379 results about "Work space" patented technology

The present disclosure relates generally to robotic systems, and more specifically to systems and methods for specifying a robot task configuration by means of annotating a visual workspace representation in coordination with a waypoint optimization process. This system enables a much broader use of robotic automation by saving time and reducing technical complexity. This system can be used to configure any visually enabled robotic task, such as tasks in warehouse management, manufacturing, delivery, inspection, logistics, etc.

Disclosed herein is a product and methods of using that product for constructing walls and other structures. The product is a locking block that is designed for use in building walls and other structures quickly and inexpensively. The locking blocks are fabricated from polymers to form a robust physical structure that resists damage and provides for a relatively clean work space during assembly. The locking blocks include matching male and female features that reversibly secure the blocks together and are self-aligning to guide workmen on block placement during assembly. The design of the blocks eliminates the need to apply mortar or other adhesive methods to secure the blocks together, which greatly reduces labor costs as compared to typical construction products and methods. Because no mortar or other adhesive is used, the blocks can be efficiently and effectively disassembled and reused.

Provided are a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for real-time autonomous path planning for a robotic device. The method includes receiving data about the robotic device in a three-dimensional workspace, encapsulating objects in the environment of the robotic device including the robotic device, a target, and one or more obstacles in simulated robotic space, calculating a direction of movement for the robotic device according to three virtual forces including a virtual attractive force, a virtual repulsive force, and a virtual tangential force acting at least partially perpendicularly relative to the virtual repulsive force, mapping each virtual force in the three-dimensional workspace into torque vectors in the simulated robotic space at each joint, converting a sum of the torque vectors into one or more commands for the robotic device defining a path to reach the target, and sending the one or more commands to the robotic device.

A composite damping device for vibration reduction of a tower drum and blades of an offshore wind turbine belongs to the technical field of vibration reduction of wind driven generators, and is characterized by comprising a blade integration unit and a tower drum tuning unit, the blade integration unit adopts a cylindrical particle damping cavity, the center of the cylinder is connected with a mass ball through a spring, and the cavity is filled with damping particles; the steel wire rope is fixed in the blade to restrain vibration displacement; the tower tube tuning unit is connected with the mass block through a steel wire rope, the mass block is circumferentially provided with the springs and connected with the tower tube wall, the lower portion of the mass block is connected with the mass ball, and the upper periphery and the lower periphery of the mass block are connected with the tower wall through the hydraulic inerter dampers. And the working space is obviously reduced, the multi-direction vibration control capability is improved, and the method is suitable for vibration control of offshore wind turbine towers and blades.

Techniques are provided for performing one or more network management actions or one or more workspace management actions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes detecting that a person has occupied a workspace, determining that the workspace is no longer occupied by the person, and upon determining that the workspace is no longer occupied by the person, using the one or more sensors for detecting one or more objects brought by the person to the workspace. The computer-implemented method includes upon detecting the one or more objects while the workspace remains unoccupied, recording a first timestamp, and comparing a duration of unoccupancy of the workspace since the first timestamp to a maximum unoccupancy duration. The computer-implemented method further includes performing one or more network management actions or one or more workspace management actions in response to the duration of unoccupancy exceeding the maximum unoccupancy duration.

A multi-tenant system receives a request to generate a first workspace according to at least a subset of tenant data stored in a plurality of data spaces. The system determines a collection of components of the first workspace and determines a respective data and / or metadata source for each component of the collection of components. The respective data and / or metadata source corresponds to a data space of the plurality of data spaces. The system receives, via the plurality of data spaces, data and / or metadata for each component of the collection of components and stores the data and / or metadata of the first workspace to each component. The system also stores, in a multi-tenant junction table, relationships between the first workspace, the collection of components of the first workspace, and respective objects from the plurality of data spaces.

The utility model discloses a cat litter basin which comprises a basin body assembly, the basin body assembly comprises a working bin, a screening bin and an excrement collecting bin, the screening bin and the excrement collecting bin form a first unit which is arranged outside the working bin, and the basin body assembly rotates around the rotating center of the basin body assembly under the action of first external force. The excrement collecting bin rotates around the rotation center of the excrement collecting bin under the action of a second external force. The utility model further provides a cat litter basin with the supporting assembly, and the cat litter basin can be connected with a control system to achieve automatic cat litter cleaning besides manual cat litter cleaning. According to the cat litter basin, the first unit is arranged outside the working bin, and the excrement collecting bin is configured to be capable of rotating, so that the cat litter basin is simple in overall structure, reasonable in distribution and high in working space utilization rate, cat excrement is cleaned up, meanwhile, a user can clean the cat litter basin conveniently, and the cleaning workload of the user is greatly reduced.

This invention discloses a long bone fracture robot, relating to the field of medical robot technology. The robot includes an upper fixation ring, a lower fixation ring, and six sets of sliding components connected between them. These six sets of sliding components are spatially distributed and form a parallel mechanism. Each sliding component includes a lead screw assembly and a drive assembly. The lead screw assembly includes a lead screw and at least one U-shaped joint, with the U-shaped joint connecting the end of the lead screw to the corresponding fixation ring. The two rotation axes of the U-shaped joint maintain a non-compatibility distribution structure with a preset distance in space to increase the joint's swing angle range and improve multi-directional load-bearing capacity. The drive assembly converts the rotational motion of the motor into the linear motion of the lead screw through gear transmission, realizing the extension and retraction of the sliding components. This invention can avoid unusual configurations within a larger workspace, providing safer, more precise, and more efficient assistance in fracture reduction surgery.

A plurality of fixed rails are fixedly arranged at different positions of the same height, the rail transfer device comprises a rail transfer frame, a movable rail and a rail transfer driving device, the rail transfer frame is fixedly installed between the adjacent fixed rails, and the movable rail is fixedly installed between the movable rail and the rail transfer driving device. The rail transfer frame is provided with a rail transfer slide way perpendicular to or crossed with the extending direction of the fixed rails, the movable rails are slidably installed on the rail transfer slide way, and one end or two ends of each movable rail in the length direction can be connected with one end of the adjacent fixed rail in an aligned mode. The rail transfer driving device drives the movable rail to slide back and forth along the rail transfer sliding way so as to be aligned and connected with the different fixed rails, the cotton conveying trolley used for conveying cotton rolls or bobbins can move along the movable rail and the fixed rails which are aligned and connected, and the control system controls the rail transfer driving device and the cotton conveying trolley to start and stop. According to the invention, the conveying route of the material can be flexibly changed in real time, the system adapts to a complex plant environment, and the working space of a plant is released.

It provides decontamination parameters necessary for isolator decontamination work in a more flexible and accurate manner. [Solution] The isolator decontamination verification system 30, which has a work space isolated from the outside and decontaminates the work space with a sterilizing medium, comprises a condition input unit 32 for inputting conditions during the decontamination work and a parameter calculation means 34 for calculating decontamination parameters. The condition input unit 32 receives input for at least the type and number of loads placed in the work space, and the parameter calculation unit 32 calculates the amount of sterilizing medium to be injected, which is one of the decontamination parameters, from the type and number of loads and the volume of the work space.

Determining a command arrival assist motion for a computer-aided system including a repositionable component is disclosed. The repositionable assembly includes: a proximal repositionable structure having a distal portion; a distal repositionable structure supporting the instrument; a sensor system; an input device; and a control system. The control system is configured to command movement of the plurality of joints in response to receiving a movement command from the input device, the movement pivoting the distal portion about a remote center of movement. The control system is further configured to determine to reconfigure the proximal repositionable structure based on a sensor signal generated by the sensor system, and to command the proximal repositionable structure to move the distal portion relative to the workspace in response to determining to reconfigure the proximal repositionable structure, therefore, the accessible space of the instrument moves relative to the working space.

The utility model discloses vertical ceramic tile cutting equipment with a protective structure, which comprises a cutting equipment main body, a rear fixed seat is mounted on the rear side of the top of the cutting equipment main body, and a measuring scale is mounted above the rear fixed seat in an inserting manner. According to the utility model, the measuring scale is additionally arranged on the rear side of the cutting equipment, so that the cutting size of a ceramic tile can be accurately measured, and basic guarantee is provided for high cutting precision; a transverse supporting seat and a ceramic tile placing plate above the transverse supporting seat are matched with a positioning pressing plate, so that an operator can conveniently place and fix ceramic tiles, the operation process is simple and efficient, a transparent dust cover hinged to the rear end of the cutting equipment body integrally covers the equipment, dust and splashes generated in the cutting process can be effectively blocked, and the cutting efficiency is improved. And the body health of operators is protected, the risks of dust suction and splash injury are reduced, the pollution to the working environment is reduced, and a safer and cleaner working space is created.

The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical arms, and discloses a task data acquisition method and system of a mechanical arm and a computer readable storage medium, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring pose data of a hand of a target operator based on a data acquisition device; according to the pose data, a virtual mechanical arm model located in a virtual space is driven to move along with the hand of the target operator; the relative relation between the tail end of the virtual mechanical arm model and the reachable working space boundary in the virtual space is evaluated, and an evaluation result is obtained; if the evaluation result shows that the tail end of the virtual mechanical arm model is located in the preset neighborhood of the reachable working space boundary, a guiding signal is output to the target operator so as to guide the hand movement of the target operator, and the movement of the virtual mechanical arm model is limited in the reachable working space; and storing pose data at a plurality of moments formed by the movement of the hand of the target operator under the guidance of the guidance signal. In this way, the quality of the collected task data is improved.

A method (M) for generating a digital workspace model (112) representing an available workspace (110) for a robot (102) in an industrial environment (100), the robot (102) having a robotic arm (106) with one or more arm segments movable in the available workspace (110) by one or more actuators, the method comprising: providing (S10) a digital arm model indicating a position of a segment representation point at the or each arm segment relative to an actuator position; providing (S12) a series of recorded actuator position sets; and generating (S18) the digital workspace model (112) by determining (S20) each position of each segment representation point based on the digital arm model and the recorded actuator position sets relative to a common coordinate system. The method generates a digital workspace model with improved model resolution and without the need for additional measurement equipment other than the robot itself.

Robot programming device (10) designed for teaching a robot program by arranging a robot model equipped with a tool model, a workpiece model and a peripheral device model in a virtual space representing a workspace three-dimensionally and displaying them on a screen, wherein the device (10) comprises the following: a robot model motion part (14) designed to move a predetermined movable part of the robot model from a first position to a second position according to a learning content; an arm reversal detection element (21) designed to detect whether an axis contained in the robot model is in a predetermined state in which the axis is rotated by 180° ± a first predetermined value of a reference rotation angle when the predetermined movable part of the robot model is moved to the second position; and an arm reversal correction judgment (23) designed to correct an orientation of the robot model, wherein the predetermined movable part of the robot model is in the second position such that the axis is no longer in the predetermined state when it is detected that an axis contained in the robot model is in the predetermined state, the correction of the robot model's orientation at the second position is carried out according to the following rules: (1) only one axis angle is corrected; or (2) if (1) cannot be fulfilled, the predetermined movable part is moved by parallel displacement to correct the orientation.

The utility model relates to cable processing technical field, concretely for a kind of spraying device for cable processing, including rack, annular cylinder, sealing assembly and separation component, rack is composed of bottom plate and support frame, support frame is connected in bottom plate side, annular cylinder bolt detachably connected on support frame, multiple spray heads are connected in annular cylinder inner wall, conveying pipe is connected on annular cylinder, conveying pipe one end is connected with outside liquid supply equipment, sealing assembly is connected in annular cylinder both ends, sealing assembly includes telescopic device, moving ring, guide ring, movable element and sealing element, separation component is connected on support frame.In the utility model, the innovative self-adapting sealing assembly is set in the both ends of the annular cylinder, which can dynamically fit the surface of cables with different diameters, forming a nearly closed working space in the spraying area. This design prevents the paint mist from escaping from both ends of the device and avoids the pollution of the working environment.

A robot configured to recognize and pick up at least one predetermined object, the robot being configured in such a manner that the predetermined object is recognized and picked up in a work space below the robot. The robot may have an end effector and an adjusting unit for picking up the predetermined object. The end effector and the adjusting unit are disposed in the work space below the robot.

The invention relates to an error compensation method for automatic drilling rod grabbing of an underground coal mine drilling robot. The error compensation method comprises the steps that the grabbing working space of the underground coal mine drilling robot is divided into a plurality of minimum working units; each minimum working unit is defined by four boundaries; determining an error compensation function of each boundary; aiming at any drill rod placing point in the grabbing working space, calculating a pose error of any drill rod placing point by adopting a Gaussian process regression method; and adding the theoretical rod taking pose of any drill rod placing point and the pose error of any drill rod placing point to obtain the corrected pose of any drill rod placing point. According to the method, an error compensation method integrating region division, polynomial fitting and Gaussian process regression is adopted; the working space is divided into a plurality of minimum working units, error compensation is carried out on points in the working space, rod taking position parameters can be accurately calculated, and the accuracy of grabbing the drill rod by the mechanical arm is improved.

The application provides a mobile collaborative robot, which comprises a mobile robot, an integrated control system, a six-axis collaborative robot and a vision system; the integrated control system is arranged in the mobile robot and is used for controlling the mobile robot, the six-axis collaborative robot and the vision system to realize collaborative operation of the three; the end of the six-axis collaborative robot is arranged on the mobile robot and is used for work in a work space; the vision system is arranged at the other end of the six-axis collaborative robot and is used for providing visual assistance when the six-axis collaborative robot works; and the mobile robot is used for receiving a movement instruction of the integrated control system and executing. The expanded work range improves the automation degree of work, the vision system provides visual assistance when the six-axis collaborative robot works, visual sensing is more accurate, and the production work efficiency is improved.

The utility model relates to the technical field of aluminum alloy door and window machining, in particular to a numerical control end face milling machine for aluminum alloy door and window machining, which comprises a base, a worktable mounted at the top of the base, and a to-be-machined object body placed at the top of the worktable. A positioning plate used for positioning an object body is installed on one side of the workbench, an L-shaped rod used for pushing the object body is installed on the side, away from the positioning plate, of the workbench, first driving assemblies used for driving the workbench to move are installed in the base and the workbench correspondingly, and a clamping assembly used for clamping the object body is installed in the workbench. The numerical control end face milling machine for aluminum alloy door and window machining has the advantages that automatic accurate positioning and efficient clamping are achieved, the cutting work space is optimized, and linkage driving is achieved to reduce energy consumption and cost.

A mobile robot-based palletizing system, comprising: a discharge conveyor line, used for continuously conveying multiple target boxes of multiple orders into a work space, wherein the discharge conveyor line is provided with multiple discharge ports; a retractable roller conveyor line that has a front end connected to a mobile robot and a rear end communicated with the discharge ports and is used for transferring material from the discharge ports into the operating range of the mobile robot; the mobile robot, used for loading the material from the retractable roller conveyor line onto material pallets; multiple material pallets that are arranged in sequence to form material pallet arrays, wherein a moving channel is formed between two material pallet arrays; and the moving channel, used for the movement of the mobile robot during mobile palletizing, wherein the mobile robot moves along the moving channel to sequentially stack the material from the retractable roller conveyor line onto the material pallets. The mobile robot-based palletizing system can avoid the problem of the position of a retractable roller conveyor line needing to be constantly adjusted during a palletizing process, thereby improving the efficiency of palletizing.

The application provides a five-degree-of-freedom large workspace series-parallel hybrid robot, and belongs to the technical field of robots; the five-degree-of-freedom large workspace series-parallel hybrid robot comprises a base, a rotating platform, a truss, a connecting plate, a pulley transmission device, a movable platform, a terminal turntable, a terminal actuator, five motors and a first branch and a second branch which are installed in parallel between the rotating platform and the movable platform; the first branch is sequentially connected with connecting rod one and connecting rod three from the rotating platform to the movable platform; the second branch is sequentially connected with connecting rod two, the pulley transmission device and connecting rod four from the rotating platform to the movable platform; the five-degree-of-freedom motion is realized by adopting the hybrid structure, the structure is simple, the manufacturing cost is low, meanwhile, the five-degree-of-freedom large workspace series-parallel hybrid robot has the advantages of high speed, high rigidity, low inertia and super large workspace and the like, and has a good application prospect in the fields of logistics sorting and laser processing.

The invention provides a stacking system based on a mobile robot, and the stacking system comprises a discharging conveying line which is used for continuously conveying a plurality of target box bodies of a plurality of orders into an operation space, and the discharging conveying line is provided with a plurality of discharging ports; the front end of the telescopic roller conveying line is connected with the mobile robot, the rear end of the telescopic roller conveying line communicates with the discharging port, and the telescopic roller conveying line is used for conveying materials into the operation range of the mobile robot from the discharging port; the mobile robot is used for loading the materials on the telescopic roller conveying line onto the material tray; the multiple material trays are sequentially arranged to form tray arrays, and a moving channel is formed between every two rows of material tray arrays; the moving channel is used for the movement of the moving robot during moving and stacking; the moving robot moves along the moving channel to sequentially stack the materials on the telescopic roller conveying line on the material trays. The situation that the position of the telescopic roller conveying line needs to be continuously adjusted in the stacking process can be avoided, and the stacking efficiency is improved.

A hoisting arrangement for hoisting an offshore wind turbine blade, comprising a gripper attachment 150 arranged to be connected to the wind turbine blade, comprising a set of cable attachment points 191, 192,193 arranged as a first polygon, a vessel attachment module 194 arranged to be connected to a vessel, comprising a plurality of cable guide elements 190 arranged as a second polygon, a plurality of cables 141, 142, 143, 144 spanned between the cable attachment points and the cable guide elements, and a control system for controlling a position and / or orientation of the gripper attachment within a work space by controlling a spanned length of at least two cables of the plurality of cables between the cable attachment points and the cable guide elements.

The utility model relates to the field of automobile rear -view mirror discloses a decorative cover of automobile outside rear -view mirror, include: car body, the fixed groove is seted up in car body, the clamping groove is seted up in fixed groove side wall, rear -view mirror shell, rear -view mirror shell is installed with rear -view mirror front shell in the side away from lens, the top of rear -view mirror front shell is provided with LOGO lamp, the cavity is seted up in rear -view mirror shell inside, the horizontal screw rod is seted up in cavity, the screw rod penetrates rear -view mirror shell and extends to the inside of fixed groove, and the fixed cone is had. In the utility model, through the rotation of screw rod, drive and the clamping block of self thread connection move outward or inboard, the diameter of the "disc" of a plurality of clamping blocks is increased or reduced in the clamping groove, and then the effect of fixed or loosening is produced, and the cavity seted up in rear -view mirror shell is cooperated, and the sufficient work space is provided while being convenient for rear -view mirror dismounting and installing, improves the efficiency of dismounting and installing.

The present technology relates to a spatial address-based management system, and the management system includes a spatial address-related information reception part configured to receive spatial address-related data assigned to each of segments generated by dividing a workspace into a plurality of rows and columns, a controller configured to process the spatial address-related data received from the spatial address-related information reception part and transmit the processed data to a spatial address-related data storage part, and the spatial address-related data storage part configured to store the spatial address-related data transmitted from the controller as spatial address data, wherein the spatial address data includes information on a unique position of the spatial address, information on a workpiece that is placed at the spatial address, and information on attributes or properties of the spatial address.

A method for detecting human-equipment interaction. The method includes receiving at least one image from at least one optical device disposed within a defined work space. At least one human or piece of equipment may be detected at a first position within the work space. A movement of the human and / or the equipment may then be tracked within the work space. A description of the tracked movement of the human and / or equipment may then be generated. An assessment based on the generated description may then be generated, the assessment having an estimated determination whether the human and / or equipment adhered to a set of predetermined instructions and / or safety protocols, wherein the assessment comprises a generated recommendation for additional data. The method may also include performing an action such as a wellsite action or other facility related action in response to the generated assessment.

A method for controlling a kinematic system (3), in particular a robot (15) or a manipulator (14), of an automatic machine (1) for processing or packing articles (2) and comprising the steps of: determining a mechanical configuration of the kinematic system (3); define, depending on the mechanical configuration of the kinematic system (3), a cloud (CP) of points (P) representing a set of possible positions in the joint space (JS) that the kinematic system (3) can reach during the performing of the motion profile (MP); wherein each of the points (P) corresponds to a precomputed possible position (q1, q2, q3) of the kinematic system (3) in the joint space (JS); wherein each of the points (P) corresponds to at least one precomputed position (f(P)) of the kinematic system (3) in the workspace (WS); and, in use, the sequential and cyclic steps of: detecting the current position (q1a, q2a, q3a) of the at least one electric actuator (6); define, depending on the current position (q1a, q2a, q3a) of the at least one electric actuator (6), a point (PA) corresponding to said current position by using said cloud (CP) of points as a reference; computing, as direct kinematics, a respective effective position (f(q1a, q2a, q3a)) of the kinematic system (3) in the workspace (WS) due to the corresponding point (PA) defined by using said cloud (CP) of points (P) as a reference; control the kinematic system (3), by way of the control system (9), to perform said motion profile (MP) as a function of said effective position (f(q1a, q2a, q3a)) of said calculated kinematic system (3) in the workspace (WS).

The application belongs to the technical field of outer pipeline obstacle crossing carrying robot, and aims to solve the problem of completing the detection task of the whole surface of the outer pipeline in a narrow working space, and discloses a kind of outer pipeline obstacle crossing carrying robot in complex environment, including adaptive clamping unit, middle electric motor articulated bending obstacle crossing unit and combined wheeled moving unit, the front and rear of middle electric motor articulated bending obstacle crossing unit are connected with adaptive clamping unit, combined wheeled moving unit connects adaptive clamping unit, link main body is powered by worm gear as unilateral arm active clamping, through middle electric motor articulated bending obstacle crossing unit, robot performs inchworm axial motion, through combined wheeled moving unit, it moves forward and backward and rotates direction.The application can adapt to space inclination, curved pipeline configuration, and has the ability to handle pipe diameter mutation, pipeline hanger, boss and other obstacles, and has certain load capacity.