Intermediation Device for Remote Industrial Robot Manipulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems fail to enhance public interest in industrial robots, which is essential for addressing labor shortages and promoting their adoption, as they primarily focus on determining superiority and inferiority in robotic interactions without providing a means to effectively engage a broader audience or utilize remote manipulation capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An intermediation device and method that allow multiple operators to remotely manipulate industrial robots using manipulation terminals or computers, displaying the work or game site through an imaging device, enabling remote participation, skill evaluation, and easy access to robot manipulation, thereby increasing public interest and the spread of industrial robots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems are used to determine superiority and inferiority in robotic interactions, then the robotic competition function is achieved, but public interest in industrial robots remains low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediation device that acts as a mediator between operators and industrial robots. This device receives manipulation signals from operators via manipulation terminals, transmits them to the robots, and provides visual feedback through imaging devices. This intermediary system enables remote manipulation and enhances public interest by allowing operators to engage with robots from distant locations, thereby increasing accessibility and adoption.
2Productivity
If industrial robots are used to compensate for labor shortages, then productivity improvement is achieved, but the barrier to entry for public participation remains high
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediation device serves as an accessible interface for the public to interact with industrial robots. By providing a user-friendly manipulation terminal and visual feedback system, the device lowers the barrier to entry, allowing operators without extensive robotic knowledge to participate in robot manipulation tasks from remote locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex direct mechanical interaction with electrical and optical signal transmission. Instead of requiring physical proximity and direct mechanical control, the system uses manipulation signals transmitted through communication networks and visual feedback through imaging devices, simplifying the operation interface for public users.
3Ease of operation
If operators remotely manipulate industrial robots without visual feedback, then manipulation flexibility is improved, but operational precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates visual feedback through imaging devices that capture images of the work site and transmit them to the operator. This feedback loop enables operators to observe the robot's real-time actions and adjust manipulation signals accordingly, maintaining high operational precision while preserving remote manipulation flexibility. The feedback mechanism bridges the spatial separation between operator and robot, ensuring accurate work execution.
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AI summary
An intermediation device and an intermediating method, capable of improving public interest in an industrial robot compared to before, are provided. The intermediation device is adapted to execute processings of receiving, from at least two manipulation terminals, or from at least one manipulation terminal and at least one computer, manipulation signals for manipulating at least two industrial robots each corresponding to the manipulation terminal or the computer and configured to perform a given work or a given game, causing the at least two industrial robots to perform the given work or the given game based on the manipulation signals, and causing a display unit held by an operator of the manipulation terminal to display an image of a site of the work or the game performed by the at least two industrial robots, the image being captured by an imaging device.