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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175748 | Mobile device, moving system, moving method, and moving program A technology is provided that easily acquires the location where an article is placed and then moves to that location, even in cases where the article was originally placed in a location shielded from GPS radio wave, and subsequently moved to another location. Marks... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8150550 | Legged robot A legged robot that runs while repeating a jump cycle including a ground-contact phase from a landing to a takeoff and an aerial phase from a takeoff to a landing is provided. The legged robot adjusts the landing timing after a jump in accordance with a planned timi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135498 | Method and apparatus for detecting movement error in mobile robot An apparatus and method for detecting movement errors due to the wheel slip or transient current generated while a mobile robot is traveling. The movement error detecting method includes: detecting movement of the wheels in a sensor part according to a movement comm... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126594 | Method of generating a walking pattern for a humanoid robot The present invention may provide a method of generating a walking pattern for a humanoid robot. The method of generating the walking pattern for the humanoid includes determining a position of a next Zero Moment Point (ZMP) along a moving direction of the humanoid ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121730 | Obstacle detection device of autonomous mobile system The present invention relates to an obstacle detection device, adapted for an autonomous mobile system, which comprises: a conducting wire, a first unit and a second unit. The first unit further comprises a first conducting part, electrically connected to an end of ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8086351 | Methods and systems for area search using a plurality of unmanned vehicles Disclosed are methods and systems that include a method for controlling movement of a first unmanned vehicle (UV) to search an area, where the method includes generating a first trace associated with prior positions in which the first UV has been located, determinin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078320 | Method and a device for adjusting operating parameters of a robot, a program and a recording medium for the method A method of adjusting operating parameters of a robot to move an effector tool along a given path in an optimum cycle time including a step of modifying operating parameter values to cause the cycle time to approach a optimal value wherein the parameters are modifie... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078321 | Behavior control system A behavior control system is capable of causing an agent carry out a task by smooth motions. The behavior control system makes it possible to reproduce a typical shape characteristic of a reference trajectory, i.e., the characteristic of a motion of an instructor ca... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060254 | Method, apparatus, and medium for building grid map in mobile robot and method, apparatus, and medium for cell decomposition that uses grid map Provided are a method, apparatus, and medium for building a grid map in a mobile robot and a method, apparatus, and medium for cell decomposition using the grid map building method and apparatus. A mobile robot for building a grid map includes a grid map building un... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055382 | Methods, apparatus, and medium for estimating pose of mobile robot using particle filter Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and medium for estimating a pose of a moving robot using a particle filter. A method for estimating a pose of a moving robot using a particle filter according to an embodiment of the invention includes a detecting a change in pose o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036775 | Obstacle avoidance system for a user guided mobile robot The system includes a mobile apparatus that moves after receiving an input of a path. The system has a path-setting unit for setting the path of a mobile apparatus according to the inputted path, a measuring unit for measuring an environment in which the mobile appa... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027750 | Robot control apparatus A robot control apparatus (3) for controlling tasks to be executed by a plurality of robots which are capable of moving. The robot control apparatus (3) includes: a battery level determination device (330) which determines a battery level of eac... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024069 | System and method for path planning A method for mapping a motion of a first object within a first motion path defined by a path planner based on a second motion path of a second object. The method includes creating the first motion path for the first object using the path planner, initializing a star... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019474 | Legged mobile robot control system In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which identifies a human being like visitor to be conducted in a company building and the like, and cont... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010231 | Communication robot A communication robot including: a situation change detection unit for detecting writing of information into a situation database; a rule detection unit for detecting, from a rule database, a rule corresponding to the situation indicated by the data stored in the si... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974737 | Apparatus and method of automated manufacturing An apparatus and method of optimizing collision free path planning comprising: initializing a plurality of feasible configuration points, sample points located in a free space, and sample points not located in the free space; determining a goodness rating of the var... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7957836 | Method used by robot for simultaneous localization and map-building A method used by a robot for simultaneous localization and map-building, including: initializing a pose of the robot and locations of landmarks; sampling a new pose of the robot during motion of the robot, and constructing chromosomes using the locations of the land... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949430 | Determination of foot placement for humanoid push recovery A legged robot subjected to a force is controlled by determining an instantaneous capture point where the robot will step with a swing leg to reach a balanced home position, the balanced home position being a state in which the Center of Mass remains substantially o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933686 | Method of dividing coverage area for robot and device thereof A method of dividing a coverage area of a robot and a device for the same. That is, a method of producing a space map for a robot to work and dividing the space map into at least one segment and a device for the same. The method includes producing an occupancy grid ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7877166 | RFID navigational system for robotic floor treater Disclosed herein are navigational systems for automated robotic floor cleaners. RFID passive tags are positioned at specified areas of a floor to be treated so as to increase or decrease dwell time of the cleaning device adjacent the tags. An RFID interrogator on th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873437 | Autonomous machine A control system is provided for navigating an autonomous machine around a working area in a manner that causes the machine to traverse substantially all of the free surface of the working area. The control system is arranged to cause the machine to follow a boundar... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860613 | Legged mobile robot and control program for the robot A legged mobile robot which permits improved follow-up of an actual floor reaction force to a desired floor reaction force and which can be stably controlled is provided. According to a robot 1 in accordance with the present invention, a deformation am... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826927 | Legged mobile robot When there is an object that has a possibility to come into contact with a robot 1 in a desired path, the robot 1 is decelerated stepwise according to the distance L from the robot 1 to a predicted contact position along the desired path. For ex... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818090 | Method of controlling movement of mobile robot A method of controlling movement of a mobile robot for realizing safe and appropriate accompanying behavior to follow an accompanied target includes detecting at least a position of the accompanied target, and controlling the movement of the mobile robot, based on t... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805220 | Robot vacuum with internal mapping system A robot cleaner is described that cleans a room using a serpentine room clean and a serpentine localized clean. Sensors can include an object following sensor, a stairway detector and bumper sensors. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7769491 | Obstacle avoiding apparatus, obstacle avoiding method, obstacle avoiding program, and mobile robot apparatus The present invention provides an obstacle avoiding apparatus, an obstacle avoiding method, an obstacle avoiding program, and a mobile robot apparatus that can accurately model a robot apparatus and plan a highly precise moving route for the robot apparatus that avo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747352 | Physical modeling system for constructing and controlling articulated forms with motorized joints A “construction set” consisting of active and passive parts connected by joints that can be manipulated to form an movable articulated assembly representing things like animals and skeletons. Each active part includes a position sensor for acquiring and storing ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742840 | Autonomous mobile robot Disclosed is a space-saving autonomous mobile robot capable of switching two types of light irradiation appropriately. The robot includes a moving mechanism, an autonomous movement controller for controlling the moving mechanism, a self-location recognition unit for... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734378 | Gait generation device for legged mobile robot A vertical component or the like of a floor reaction force moment to be applied to a robot 1 is defined as a restriction object amount, and the permissible range of the restriction object amount is set. A provisional motion of the robot that satisfies a prede... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7689321 | Robust sensor fusion for mapping and localization in a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system This invention is generally related to methods and apparatus that permit the measurements from a plurality of sensors to be combined or fused in a robust manner. For example, the sensors can correspond to sensors used by a mobile device, such as a robot, for localiz... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7664572 | Control device of legged mobile robot A control device of a legged mobile robot, wherein a state amount error (for example, an error of a vertical position of a body 3), which is a difference between an actual state amount and a state amount of a desired gait related to a translational motion in ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7643905 | Robot program correcting apparatus A robot program correcting apparatus, which displays three-dimensional models of a robot and a workpiece simultaneously on the screen of a display apparatus, and corrects an operation program for the robot, includes: a unit retrieving a robot operation program and a... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7587260 | Autonomous navigation system and method A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller, which executes instructions for autonomously navigating a robot. The instructions repeat, on each iteration through an event timing loop, the acts of defining an event horizon based on the ro... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7555363 | Multi-function robotic device A multi-function robotic device may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect, a multi-function robotic device may be selectively configurable to perform a desired function in accordance with the capabilities of a selectively removable func... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548798 | Paste dispenser and method for controlling the same A paste dispenser and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The paste dispenser includes a stage having a substrate mounted thereon, at least one nozzle dispensing a paste on the substrate by relative movement between the nozzle and the substrate, a measu... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7487011 | Gait generation device for legged mobile robot An allowable ranges of a horizontal component of the translation floor reaction or a floor-surface-parallel component of the translation floor reaction force of a legged mobile robot 1 or a horizontal component of a total center-of-gravity acceleration or a f... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7440819 | Animation system for a robot comprising a set of movable parts The object of the invention is to make the movable parts of a robot reproduce the movement of the movable parts of an animated object, via the transmission of movement parameters to the robot in a primary signal PS. The primary signal PS comprises sets of parameters... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430456 | Reference point teaching using an end effector to form a witness mark Apparatus and method for reference point teaching for an articulated member, such as a robotic arm. An end effector is moved to form a witness mark on a medium at a target location. An updated reference point for the end effector is generated in relation to a detect... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430462 | Automatic charging station for autonomous mobile machine An automatic charging station for an autonomous mobile machine includes a base, a housing, and a signal transmitter. The base is mounted on the ground or on a planar surface. The housing is rotatably mounted on the base, having at least one guide member and a plural... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426423 | Crane or excavator for handling a cable-suspended load provided with optimised motion guidance The invention refers to a crane or excavator for the transaction of a load, which is carried by a load cable with a turning mechanism for the rotation of the crane or excavator, a seesaw mechanism for the erection or incline of an extension arm and a hoisting gear f... | 09/16/2008 |
