unit and the orientation of the slave unit; and a control device controll... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7155313 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155314 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155311 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155310 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155312 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151983 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151984 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149603 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146252 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146249 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146251 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146250 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142946 | Robot apparatus A robot apparatus is provided. A CPU 15 determines an output of a feeling model based on signals supplied from a touch sensor 20. The CPU 15 also deciphers whether or not an output value of the feeling model exceeds a pre-set threshold value. If... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125059 | Hand device for working robot A hand device for working robot which can be downsized is provided. The device consists of a robot hand 10, a link means 40 and a workpiece drop prevention means. The robot hand 10 includes a hand base 20, a pair of fingers 21, 21 ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7089083 | Electronic pet system, network system, robot, and storage medium A virtual electronic pet and a pet-type robot that changes emotional state and instinct state according to surrounding information and internal information. The electronic pet behaves according to the emotional state and the instinct state. Transmission/reception of... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7039498 | Robot end effector position error correction using auto-teach methodology A robot arm positioning error is corrected by employing a specimen gripping end effector in which a light source and a light receiver form a light transmission pathway that senses proximity to the specimen. A robot arm old position is sensed and recorded. The robot ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030363 | Safety device for automatic machine system During a robot is taking workpieces out of a workpiece container 2, a safety fence 2 and a photoelectric sensor 1 are valid and the robot is stopped when the safety fence 2 is opened or a beam from the photoelectric sensor 1 is cut... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008362 | Tool holder arrangement A tool identification system has a tool holder allowing removable attachment thereto of any one of a plurality of tools; a sensor arrangement operable to sense features present on a tool attached to the tool holder; a processor operable to identify uniquely, from th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000966 | Pick-and-place tool A pick-and-place tool releasably retains a part during a pick-and-place operation by an automated device. The pick-and-place tool includes a front structure having a first bore disposed therein for receiving a shaft extending from the part. A plurality of locking me... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6932547 | Toolhead assembly for CNC machines having misalignment prevention means A toolhead assembly for a CNC machine displaceable along orthogonal x, y and z-axes generally consisting of a support assembly, a tool carrier supported on the support assembly having a rotatable tool axis and being displaceable relative to the support assembly betw... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6871115 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of a wafer handling robot The integrity of control signals used to control a wafer handling robot is monitored by a monitor connected to various points of the robotic control system. The monitor includes a memory for storing data sets representing correct, reference characteristics of the co... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6853881 | Robot information processing system A robot controller executes an operating program, calculates a position and posture of a robot, and sends the position and posture information to a personal computer (PC). At the PC side, on the basis of this position and posture information, animation display infor... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6847181 | Magnetically attached robotic breakaway The subject invention includes a coupling device for coupling a tooling arm to a robotic arm assembly. The coupling device includes a sensing mechanism which monitors relative distances within the coupling device in order to detect displacement in the coupling devic... | 01/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6791292 | Method for controlling the movement of a robot Accompanied by the optimization of the possibilities of use of a robot, particularly with regards to low cycle times and high loads, damage to the robot through exceeding the energy absorbable by the structure is still prevented when robot parts strike against the m... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6685247 | Gripping device adapted to be mounted on the arm of a robot A gripping device, adapted to be mounted on a robot arm, includes a central beam (1) having high characteristics of inertia in flexure and in torsion, and at least one arm (11-27) secured removably to the beam and adapted to support a member for positioni... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6543307 | Robotic system A robot having a plurality of interconnected sections is disclosed. Each of the sections includes components which are moveable relative to components of an adjacent section. A plurality of electric motors are operably connected to at least two of said re... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6519506 | Robot and control method for controlling the robot's emotions With a robot and a control method for it, information is read in from the outside, based on which a particular object is detected, and it is judged upon detecting the object whether or not the object satisfies given conditions, based on the judgment resul... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6512965 | Robot and control method for entertainment With a robot and a control method for it, information is read in from the outside, based on which a particular object is detected, and it is judged upon detecting the object whether or not the object satisfies given conditions, based on the judgment resul... | 01/28/2003 |
