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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140189 | Apparatus and method for computing operational-space physical quantity An operational space physical quantity calculation apparatus computes a physical quantity in an operational space describing a relationship between a force and acceleration acting on a link structure including a plurality of linked rigid bodies. The operational spac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7787993 | Robot hand and robot A robot hand able to change the manner of holding an object while force applied from a plurality of finger mechanisms to the object is adjusted without using an auxiliary finger mechanism. When force F3 is applied to object w from a certain finger mechani... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7706922 | Method for controlling parallel kinematic mechanism machine and control apparatus therefor First of all, in a first step S1, each actuator command value for position command value and posture command value of an end-effector is determined. Next, in a second step S2, rotational resistance values of a first and a second universal joints are ob... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7657346 | Object picking system The system includes a detecting section detecting an object to be picked, among a plurality of objects placed in a manner as to be at least partially superimposed on each other; a storage section storing appearance information of a predetermined portion of a referen... | 02/02/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7424341 | Robot system A robot system efficiently performing an operation of moving a robot to close to and/or separate from a target point, such as teaching operation. A camera of a visual sensor is mounted to the robot such that a distal end of an end effector is seen within the field o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403880 | Moving a virtual articulated object in a virtual environment while avoiding internal collisions between the articulated elements of the articulated object A method of moving a virtual articulated object in a virtual environment in a succession of unit movements, the articulated object including a set of articulated elements connected together by a set of joints, the relative positions of the articulated elements being... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7373219 | Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is artificially altered when grip members are near a closed configuratio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362801 | Method for accurate estimation of noise for data modems Noise and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation are relatively straightforward tasks. However, when SNR is small, systematic errors in measurement may result in over-estimation of SNR, which also occurs during runtime monitoring of SNR. Here, sufficient numbers of ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359928 | Hardware quantum gate A hardware quantum gate for running quantum algorithms in a very fast manner exploits the fact that a large number of multiplications required by an entanglement operation of the quantum algorithm provides a null result since only one component per row of the entang... | 04/15/2008 |
| RE40212 | Method for teaching welding torch orientation First, an operator sequentially teaches the start point A, the end point F and junction points B, C, D, E on the welding path by moving the torch head by jog feed without paying attention to the torch orientation. Next, a reference plane to define the orientation of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352153 | Mobile robotic system and battery charging method therefor A mobile robotic system includes a charging device and a mobile robot. The charging device is provided with a light emitter and a set of first charging contacts for supplying a charging signal. The mobile robot has a first side provided with a first light sensor, a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350303 | Level, angle and distance measuring device The portable self-contained horizontal and vertical level, angle and distance measuring device is suitable for indicating whether or when two or more points are level with each other and for measuring distances and angles between two or more points, a point and a li... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349759 | Area coverage with an autonomous robot A robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker (48) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot (40) with a navigation system (41) that navigates the r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346429 | Mobile robot hybrid communication link A mobile robot communication system includes a remote unit, a repeater module and a control station. A cable connects the repeater module to the control station. The remote unit has a wireless receiver/transmitter for sending and receiving commands. The repeater mod... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332890 | Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods A method for energy management in a robotic device includes providing a base station for mating with the robotic device, determining a quantity of energy stored in an energy storage unit of the robotic device, and performing a predetermined task based at least in pa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330777 | Robot coordinated control method and system A reference signal is transmitted from one of a plurality of robot control devices connected by communication connecting device to the other robot control device. The timing of generation of an operation basic period signal in each of the other robot control devices... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330776 | System, apparatus, and method for managing and controlling robot competitions A system and method for operating robots in a robot competition. One embodiment of the system may include operator interfaces, where each operator interface is operable to control movement of a respective robot. A respective operator interface may be in communicatio... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324907 | Self-calibrating sensor orienting system Controlling an orienting/positioning system having a sensor and actuator for controlling at least one of an orienting and positioning action of the sensor. The invention (1) evaluates pre-action output information of a sensor in order to detect the position of a pat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319909 | Position control device, measuring device and machining device In a quadruple loop position control device (1) including: a drive controller (5) having a current control loop that controls motor current (I) and a motor speed control loop that controls a motor speed (Vm); a speed control loop (3) that contro... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313464 | Bin-picking system for randomly positioned objects A method for picking up objects randomly arranged in a bin using a robot having a gripper for grasping the objects using prehension feature(s) on the object. The method includes a shaking scheme for rearranging the objects in the bin when no objects are recognized, ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7310571 | Method and apparatus for reducing environmental load generated from living behaviors in everyday life of a user An apparatus calculates, based on unimproved behavior amounts, behavior amount variations of living behaviors when each of living behaviors increases by one unit behavior amount, calculates environmental load variation of living behavior when the living behavior inc... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310439 | Robot having an imaging capability A robot having an imaging capability includes: an imaging device, and at least one actuator separate from the imaging device for moving at least a portion of the robot. The at least one actuator is controllable in response to a control command, the imaging device be... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295891 | Method and device for controlling movements in the case of manipulators In a method for controlling the movement of a manipulator associated with an interpretation of a given point sequence of poses (positions and orientations) by splines, the motion components are separately parameterized. Thus, marked, subsequent changes to the orient... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295893 | Manipulator and its control apparatus and method A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode includes 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 controlling ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292913 | Articulated robot In the articulated robot, types of teaching a moving track of the robot can be optionally selected. The articulated robot comprises: a switch for manually selecting a moving axis to move an arm section along the selected axis; a manual pulse generator generating pul... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292912 | Door knocker control system for a remote controlled teleconferencing robot A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and microphone of the robot, respec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289885 | Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the drive to read and/or write data to a media item mounted by the drive, an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289884 | Hand control system, method, program, hand, and robot According to the hand control system (2), the position and posture of a palm (10) are controlled such that the object reference point (Pw) and the hand reference point (Ph) come close to each other and such that the i-th object re... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289883 | Apparatus and method for patient rounding with a remote controlled robot A method for remotely monitoring a patient. The method includes generating and transmitting input commands to the robot from a remote station. The remote station may include a personal computer that is operated by a doctor. The input commands can move the robot so t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269479 | Article transporting robot An article transporting robot or an article transporting system includes a state recognizing means for recognizing the state of the article, a transportation method specifying means for specifying the transportation method according to the state recognized by the st... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269480 | Mobile robot A mobile robot which has a communication with a detection target by a motion of the mobile robot or by an utterance from the mobile robot, the mobile robot includes: a personal identification unit detecting an existence of the tag based on a signal transferred from ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263412 | Robot self-position identification system and self-position identification method A self-localization system uses both of a global search apparatus, which is based on grid-based Markov localization, and a local search apparatus, which uses an extended Kalman filter. If an observation result by the global search apparatus is valid, then updating o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260450 | Apparatus and method for controlling elastic actuator An internal pressure of a hydropneumatic drive actuator is measured by a pressure measurement device, a displacement amount of a movable mechanism is measured, a desired value and a measurement value of the displacement are inputted so that a position error is compe... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255623 | Self-stabilizing rotating toy A rotating toy may then include a hub having a central axis and a lower portion; a plurality of counter rotating blades extending outwardly from the lower portion of the hub, the plurality of counter rotating blades having a tip connected to an outer ring; a single ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248012 | Teaching data preparing method for articulated robot Set the first temporary attitude of an end effector for a plurality of work points (step S3). Determine the attitude of an articulated robot at one-end first work point out of a plurality of work points (step S4). Determine the attitude of an articulat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248951 | Method and device for determining position of an autonomous apparatus A carrier, such as an autonomous surface treatment device, e.g., a robotic vacuum cleaner, has motive units, such as wheels, for transporting the carrier over a field of operation. The state of the carrier, which can be its position on the field of operation, is det... | 07/24/2007 |
