Did You Know...
...that "patent leather" got its name because the process of applying the polished black finish to leather was once patented?
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150551 | Charging apparatus for mobile robot A charging apparatus for a mobile robot enabling the mobile robot to move relatively freely even during charging using a wiring member, while preventing occurrence of an inconvenience such as damage to the wiring member, is provided. The charging apparatus includes ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8112178 | Robotic platform for autonomous automotive vehicle development A robotic platform for autonomous automotive vehicle development. The platform includes a frame having a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the frame. A motor mechanism is associated with at least one of the wheels and the motor mechanism is responsive to driv... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8060256 | Apparatus, method, and medium for localizing moving robot and transmitter Provided are an apparatus allowing a moving robot to localize a user, or localizing the moving robot from a fixed location, and a method and medium thereof. The apparatus includes a motion controller to control the moving robot such that the sensor passes a pluralit... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055385 | Control system, moving robot apparatus having the control system, and a control method thereof A moving robot apparatus and a control system and method thereof. A current state variable (e.g., the current direction of the main body of the robot apparatus) may be estimated using current data output from a sensor part of the robot apparatus. Initially, it is de... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046103 | System and method for determining the location of a machine A system is employed for defining a position (location) of a receiving element inside an area surrounded by a wire loop, along the perimeter (a perimeter wire loop), of a work area or other bounded area. In particular, the system can determine whether the receiver i... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8024071 | Robot, controlling device and controlling method for robot, and controlling program for robot-controlling device Based upon a force in a vertical direction exerted between an object and a hand and an angle made by the hand relative to a horizontal face, a transporting force estimation unit estimates a transporting force applied in the vertical direction by a person, and based ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7996113 | Methods of integrating real and virtual world using virtual sensor/actuator An integrated real and virtual manufacturing automation system that employs a programmable logic controller that controls part flow between a real machine in the real world part of the system and a virtual machine in the virtual world part of the system using virtua... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996112 | Robot and robot system A robot and robot system that are capable of functioning in a zero-gravity environment are provided. The robot can include a body having a longitudinal axis and having a control unit and a power source. The robot can include a first leg pair including a first leg an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974739 | System and method having arm with cable passage through joint to infrared lamp In one embodiment, a system is provided with a rotatable arm having a movable joint, an infrared lamp coupled to the rotatable arm, and an electrical cable extending through the rotatable arm and the movable joint. In another embodiment, a system is provided with a ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7957837 | Companion robot for personal interaction A mobile robot guest for interacting with a human resident performs a room-traversing search procedure prior to interacting with the resident, and may verbally query whether the resident being sought is present. Upon finding the resident, the mobile robot may facili... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949431 | Fitting device for adjusting state of clogging caused in fit A fitting device for fitting a fitting workpiece, which is held by a robot, to a workpiece to be fitted by force control, comprises: a force detecting portion for detecting a force and moment acting on a control point of the fitting workpiece; a judging portion for ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7894941 | Sound detection and associated indicators for an autonomous moving robot The present invention aims to provide an autonomous moving robot capable of visibly showing the human an initial check result for a sound input means in the initial stage after the robot device is turned on and activated, and whether or not the input sound was norma... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7856291 | Cleaning robot and method for controlling the same A cleaning robot may be provided having a case and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly may include a sensor hole having a first opening provided at an outer surface of the case and a second opening provided inwardly of the first opening, with respect to a center ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7840309 | Gait generating device of legged mobile robot When a new desired gait of a robot is generated, it is determined, on the assumption that the trajectory of an acting force between the robot and an object at a predetermined time point in the future changes to a trajectory different from a desired trajectory, wheth... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7801645 | Robotic vacuum cleaner with edge and object detection system A robot uses an infrared sensor including an infrared light source which produces pulses of infrared light. Optics focus reflections of the infrared light pulses from different portions of the environment of the robot to different detectors in a 2D array of d... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792609 | Gripping device for manipulating device and method for operation thereof A gripping device for a manipulation system, particularly a robot, for receiving workpieces and feeding them from a readied stack of the workpieces to a manufacturing plant such as a metal sheet folding machine, punching press, welding plant, etc. The device has a g... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7765032 | Systems comprising a mechanically actuated magnetic on-off attachment device A magnetic on-off robotic attachment device (MOORAD) (100, 300, 400, 624, 624′, 660, 676, 804) is used to make a number of systems, such as a mobile apparatus (608, 644, 668, 700, 700′), a belt mechanism (800) and a sensor device (504, 50... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7706921 | Moving distance sensing apparatus for robot cleaner and method therefor Disclosed are a moving distance sensing apparatus for a robot cleaner and a method therefor capable of determining a precise moving distance with respect to the robot cleaner by setting a long distance sensor and a short distance sensor having respectively different... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7599758 | Sensors and associated methods for controlling a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a height adjust mechanism disposed on the housing and a height adjust motor, disposed within said housing that controls a height of the height adjust mechanism. A position element is mounted to said housing. A sensor processor, m... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7551980 | Apparatus, process, and program for controlling movable robot control An apparatus 1 for controlling a movable robot recognizes the person to be followed up from an image taken by a camera C by an image processing portion 20, controls leg portions R1 of a movable robot A so as to keep a prescribed interval between... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7474941 | Robot cleaner A robot cleaner is provided. The robot cleaner comprises a bumper to buffer a shock caused by a sudden collision with an unexpected obstacle and an unexpected obstacle detecting means and a controller to change a running direction of the robot cleaner to avoid the o... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444214 | Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in the posture of the obstacle detection apparatus caused due to the co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444206 | Robotic vacuum cleaner An autonomous robot, that is for example, suitable for operations such as vacuuming and surface cleaning includes a payload configured for vacuum cleaning, a drive system including a steering system, a navigation system, and a control system for integrating operatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433759 | Apparatus and methods for positioning wafers A method for calibrating a controller of a robotic arm in a microelectronics manufacturing apparatus that includes storing a default position for an edge detector, moving a blade on the robotic arm based on the default position of the edge detector such that at leas... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430457 | Robot teaching program editing apparatus based on voice input Candidate character strings representing objects disposed in a work cell, models for robot operation instructions which has variable parts, and robot commands related to the objects are defined in advance. By inputting a query such as ‘Workpiece 1 ?’ by voice, t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430455 | Obstacle following sensor scheme for a mobile robot A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem includes an emitter which emits a signal having a field of emission and ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426424 | Moving body system It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine the moving position of a vehicle, stacker crane, or other moving body wherever on a moving path having a branching portion or a joining portion the moving body is, the syste... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421313 | Robot apparatus and control method thereof A robot apparatus that is able to determine whether to ask a user for help, according to robot's situations. The robot apparatus determines based on an external or internal situation of the robot and its serious level whether to ask for help. When the robot apparatu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421338 | Robot system A robot system including a beacon provided with a transmitting part to transmit a light for location determination, and a mobile robot provided with a receiving part to receive the light. The robot system further includes a rotation driving part to rotate the transm... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421314 | Method and device for controlling robot A method for controlling a robot during an interpolation of a trajectory or motion to any prescribed position, comprises the steps of a) ignoring at least one of the three originally prescribed or interpolated tool center point orientation values; b) finding new too... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418312 | Robot apparatus and walking control method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a robot apparatus and a walking control method thereof capable of changing walking control modes in accordance with floor surfaces by discriminating states of the floor surfaces for walking without modifying a step-ba... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409267 | Predictive robot, control method for predictive robot, and predictive robotic system A predictive robot includes a prediction-related item storage to store terms related to prediction performance, a first communicator which transmits stored prediction-related terms and receives a search result of information search with regard to the prediction-rela... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409265 | Leg-type moving robot and floor reaction force detection device thereof It is arranged such that displacement sensors (70) are installed at a position in or vicinity of elastic members (382), to generate outputs indicating a displacement of the floor contact end of a foot (22) relative to a second joint (18, 20 | 08/05/2008 |
| 7397213 | Mobile robot and mobile robot charge station return system Disclosed are a mobile robot and a mobile robot charge station return system, the mobile robot having a simplified structure by commonly using a detection sensor capable of both receiving charge station guide signals and obstacle detection signals, the two types of ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395136 | Robot end effector detachment sensor A robot device includes a sensor on its base plate capable of sensing rotation of the base plate occasioned by decoupling of a detachable joint that joins a forearm member of the robot to the base plate. The sensor produces an output signal which, if above a preset ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386367 | Workpiece conveying apparatus A workpiece is gripped by a robot hand and an image of the workpiece is captured by a camera. An image processing device detects the position and posture of a characteristic portion of the workpiece. On the basis of the present position of the robot, the relative po... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7386366 | Feedback estimation of joint forces and joint movements Apparatus and methods are provided for estimating joint forces and moments in human beings. A forward dynamics module determines simulated kinematic data. An error correction controller forces tracking error between the simulated kinematic data and measured (or desi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383100 | Extensible task engine framework for humanoid robots An extensible task engine framework for humanoid robots. Robot instructions are stored as tasks and skills. Tasks are designed so that they can be executed by a variety of robots with differing configurations. A task can refer to zero or more skills. A skill can be ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376499 | State-of-health monitoring and fault diagnosis with adaptive thresholds for integrated vehicle stability system A system and related method for monitoring the state of health of sensors in an integrated vehicle stability control system. In one embodiment, the system determines whether a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor or a hand-wheel angle sensor has failed. Th... | 05/20/2008 |
