5166 results about "Roboty" patented technology

A robot includes a hazard sensor, a locomotor, and a system controller. The robot senses a hazard intensity at a location of the robot, moves to a new location in response to the hazard intensity, and autonomously repeats the sensing and moving to determine multiple hazard levels at multiple locations. The robot may also include a communicator to communicate the multiple hazard levels to a remote controller. The remote controller includes a communicator for sending user commands to the robot and receiving the hazard levels from the robot. A graphical user interface displays an environment map of the environment proximate the robot and a scale for indicating a hazard intensity. A hazard indicator corresponds to a robot position in the environment map and graphically indicates the hazard intensity at the robot position relative to the scale.

Apparatus for painting hulls of boats includes at least an anthropomorphic robot having paint dispensing elements, at least a supporting body which defines a chamber for containing the robot and which includes at least an opening for applying paint on a reference surface, handling elements of the body along at least a direction of moving close to/away from the surface, air suction elements to form a suction stream substantially along the entire surrounding edge of the opening, according to a preset suctionable air flow, command and control elements operatively connected to the handling elements to control movement of the body along the moving direction, sensor elements associated with the body to detect the distance of the surrounding edge from the reference surface and operatively connected to the command and control elements, the latter being programmed to adjust the distance of the surrounding edge of the opening from the reference surface.

Local surgical cockpits comprising local surgical consoles that can communicate with any desired remote surgical module (surgical robot), for example via a shared Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) or other unified open source communication protocol or other suitable communication system. The systems and methods, etc., herein can also comprise a modular approach wherein multiple surgical consoles can network supporting collaborative surgery regardless of the physical location of the surgeons relative to each other and/or relative to the surgical site. Thus, for example, an operator operating a local surgical cockpit can teleoperate using a remote surgical module on a patient in the same room as the surgeon, or surgeons located in multiple safe locations can telemanipulate remote multiple surgical robots on a patient in or close to a war zone.

A battery charging station, for a robot, includes a base, two side-walls barriers, a stop, a supporting arm, a charging connector, and a transmitter. The side-walls barriers are separately mounted on the base. The stop is mounted on the back of the base to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base. The supporting arm is cantilever mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space. The charging connector is mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and is configured for providing an electrical connection between the robot and a power source. The transmitter is positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm and is configured for emitting signals for the robot to locate the re battery charging station.

A remotely-controlled robotic apparatus for deactivating explosive ordinance, such as IEDs. The remotely-controlled robotic apparatus is provided with a robotic portion that provides mobility, and a laser portion configured to be aimed at an object of interest (for example an object believed to comprise an IED) and to deactivate the object by destroying, damaging or disconnecting at least one of a control apparatus and a power supply from the object of interest. The remotely-controlled robotic apparatus provides the capability to dispose of IEDs without having an explosion. The remote-controlled robotic apparatus can include a camera and an illumination source for examining objects of interest. A remote control console is provided for the use of an operator in controlling the robotic apparatus.

A surgical severing and stapling instrument, suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic clinical procedures, clamps tissue within an end effector of an elongate channel pivotally opposed by an anvil. Various embodiments are configured to be operably attached to a robotic system to receive actuation/control motions therefrom.

The invention discloses a man-machine conversation system applied to an advanced service robot. The man-machine conversation system is characterized in that a voice recognition module, a natural language understanding module, a background service processing module, a natural language generating module and a voice generating module are included and are respectively and independently connected with a conversation management module and used for bidirectional data transmission. The man-machine conversation system has the advantages that the advanced service robot can directly communicate with the human language, the influence caused by a traditional communication way on communication efficiency is avoided, the convenience of man-machine communication is greatly improved, and the aim that the service robot directly listens to human voice instructions is achieved.

The invention discloses a mobile robot indoor environment exploration system and control method based on a ROS (Robot Operating System). The system is based on the ROS, and can realize independent exploration and positioning on indoor environment by a robot. The system mainly uses an iRobot differential drive chassis and UTM 30LX laser radar. An upper computer can obtain position positioning information of the robot and an indoor environment exploration path track in real time, and through data matching of the laser radar, a global map formed by connecting local maps is obtained. The invention provides a more intelligent unknown environment exploration system, provides great convenience and safety guarantee for disaster environment rescue, realizes information interaction of indoor environment perception, and has very good convenience and practicality.

An autonomous wireless mobile network is established between mobile nodes configured as wireless autonomous robotic mobile access points. Each mobile node includes a mobility platform, an executable routing resource, and a standardized interface. The mobility platform is configured for supplying sensor data from attached physical sensors, and responding to motor commands from the standardized interface. The standardized interface is configured for converting each sensor datum into a corresponding sensor object, and converting received movement directives into the respective motor commands. The executable routing resource is configured for maintaining a database of world objects representing attributes within an infosphere established by the wireless mobile network based on the sensor objects and received network objects. The executable routing resource also is configured for generating the received movement directives and executing network decisions based on periodic evaluation of the world database, and exchanging the world objects with other mobile nodes.

The invention discloses a multi-joint omnibearing extra-pipe robot. The multi-joint omnibearing extra-pipe robot has the omnibearing movement ability, can be connected with pipe joints such as a tee joint and a four-way joint through an elbow pipe, can surmount the external obstacles such as a valve, a flange plate and a support and can step over two adjacent pipelines. The multi-joint omnibearing extra-pipe robot is characterized by comprising a bearing beam, a multi-joint clamping mechanism, turning joints, a clamping opening and closing mechanism, an axial driving mechanism and a circumferential mechanism, wherein the bearing beam is used for carrying equipment. The axial driving mechanism can make the robot move on a pipeline at a high movement speed in a wheel mode. The circumferential driving mechanism make the robot rotate around the pipeline by 360 degrees, spiral movement of the robot around the pipeline can be achieved by coupling the rotation of the robot and the axial movement of the robot together, and thus the robot can pass through the pipeline in a full-coverage mode. The robot can move freely between adjacent pipelines through a turning mechanism and a clamping mechanism, and thus working efficiency is further improved. The bearing beam can carry the devices such as fault detection equipment and maintenance mechanism arms, so that the work such as pipeline maintenance is achieved.

A human-type link system, such as a humanoid robot having a dynamically feasible motion of the link system that is generated when a reference joint acceleration that is only calculated from a kinematical constraint condition is determined not feasible by an evaluation of external force computed based on an inverse dynamics calculation, or is generated by calculating from a dynamic constraint condition and a kinematical constraint condition simultaneously, the dynamic constraint condition is formulated by using an actuation space inverse inertial matrix that represents the relation of force acting on the link system and the acceleration of the link system caused by the force.

This invention describes a special type of drone called “Flying User Interface” device comprised of a robotic projector-camera system, an onboard digital computer connected with Internet, sensors, and a hardware interface to stick to any surface such as wall, ceilings, etc. Computer further consists of other subsystems, devices, and sensors such as accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, flashlight, etc. Drone flies from one places to another, detects a surface, and stick to it. After successful sticking mechanism, device stops all its rotators and projects or augments images, information, and user interfaces on the near by surfaces. User interface may contain applications, information about object being augmented and information from Internet. User can interact with user-interface using command and gestures such as hand, body, feet, voice, etc.

A moving robot and a method to build a map for the same, wherein a 3D map for an ambient environment of the moving robot may be built using a Time of Flight (TOF) camera that may acquire 3D distance information in real time. The method acquires 3D distance information of an object present in a path along which the moving robot moves, accumulates the acquired 3D distance information to construct a map of a specific level and stores the map in a database, and then hierarchically matches maps stored in the database to build a 3D map for a set space. This method may quickly and accurately build a 3D map for an ambient environment of the moving robot.

The number of operation keys is decreased, realizing cost reduction and miniaturization of a teaching device. Further, the working efficiency and operational safety are considerably improved. Also, the operations of the robot ranging from delicate positioning and high-speed continuous operation can be readily controlled by serial manipulations. The present invention includes (a) a plurality of operation keys to designate one out of a plurality of operation coordinates of the robot arm, and (b) a controller which controls the operation of the robot arm. The controller has a function to control the robot arm so that the robot arm is positioned on the designated operation coordinates and also a function to control the operation speed of the robot arm. The controller includes a jog dial disposed in a manner such that the jog dial can be rotated and pushed. When the jog dial is rotated in a state that the jog dial is not pushed, the position of the robot arm is controlled by the rotation of the jog dial, and when the jog dial is rotated in a state that the jog dial is pushed, the operation speed of the robot arm is controlled by the rotation of the jog dial.

The invention discloses a comprehensive monitoring system of a power distribution network based on the internet of things and an intelligent patrol robot. The system comprises a monitoring system, an intelligent patrol robot, a background management platform and a remote receiving terminal. The monitoring system comprises an environment monitoring system, an anti-theft monitoring system, a fire-fighting monitoring system, an entrance guard management system, a ring network cabinet monitoring system and a related linkage device. The monitoring system is in communication connection with the background management platform through an intelligent acquisition device. The background management platform sends out a control instruction and controls the working state of the related linkage device through the intelligent acquisition device. The intelligent patrol robot and the remote receiving terminal are in communication connection with the background management platform. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the intelligent routing inspection of a substation and the centralized monitoring and management of an on-site environment, anti-theft equipment, fire-fighting equipment and a ring main unit are realized. Therefore, the linkage device is intelligently controlled, and potential fault risks are prevented in advance. Moreover, an occurred fault can be quickly and accurately judged and treated. Therefore, the safe and stable operation of the power distribution network is ensured.

The invention discloses a motion control system and a motion control method for a spherical robot with visual feedback. The motion control system comprises a binocular visual system, a gyroscope, a spherical robot body, an embedded-type controller and a wireless communication module. The motion control system is positioned through cooperation between a visual camera and the gyroscope and measures self motion parameter information of the robot in real time, and the self motion parameter information is used as feedback to be input into a controller. After conducting calculations, the controller issues a control order to a motor on the spherical robot so as to achieve tracking of a targeted path. Meanwhile, the controller can also monitor state information of the robot remotely and give an operation order. The motion control method sets up an inner ring control strategy by adopting a state feedback algorithm, sets up an outer ring control strategy by adopting a curvature tracking algorithm and conducts control through combining an inner ring and an outer ring. The left and right image sequence can be collected in real time through the binocular visual system. By means of adoption of a binocular visual range algorithm, postures and changes of position of the spherical robot can be figured out. By mean of the gyroscope, errors caused by an unstable platform are complemented, and obtained results are used as feedback to be brought into a control algorithm.

A method for grasping an object includes moving a first and second gripping pad (116) respectively to first and second locations in which a first face (117) of the first gripping pad is opposed from a second face (117) of the second gripping pad and spaced apart a distance. Two or more of pins (118) included in each gripping pad are extended from at least the first face in a direction toward the second face. Thereafter, an extension distance for each of the pins is independently determined responsive to a resistance encountered by each of the pins as a result of the extending. As a result of the independently determining step, an object-defined gripping contour is provided as formed by distal ends of the pins.

A component supply apparatus capable of aligning components of various shapes, which are supplied in bulk, within a short period of time with general means. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional vision sensor measuring a depth map, a bulk component box, a robot picking up a component from the bulk component box, a temporary placing table onto which components are rolled, a two-dimensional vision sensor measuring a profile of the components, a robot group picking up the component rolled on the temporary placing table, and changing a position and orientation of the component into a position and orientation that involve an error of a certain level or less with respect to a position and orientation that are specified in advance, while changing the position and orientation of the component, and a control device controlling those portions.

The invention discloses a machine room intelligent inspection system and a working method thereof. The machine room intelligent inspection system comprises system architecture, a robot local control center, a network system and a robot body, wherein the system architecture comprises an intelligent acquisition system, a wired network system and a management background; and the robot body comprisesa chassis motor, a high-definition camera, a thermal infrared imager, a camera holder, a gas detection sensor, a real-time intercom platform, an audible and visual alarm and an ultrasonic obstacle stopping system. Therefore, the machine room intelligent inspection system utilizes the robot to autonomously complete inspection of equipment, improves the predictability of the equipment by means of adata analysis historical curve, provides effective data support for state maintenance or state evaluation, so as to reduce the occurrence of accidents are reduced, and has high safety and high stability.

The invention provides an automatic rubber cutting robot, and belongs to the field of agricultural machinery. The automatic rubber cutting robot is characterized by comprising a clamping mechanism, a cutting depth adjusting mechanism, a power device and a cutting trajectory control mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism consists of rotating blocks and supporting rods; the cutting depth adjusting mechanism consists of a rotating disk with scales, a movable positioning wheel and a knife rest; power is provided by stepping motors; and the cutting trajectory control mechanism comprises an upper annular track, a lower annular track, bogie driving mechanisms and a screw and nut mechanism. The automatic rubber cutting robot is tightly clamped to a rubber tree through the clamping mechanism, a cutting trajectory is a helix through the cutting trajectory control mechanism, then line-change cutting of the automatic rubber cutting robot is realized through screws and nuts, finally appropriate cutting depth is adjusted through the cutting depth adjusting mechanism, and automatic rubber cutting is realized. The automatic rubber cutting robot can automatically adjust the rubber cutting depth, can automatically change lines, is adapted to different tree diameters, and has the characteristics of being simple in structure, convenient to control, low in cost, reliable and practical.

A method and a system of integrating anew robot into a work environment are provided. A controller receives a signal indicating a presence of a new robot in the work environment. The controller then establishes a negotiation channel between the controller and the new robot and begins to negotiate with the new robot a set of robotic functions controllable by the controller. Based on a comparison between a set of function attributes the new robot and interface attributes of the controller, the controller generates a new robot user interface for controlling the set of robotic functions of the new robot.

An apparatus includes a robot arm, an electrical power cord, a motor-driven cable reel, an end effector, and at least one sensor. The robot arm has a proximal end and a distal end, and is configured to move in response to one or more electrical signals. The electrical power cord extends through the robot arm from the proximal end to the distal end and has an electrical plug at an end thereof. The motor-driven cable reel dispenses and retracts the electrical power cord so as to control a length thereof. The end effector is disposed at the distal end of the robot arm, and is configured to selectively grasp and release the electrical plug. The sensor is disposed at the distal end of the robot arm, and is configured to produce sensor data for controlling the robot arm to dock the electrical plug into an electrical receptacle.

A control method of a robot cleaner for traveling to clean includes checking information about a predetermined traveling pattern; determining a traveling trajectory based on a traveling speed; generating a traveling pattern based on the determined traveling trajectory and the information about the predetermined traveling pattern, wherein the traveling pattern includes a first straight path, a first rotation path connected to the first straight path and for rotation in a first direction, a second straight path connected to the first rotation path, and a second rotation path connected to the second straight path and for rotation in a second direction; and repeatedly traveling along the generated traveling pattern at regular intervals. Therefore, since the robot cleaner performs cleaning without scattering dust, the efficiency of cleaning may be improved.

The invention discloses a robot out-of-order target sorting method based on 3D visual clustering and matching, and the method comprises the steps: filtering a sorting scene point cloud plane of collected sorting scene point clouds, carrying out segmentation of the point cloud plane of a stacked sorting scene, and obtaining a plurality of types of sorting scene point cloud clusters; querying a three-dimensional point neighborhood to obtain a stacking state of each sorting scene point cloud cluster; estimating the normal of each point in the sorting scene point cloud, and extracting the edge ofeach sorting scene point cloud cluster and the edge of the target model; generating different edge candidate matching sets, acquiring an initial pose through Super4PCS coarse matching, and conductingsorting recognition and pose estimation through ICP fine matching. By means of three-dimensional perception of the objects, recognition, classification, matching and positioning of the multi-target objects with the characteristics of stacking, shielding, disorder and the like are achieved, autonomous recognition of an industrial robot and planning of grabbing actions are facilitated, and thereforethe grabbing efficiency and accuracy degree of carrying and sorting operation are improved.

The invention discloses an additive and subtractive manufacturing device and method for a large complicated metal structural member. The additive and subtractive manufacturing device comprises a working platform, a plurality of robots, a laser head, a forming piece, a welding gun, a wire feeding system, a milling system, a powder feeding system , a laser generator, an electric arc welding main machine and a control system. The robots and the milling system are arranged above the working platform; the forming piece is formed on the working platform; the wire feeding system feeds wires to the robots; the powder feeding system feeds powder to the robots; the laser generator provides a laser heat source for the robots through the laser head; the electric arc welding main machine generates electric arcs; and the control system is electrically connected with the laser generator, the electric arc welding main machine, the wire feeding system, the powder feeding system and the robots.

Robotic mobility assistant exoskeleton with frame members, which are attached adjacent to biological joints, supplements relative movement between skeletal members. Mechanical joint defines a center of relative rotation of frame members about three mutually perpendicular axes with the center of relative rotation of frame members being displaced from the outer surfaces of skeletal members to correspond in position with the center of biological joint. Actuation devices including powered cable springs rotate frame members. Control system executes calibrated user specific posture sequences and activates power. Mechanical joint exhibits cylindrical guide surfaces defining a slidable or rotatable connection of frame members and has a radius intersecting the center of the biological joint. Node control network distributes computing load and reduces communications overhead. Map unit has object recognition system for monitoring environment. Standard posture data derived from rules of ambulation and posture provide positioning control, optimized by energy-timed margins for balance maintenance.

The invention discloses a passive sound source two-dimensional DOA (direction of arrival) estimation method under a complex environment, comprising the steps that (1) voice signals in a room are collected by a uniform circular array; (2) the voice signals received by the uniform microphone array are preprocessed in a spectral subtraction method; (3) an M_AEDA algorithm is adopted to estimate the relative time delay of each microphone; (4) a direction coefficient vector is determined according to a direction coefficient formula; (5) the direction coefficient vector and the voice signals preprocessed in the step (2) are correspondingly multiplied to serve as an input signal for minimum variance undistorted response; (6) an minimum variance undistorted response algorithm is adopted to process the input signal; and (7) the output average power is subjected to spectrum peak search, and the estimation value of the sound source two-dimensional DOA is obtained accordingly. The passive sound source two-dimensional DOA (direction of arrival) estimation method under the complex environment has the advantages that the sound source can be accurately located under a reverberation and low signal-to-noise ratio environment; during sound source location, the location accuracy and accuracy rate are high; and the required equipment is simple, the passive sound source two-dimensional DOA estimation method can be applicable to real life in the aspects of video conference, robots and the like.

Methods and devices for generally fungible robots that autonomously cooperate to transport a load are provided. A method of transporting a load includes providing first and second robots each having a motive mechanism independently operable from the other. Each robot obtains estimates of a width, length, and height of the load. Each robot can obtain estimates of a weight or stability information of the load. Each robot autonomously determines how to engage the load for transportation based at least partially on the width, length, height, and weight of the load, as well as physical limitations of each robot and the terrain between the load and the delivery point. The robots autonomously cooperate with each other to transport the load. In another aspect, robots autonomously monitor the stability of a load, determine optimum configuration for stable transport of the load, and reconfigure based on stability changes during transport.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional vision accurate guiding and positioning method for automobile intelligent manufacturing automatic feeding. A camera is used for conducting photographing and image collecting on a component, and the position and the angle deviation of the component under a fixed coordinate system are calculated through image processing and in combination with the vision detection algorithm; and a robot is used for transmitting the position and angle information, the track of the robot is corrected, the robot is guided to arrive at the correct work position, and accordingly the robot automatically corrects the track for workpiece grabbing and feeding. According to the three-dimensional vision accurate guiding and positioning method, the component grabbing precision is high, the precision can reach +/-0.5 mm, accurate positioning on a material box is not needed, and the cost and maintaining expense for accurately positioning the material box are omitted; and the later maintaining and adjusting technology is facilitated.

The invention discloses an intelligent disinfection and epidemic prevention robot which comprises a robot body, wherein the robot body comprises a wheel-type moving platform module, a disinfectant storage box module, a disinfection module and a sensing and control system; the wheel type moving platform module is used for position movement; the disinfectant storage box module is used for storing adisinfectant; the disinfection module comprises an ultrasonic wave spraying unit, a sprinkling unit, an air filtering unit and an ultraviolet ray disinfection unit; the ultrasonic wave spraying unit is used for performing dry fog spraying disinfection of the disinfectant; the sprinkling unit is used for performing wet sprinkling disinfection of the disinfectant; the air filtering unit is used forperforming filtration disinfection on environment air; and the ultraviolet ray disinfection unit is used for performing ultraviolet ray disinfection on the environment; and the sensing and control system is used for sensing the environment and sending control instructions. According to the embodiment of the invention, the intelligent disinfection and epidemic prevention robot provides options andcombination of a plurality of disinfection modes by aiming at the characteristics of novel coronaviruses, and can effectively block the spreading of the novel coronaviruses.