Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Provided is a control method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a first target image collected by a first collection device and a second target image collected by a second collection device, in a case of it is determined that characteristic information of a mechanical gripper satisfies a first preset requirement; detecting a first center position of the mechanical gripper in the first target image and a second center position of a target spindle with yarn in the second target image; and generating a calibration instruction, in a case of it is determined that a target position relationship between the first center position and the second center position does not satisfy a second preset requirement, where the calibration instruction is used to calibrate a center position of the mechanical gripper or to calibrate a center position of the target spindle with yarn.

Abstract: A robot-training system permits a user touch, click on or otherwise select items from a display projected in the actual workspace in order to define task goals and constraints for the robot. A planning procedure responds to task definitions and constraints, and creates a sequence of robot instructions implementing the defined tasks.

Abstract: Sensor data can be collected from a first set of sensors associated with a first seat within a vehicle during a first vehicle stage. The outputs of each sensor of the first set of sensors can then be aggregated to calculate a probability of life within the first seat during the first vehicle stage.

Abstract: The method for increasing the accuracy of grasping an object can include: labelling an image based on an attempted object grasp by a robot and generating a trained graspability network using the labelled images. The method can additionally or alternatively include determining a grasp point using the trained graspability network; executing an object grasp at the grasp point S400; and/or any other suitable elements.

Abstract: In a collision avoidance apparatus for a vehicle, a collision avoidance controller is configured to calculate a movement trajectory of a moving object moving on a road crossing a road that the vehicle is traveling on from a succession of locations of the moving object, calculate a movement trajectory of the vehicle using a speed of the vehicle, determine whether the movement trajectory of the moving object is a trajectory of a moving object likely colliding with the vehicle, and in response to determining that the movement trajectory of the moving object is a trajectory of a moving object likely colliding with the vehicle and that the moving object fails to be recognized by a camera due to a view of the moving object being obstructed, calculate a risk index for determining a collision avoidance measure and employ the collision avoidance measure in dependence upon the risk index.

Abstract: An information processing method is executed by a computer and the method includes: obtaining first transported-object information that is transported-object information including a position and a weight of a transported object on a moving body; obtaining a weight of the moving body; generating information indicating a predicted steering angle center value by inputting the first transported-object information obtained and the weight of the moving body obtained into a model generated using second transported-object information, a weight of the moving body, and a steering angle center value of the moving body, the second transported-object information being older transported-object information than the first transported-object information; and outputting the information indicating the predicted steering angle center value to the moving body.

Abstract: An autonomous work machine that works on a target object in a work area while performing an autonomous travel operation in the work area, comprises an obtainment unit configured to obtain a distribution the target object of the work, a determination unit configured to determine a turn direction of the autonomous work machine in accordance with the distribution of the target object, and a control unit configured to control the autonomous work machine so that the autonomous work machine will turn in the turn direction at a turn timing during the autonomous travel operation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable storage devices, for robot navigation using 2D and 3D path planning. In the disclosed method, a robot accesses map data indicating two-dimensional layout of objects in a space and evaluates candidate paths for the robot to traverse. In response to determining that the candidate paths do not include a collision-free path across the space for a two-dimensional profile of the robot, the robot evaluates a three-dimensional shape of the robot with respect to a three-dimensional shape of an object in the space. Based on the evaluation of the three-dimensional shapes, the robot determines a collision-free path to traverse through the space.

Abstract: A hull control device is provided, which includes an error distance calculating module, an approaching speed calculating module and a command value setting module. The error distance calculating module calculates an error distance between a target position of a fixed-point hold and a ship position. The approaching speed calculating module calculates an approaching speed of a ship to the target position. The command value setting module sets a throttle command value according to a combination of the error distance and the approaching speed.

Abstract: A robot includes: a moving mechanism; an elevating mechanism including columnar members; a table which is configured to be elevated and lowered by the elevating mechanism; an arm base which is configured to be elevated and lowered by the elevating mechanism; an arm which is attached to the arm base; a sensor which is configured to detect an object placed on the table and the surrounding area of the robot; and a controller. A circumscribed space circumscribing the robot except for the arm is in the shape of a cuboid having a bottom face that is a face of a quadrilateral that circumscribes, in a top view, the shape of the robot except for the arm. The arm has a structure capable of accessing the outside of the circumscribed space.

Abstract: There is provided a control system for controlling a surgical arm device of a multi-link structure in which a plurality of links is coupled together by a joint unit in a force control mode. In generalized inverse dynamics, the control system sets a motion purpose and a constraint condition in an operation space describing an inertia of force acting on a multi-link structural body and an acceleration of the multi-link structural body, and for implementing an operation space acceleration indicating the motion purpose, calculates a virtual force acting on the operation space on the basis of a motion equation relating to the operation space including a term of an operation space bias acceleration in consideration to gravity compensation according to inclination information of the surgical arm device, and calculates a torque command value for a joint unit on the basis of a real force converted from the virtual force.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for lane marking localization that may be utilized by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles traveling within the lane. In the embodiment, the system comprises a locating device adapted to determine the vehicle's geographic location; a database; a region map; a response map; a camera; and a computer connected to the locating device, database, and camera, wherein the computer is adapted to: receive the region map, wherein the region map corresponds to a specified geographic location; generate the response map by receiving information form the camera, the information relating to the environment in which the vehicle is located; identifying lane markers observed by the camera; and plotting identified lane markers on the response map; compare the response map to the region map; and generate a predicted vehicle location based on the comparison of the response map and region map.

Abstract: This description relates to a neural network that has multiple network parameters and is configured to receive an input observation characterizing a state of an environment and to process the input observation to generate a numeric embedding of the state of the environment. The neural network can be used to control a robotic agent. The network can be trained using a method comprising: obtaining a first observation captured by a first modality; obtaining a second observation that is co-occurring with the first observation and that is captured by a second, different modality; obtaining a third observation captured by the first modality that is not co-occurring with the first observation; determining a gradient of a triplet loss that uses the first observation, the second observation, and the third observation; and updating current values of the network parameters using the gradient of the triplet loss.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for controlling a target device are disclosed. For example, a system includes a user computing device including a user interface, a user motion database communicatively coupled to the user computing device, a controller, a controller motion database communicatively coupled to the controller, and a target device communicatively coupled to the controller. The user computing device can be configured to connect the user motion database and the controller motion database to share corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time in response to receiving a sync indication from the user computing device. The target device can be configured to implement the corresponding sets of motion instructions in real-time on the target device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving assistance method and system for a mobile vehicle to avoid hazards in its environment. This system can detect hazards in a vehicle's surroundings and unobtrusively adjust its driving module's driving commands when necessary to avoid hazards. The system is configured to allow it to provide interference-free assistance to the operator of a human-operated vehicle or the motion controller of an autonomous vehicle to avoid hazards.

Abstract: A method performed by a surgical robotic system that includes a seat that is arranged for a user to sit and a display column that includes at least one display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) surgical presentation. The method includes receiving an indication that the user has manually adjusted the seat and in response, determining, while the user is sitting on the seat, a position of the user's eyes, determining a configuration for the display column based on the determined position of the user's eyes, and adjusting the display column by actuating one or more actuators of the display column according to the determined configuration.

Abstract: One object determining system comprising: an air ejection device, configured to eject air; a distance detecting circuit, configured to detect distances between an electronic device comprising the object determining system and at least one location of an object when the air ejection device ejects air to the object; and a determining circuit, configured to determine a type of the object according to variations of the distances.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system that generates data describing physical surroundings of vehicles during operation. Individual vehicles carry sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to one or both of the physical surroundings of the vehicles and/or the operation of the vehicles. Based on the generated output signals, the physical surroundings in which the first vehicle is operating are derived, such as, for example, the speeds of different nearby vehicles, and their distances to each other.

Abstract: A work coordinate generation device includes a shape register section configured to register shape information about a shape of a work region optically defined on a target which is a work target of a work robot; a first recognition section configured to acquire first image data; a first coordinate generation section configured to generate a first work coordinate which represents the work region of the first target based on a result of recognition of the first recognition section; a second recognition section configured to acquire second image data; and a second coordinate generation section configured to generate a second work coordinate which represents the work region of the second target based on the first work coordinate and a result of recognition of the second recognition section.