179 results about "Assistive robotics" patented technology

Disclosed is a computer-integrated surgery aid system for minimally invasive surgery and a method for controlling the same. The system includes a surgery planning system for creating three-dimensional information from two-dimensional images obtained by means of biplanar fluoroscopy so that spinal surgery can be planned according to the image information and a scalar-type 6 degree-of-freedom surgery aid robot adapted to be either driven automatically or operated manually.

1. The invention provides an unknown environment exploration-oriented mobile robot self-deploying sensing network, and a system includes a remote control platform, a ZigBee wireless sensor network system and a mobile robot platform. The mobile robot platform carries a ZigBee wireless sensor network node to enter. 2. An unknown environment is explored, in the exploration process, sensor network nodes are continuously deployed according to the need, a wireless sensor network node is put in and joints a network, a radio frequency module of itself is utilized as communication relay to increase control distance of a robot, an environmental sensor module of itself is utilized to monitor environment in real time, thereby expanding a monitoring range, and location information of itself is used as a positioning anchor point to assist robot positioning. The unknown environment exploration-oriented mobile robot self-deploying sensing network in the invention can well realize rapid exploration and relatively precise positioning of an unknown environment by the robot, and can be well applied to the field of exploration of unknown environments of disaster relief, environment survey and the like.

A cooking assistance robot is capable of efficient mixing using ingredients that are unlikely to be evenly heated. The cooking assistance robot performs cooking by physically moving ingredients in a cooking container selects a mixing direction for leveling a mountain and performs a mountain leveling operation in the selected mixing direction in a presence of a mountain of a specified height or higher in the cooking container.

Apparatus and methods for implementing learning by robotic devices. Attention of the robot may be manipulated by use of a spot-light device illuminating a portion of the aircraft undergoing inspection in order to indicate to inspection robot target areas requiring more detailed inspection. The robot guidance may be aided by way of an additional signal transmitted by the agent to the robot indicating that the object has been illuminated and attention switch may be required. The robot may initiate a search for the signal reflected by the illuminated area requiring its attention. Responsive to detecting the illuminated object and receipt of the additional signal, the robot may develop an association between the two events and the inspection task thereby storing a robotic context. The context of one robot may be shared with other devices in lieu of training so as to enable other devices to perform the task.

The invention discloses an elevator dispatching method, terminal and device for assisting a robot, and a medium. The method comprises the following steps that the time T0 for the robot to move from the current position to an elevator on the starting floor is obtained; the time Ti for multiple elevators in a building to arrive at the starting floor is calculated, and a time list T-list is formed; the Tj which is in the time list T-list and is the most approximate to the time T0 is obtained, and the elevator corresponding to the Tj is adopted as a target taken elevator; and the target taken elevator is called and moved to the starting floor, and the serial number of the target taken elevator is sent to the robot. The target elevator which is the most suitable for the robot to take is determined through the wireless communication mode and the IoT cloud computing measure, accordingly, the elevator dispatching method is optimized, the time for waiting the elevator is shortened when the robot needs to take the elevator, energy-saving efficient operation of the elevators is ensured, and moreover, the working efficiency of the robot is improved.

The embodiment of the invention is suitable for the technical field of robots, and discloses a mobile robot positioning and navigation method and device, a mobile robot and a computer readable storagemedium. The method comprises: acquiring a grid map of a target area, wherein an ultra-wideband base station is preset in the target area, and an ultra-wideband label is carried on the mobile robot; determining a first ultra-wideband base station coordinate of the ultra-wideband base station under a robot grid map coordinate system; obtaining absolute position point information of the robot in thegrid map according to the first ultra-wideband base station coordinate and an ultra-wideband positioning signal of the mobile robot; and based on the grid map, performing robot positioning navigationthrough the absolute position point information and sensor signals, and the sensor signals comprising at least one of laser radar signals, inertial navigation signals, odometer signals and visual sensor signals. According to the embodiment of the invention, the robot is assisted in positioning and navigation through the UWB positioning signal, and the positioning and navigation accuracy of the mobile robot can be improved.

A method for estimating posture of robotic walking aid(1) includes: providing a motor controller(50), a motor encoder(71) and a motor(70) on right and left hip joints, and right and left knee joints of the robotic walking aid(1), providing an inertial sensor(60) on upper body(40) of the robotic walking aid(1), wherein the motor controller(50), the motor encoder(71), the motor(70) and the inertial sensor(60) are coupled to a control unit(80); installing the robotic walking aid(1) on a user; inputting the lengths of the upper body(40), two thighs, two shanks, two feet of the robotic walking aid(1) to the control unit(80), wherein the upper body(40), two thighs, two shanks, two feet form a plurality of points; obtaining an angle of the upper body(40) corresponding to a reference frame with the inertial sensor(60); obtaining angles of those joints with those motor encoders(71); and calculating 3 dimensional coordinates of each point with a motion model.

The invention provides an agricultural planting auxiliary robot and an automatic operation method thereof. The robot is in communication connection with a client end and comprises a vehicle body (3),a front end driving mechanism (1) and a rear end driving mechanism (2) for driving the vehicle body, an anti-collision module (5), a high-definition video monitoring and illuminating module (6), a front visual navigation module (7) and a rear visual navigation module (8) arranged on the vehicle body, and a central processing module and a solid battery arranged in the vehicle body. In the robot andthe operation method, the growth process of crops after sowing, such as the growth data index, the environmental data index, the water irrigation situation, the fertilization situation, the situationof whether medication is needed, the disease and insect pest identification, the weed identification and other information, can be collected, recorded, analyzed and judged and water or fertilizer ormedication measures and actions are automatically adopted, and the intelligent automatic management, intelligent delivery and intelligent information acquisition can be realized on the growth of crops, which is suitable for agricultural fine planting.

A self-assisting robot for assisting a paraplegic user is disclosed which comprises a platform having a plurality of wheels, a robotic arm, an inclination sensor, operable to measure the inclination angle formed between said platform and a road in front thereof, a saddle configured to be adjusted up and down to fit the height of a user, a controller panel connected to said saddle, a processor operable to control the operations of the self-assisting robot, and a kneeling seat connected to and move with the robotic arm.

A holding mechanism holds a care-receiver, a traction mechanism that is connected to the holding mechanism, and the traction mechanism pulls the holding mechanism so that the holding mechanism draws a predetermined path. On the basis of a position of the holding mechanism detected by a position sensor and a force detected by a force sensor, if the position of the holding mechanism is not on the predetermined path, a controller controls the traction mechanism so that the holding mechanism draws the predetermined path by changing the position of the holding mechanism to a position on the predetermined path at a time after the time at which the position is detected.

The invention discloses an assisted robot for installing an air conditioner outdoor unit. The assisted robot for installing the air conditioner outdoor unit comprises a controller, a bidirectional positioning and moving seat, a horizontal sliding device, a vertical hoisting device and a movable type air source module. The horizontal sliding device is arranged on the bidirectional positioning and moving seat; the vertical hoisting device is arranged on the horizontal sliding device; the controller is arranged on a side wall of the bidirectional positioning and moving seat; and the movable typeair source module is arranged in front of the bidirectional positioning and moving seat. The robot can replace installation personnel to lift, carry and hoist the air conditioner outdoor unit in placeduring the process of installing the air conditioner outdoor unit from indoor to outdoor, so that the installation personnel is prevented from suspending on an outer wall of a building to work for along time, meanwhile, high-intensity operations such as dragging and lifting by other installation personnel are eliminated, and the operating efficiency and the safety are improved.

The invention provides a medical auxiliary robot, which comprises: a fixed connecting device for fixing a structure connected with the tail end of the fixed connecting device; a position adjusting device, wherein the position adjusting device comprises a base, a power structure and at least two sets of moving assemblies, each set of the moving assembly comprises two parts capable of moving relatively, and the power structure can promote the two parts to move relatively; a control device used for regulating the power structure and being in communication connection with the outside; and a guidedevice for limiting the movement path of a surgical instrument, wherein the position adjusting device is connected with the tail end of the fixed connecting device, and the guiding device is hinged tothe two sets of the moving assemblies of the position adjusting device through connecting members, so that the guiding device changes the spatial position according to movement of the two sets of themoving assemblies so as to achieve the positioning of the guiding device in the three-dimensional space. The medical auxiliary robot is small in size, flexible in structure and suitable for being used in cooperation with the existing navigation system, the existing ultrasonic system and the like.

The invention provides an assistant robot for wireless inspection controlling production line product manufacturing. The connection methods of production line stations are wired connection and wireless connection of computers. The aim of a robot assisting flow line production is changing a subjective working state of one operator in the flow line production into an objective working state which is controlled to a certain extent and has a proven track under the help of the assistant robot. Furthermore, the assistant robot can control and correct the action of a production line operator, at the same time, the actions and data are recorded in the robot in a real-time manner, which is convenient for related personnel to use and inquire the data. A real time record shows all stations point data of the production line, and one bright spot of the invention is prompting and controlling the actions of the production line operator to a certain extent. The assistant robot uses the characteristics of the computer of permanent memory of the computer, taking the trouble over and fast calculation to fulfill a task that the operator can not finish.

The invention relates to a project progress auxiliary robot applied to construction supervision. The project progress auxiliary robot comprises a robot body, a detachable unmanned aerial vehicle bodyarranged on the robot body and a rolling piece rotationally connected to the side wall of the robot body; a camera device is arranged on the robot body, and a detachable sampling mechanism is arrangedin the robot body; and the auxiliary robot further comprises a control module, a data input module, a manual progress overall planning module, a time timing module, a BIM modeling comparison module and an information release module. According to the invention, supervisors can remotely operate the auxiliary robot to analyze the progress of a supervision project and perform sampling.

The invention discloses a robot control method, a robot and a readable storage medium. The robot control method comprises the steps of obtaining laser point cloud data of the ground, wherein mark patterns are formed on the ground; extracting mark point cloud data corresponding to the mark patterns in the laser point cloud data; and determining the current position of the robot according to the mark point cloud data and preset mark point cloud data. According to the robot control method, the robot collects the laser point cloud data on the bottom face where the mark patterns are formed, mark characteristics of the laser point cloud data on the ground can be automatically extracted, the robot can be assisted in positioning according to the mark characteristics of the ground, and thus the robot can conduct stable navigation even under an open scene.

The invention aims at providing a soft lens clamping instrument which is convenient to fix and good in universality and an installation structure of the soft lens clamping instrument on a soft lens surgery assisting robot. The soft lens clamping instrument comprises a body and a clamping cover which is connected with the body in a matched mode, and the soft lens clamping instrument is used for clamping a soft lens between the clamping cover and the body. The soft lens clamping instrument is characterized in that a through screw hole is formed in the body, and a hollow bolt is arranged in the screw hole; the hollow bolt is provided with a strip-shaped through hole in the axial direction of the hollow bolt, an adjusting bolt is installed in the strip-shaped hole, and the diameter of a nut of the adjusting bolt is larger than the width of the strip-shaped hole. The installation structure of the soft lens clamping instrument on the soft lens surgery assisting robot comprises the robot and the soft lens clamping instrument, and the installation structure is characterized in that the robot is provided with a soft lens clamping instrument fixing plate, an installation screw hole is formed in the soft lens clamping instrument fixing plate, and the adjusting bolt of the soft lens clamping instrument penetrates through the hollow bolt and is screwed into the installation screw hole, so that the body is fixed to the soft lens clamping instrument fixing plate.

The invention discloses a community three-dimensional parking system with an intelligent auxiliary function. The parking system mainly comprises a three-dimensional parking garage, a positioning device and an auxiliary robot, wherein the auxiliary robot mainly comprises a body, a chassis and a display screen, the chassis and the display screen are connected with the body, the chassis is fixedly connected to the lower portion of the body, an adjusting assembly is arranged at the lower portion of the display screen, the two ends of the adjusting assembly are fixedly connected with the display screen and the body correspondingly, and the adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the height, the horizontal angle and the pitching angle of the display screen. According to the system, the positioning device is used for detecting the real-time position of a parked vehicle, the auxiliary robot display screen is used for displaying parking auxiliary information, a driver is prompted to adjust thedirection of the vehicle, the vehicle is guaranteed to be parked in designated space, the parking efficiency is improved, and the community labor cost is reduced.

The invention relates to a warehouse management auxiliary robot and belongs to the field of robot application. The warehouse management auxiliary robot comprises a follow-up universal wheel, a storage battery pack, two direct-current motors, two driving rear wheels, two synchronous driving belts, an objective table, a control platform, a liquid crystal display device, a code reader, two image-recognition cameras and an integrated controller, wherein information acquired by the code reader and the image-recognition cameras is input into the integrated controller; control and realization of relevant functions are realized by virtue of combination of keys on the control platform and other physical systems such as the direct-current motor. The warehouse management auxiliary robot not only can be used for improving the warehouse management efficiency and alleviating the labor strength of personnel, but also is low in realization cost and free from warehouse reconstruction.

The invention discloses a remote throwing device suitable for an overwater robot, the robot and a working method. The device is arranged on the robot, can throw compressed lifesaving devices to a plurality of near drowning persons, and comprises a robot body and a plurality of lifesaving throwing devices arranged on the robot body. four sets of lifesaving throwing devices are arranged, and each set comprises a mounting base, a supporting device, a compressed gas storage tank, a launching device and a pop-up body, wherein the mounting base is fixedly installed in a driving cabin, the supportingdevice and the compressed gas storage tank are fixedly installed on the mounting base, the launching device is connected with one end of the gas storage tank and fixed to the supporting device, the pop-up body is arranged at the output end of the launching device, and the pop-up body is a compressed life buoy. The remote throwing device for the overwater robot is combined with the overwater robot, when a plurality of dispersedly positioned drowning persons to be rescued appear, the compressed life buoys are launched, then life-saving equipment is provided for the drowning persons in the dispersion direction, physical exhaustion is reduced, and the probability of increasing the assisted robots is reduced.

The invention provides a lunar surface extravehicular auxiliary operation robot and a control method thereof. The lunar surface extravehicular auxiliary operation robot is of a bilateral symmetry structure and comprises a force bearing machine body, a motion system, a visual perception system, an operation system, a power supply system and a control system, the motion system comprises an asynchronous self-stabilizing suspension system and a lunar surface wheel system, the visual perception system comprises a binocular stereoscopic vision camera, a camera light shield, a two-degree-of-freedom active servo tripod head, a tripod head dust cover and a hollow camera mast, and the operation system is provided with a light three-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm based on a joint module. The lunar surface astronaut extravehicular auxiliary robot, provided by the invention, has the advantages of being compact in size and structure, light in weight, rich in single-machine task capacity and high in multi-machine system expansibility, has the high-stability and high-efficiency walking capability, the active stereoscopic vision perception capability and the multi-degree-of-freedom operation capability under the natural terrain of the lunar surface, and can carry out the lunar surface extravehicular auxiliary operation in a teleoperation or on-site man-machine interaction mode.

The invention discloses an intelligent climbing auxiliary robot which comprises a left rod frame and a right rod frame which are arranged in a bilateral symmetry mode, a shoe cover is installed on a rod frame ring on the lower portion, a control rod extending upwards is fixedly connected to the upper end of a rod frame column through an upper connecting mechanism, and a control device which is held by a hand for operation and can drive a worm shaft to rotate forwards and backwards is installed between the control rod and the worm shaft. The robot further comprises a folding seat, a belt supporting device, an aligning device and a safety device. The robot is reasonable in structure, extremely high in safety and relatively simple to operate; the psychological pressure of pole climbing is eliminated; fear of high psychological pressure is overcome, and the application range is wider; the pole climbing action is like climbing a ladder, training is not needed, operation is easy, and universality is high.

The invention discloses a multifunctional medical assisting robot. The bottom of a seat cushion is supported by virtue of a supporting pillar. Arm supporting components are arranged at left and right sides of the seat cushion; and each arm supporting component comprises a forearm and a rear arm. The rear arms, which are hinged at the sides of the seat cushion, can rotate within a horizontal plane around hinging positions; and the forearms and the rear arms are mutually hinged, so that the forearms can rotate within the horizontal plane around the rear arms. The rear arms and the seat cushion, which are supported by virtue of arm lifting pillars, are connected. A supporting frame, a rotary supporting component and a bottom supporting plate are fixedly connected to the bottom of the seat cushion; the supporting frame and the bottom supporting plate are in movable connection by virtue of the rotary supporting component; and the bottom supporting plate and the supporting pillar are in fixed connection, so that the supporting frame and the bottom supporting plate can rotate oppositely. According to the multifunctional medical assisting robot provided by the invention, both the forearms and the rear arms can rotate within the horizontal plane, arms of doctors can be conveniently supported on the upper sides of the forearms during an operation. At operation interval, the doctors can take a rest with the arms placing on the upper sides of the forearms, so that labor intensity of the doctors can be reduced.

The invention provides a robot for assisting an external limb in walking with weight bearing. The robot comprises a wearable backpack frame, and two power mechanical legs arranged on the both sides ofthe wearable backpack frame symmetrically; each power mechanical leg comprises a dynamic spherical hip joint with two degrees of freedom, a main bearing bar, a main driving system, a thigh bearing bar, a knee joint, a leg bearing bar and a support tail end; and the control system is in communication connection with the dynamic spherical hip joint with two degrees of freedom, the main driving system and the knee joint. The dynamic spherical hip joint with two degrees of freedom, the main driving system and the knee joint are controlled through the control system to cooperate with each other, and each power mechanical leg can swing forwards, quickly touch the ground and support with weight bearing in cooperation with the gait of a wearer, so that assisting in weight-bearing walking is achieved; and interference to the natural gait of a human body can be avoided while the load pressure is directly transferred to the ground.

The invention discloses a vision-assisted robot initialization positioning method. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring a position image of a position of a robot through a camera on the robot, and extracting ORB characteristics of the position image; confirming the initial ORB characteristics with the highest matching degree with the ORB characteristics; calculating laser data according to the characteristic node position coordinates of the initial ORB characteristics; and matching the laser data with a preset laser map, and confirming the position of the robot according to amatching result. The invention also discloses a robot and a readable storage medium. The initial position of the robot is calculated by taking the ORB characteristics of the position image as a carrier, the initial position assists the position calculation of the robot, an operation of manually providing the position initial value to confirm the position of the robot is avoided, the manually provided subjective error is avoided through the objective of the initial position calculated based on the ORB characteristics, and the position confirming efficiency of the robot is further improved.

The invention discloses a modular magnetic type auxiliary robot based on wireless communication and a using method of the modular magnetic type auxiliary robot based on wireless communication, and belongs to the field of robots. According to the modular magnetic type auxiliary robot based on the wireless communication and the using method of the modular magnetic type auxiliary robot based on the wireless communication, electrorheological fluid can be arranged on joints of mechanical hands and mechanical arms, and the mechanical arms can be rapidly installed and replaced, so that the phenomenonof secondary damage caused by falling of clamped fragments in a disaster relief process is effectively avoided, the mechanical hands are modularly arranged, the robot can continue to conduct the disaster relief only by being replaced during the self-disaster relief, a repair process is effectively reduced, the disaster relief efficiency is improved, meanwhile, under the repulsion action of innerrepulsion blocks and outer repulsion blocks, inwards-sunken deformation layers are embedded into inwards-sunken containing grooves, pulling force can be generated on plane deformation layers, micropores are enlarged, self-lubricating particles are scattered into tiny gaps between flat wrapping bags and interval change layers, and therefore the use sensitivity of mechanical fingers after installation is effectively improved, and the disaster relief efficiency is further improved.

The invention relates to the field of medical image processing and the technical field of planning algorithms, and particularly relates to a multi-modal data fusion radiotherapy position determination method and an auxiliary robot system. Preoperative and intraoperative images and ultrasonic data are fused to reconstruct a real-time three-dimensional model so as to judge the progress of the current operation; meanwhile, a preoperative particle implantation planning method is constructed, the needle number is minimized while the curative effect is guaranteed as much as possible, and implantation radiotherapy is autonomously carried out according to a preoperative planned path. The 3D model corresponding to the operation environment can be displayed in real time, the real-time position condition of a focus and a medical instrument can be known, the formed path scheme can be properly adjusted according to the actual condition, and a doctor is helped to better complete the implantation radiotherapy operation.

The invention discloses an auxiliary robot used for teaching. The auxiliary robot comprises a robot body. The robot body comprises a supporting leg, a rotary rod and a head. The head is rotationally mounted at the upper end of the robot body through the rotary rod. The supporting leg is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the robot body through bolts. A computer is mounted on the robot body in anembedded mode, and a display screen of the computer is located outside the robot body. A power switch is arranged in the middle of the position above the computer, and an interface is formed in the middle of the position below the computer. According to the auxiliary robot used for teaching, the studying dynamic states of students can be monitored in real time, a headteacher can acquire videos toview the studying states of the students, in addition, the robot can transfer files through WeChat and QQ, information related to studying is stored through a memo, furthermore, the robot and a projector can be connected through the data cable interface and a data cable, and teaching of teachers is facilitated.

The invention discloses a man-machine hybrid system coordinated motion user intention estimation method. A force sensor module and a laser range finder are used for obtaining the real-time movement intention speed VH of the upper limb of a user and the real-time movement intention speed VL of the lower limb of the user respectively, a flexibility parameter S of a man-machine hybrid system is set,and the flexibility parameter S of the man-machine hybrid system is adjusted through a fuzzy control method; heterogeneous sensor fusion is performed on the real-time motion intention speed VH of theupper limb of the user, the real-time motion intention speed VL of the lower limb of the user and the flexibility parameter S of the man-machine hybrid system to obtain an accurate user motion intention speed VF; and the accurate user motion intention speed VF is sent to an auxiliary robot, and smooth motion of the auxiliary robot is achieved. According to the invention, flexible robot motion control can be realized to the greatest extent, inharmonious motion of a robot and a user is prevented, and unsafe driving of the user is avoided.

The invention discloses a rapid positioning and tracking method for an auxiliary robot. The method comprises the following steps: S1, determining a position relation between a target size and a bony mark point through an MRI image; s2, establishing a first coordinate system between the body surface positioning plate and the target spot and a second coordinate system between the body surface positioning plate and an auxiliary robot visual positioning device, correcting the two coordinate systems into a standard coordinate system through calculation by taking the body surface positioning plate as a standard, and controlling the auxiliary robot to position according to the standard coordinate system; s3, through MRI image measurement, image fusion measurement and calculation are carried out in combination with X-ray pictures shot in real time in the operation process, real-time data of the target spot on the body surface positioning plate are obtained, a visual positioning device of the auxiliary robot carries out precise puncture positioning and tracking of movement of the target spot according to the position data of the target spot on the body surface positioning plate, and the target spot is accurately positioned. Meanwhile, the corresponding device is disclosed, the overall principle is simple, the robot system cost is reduced, efficient operation of the robot is achieved, and the operation difficulty is reduced.

The invention relates to a thin-wall structure laser welding system and method based on multi-robot collaboration. The thin-wall structure laser welding system based on multi-robot collaboration comprises two parallel guide rails. A welding robot for welding a wallboard part and an auxiliary robot for pressing the wallboard part are arranged on the two guide rails through external shafts respectively, a laser welding head is arranged on the welding robot, and the welding robot and the auxiliary robot have strokes for moving in the width direction of the guide rails through the external shafts respectively. A skin used for supporting the wallboard part is connected between the two guide rails, and a flexible tool used for adjusting and positioning the skin is arranged at the bottom of the skin. The invention belongs to the technical field of laser welding.