Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot control unit that controls an operation of a robot, using a control parameter for the robot; a safety monitoring unit that monitors the operation of the robot, using a safety monitoring parameter for the robot; a control parameter setting unit that sets the control parameter to the robot control unit; and a safety monitoring parameter setting unit that acquires the control parameter set to the robot control unit, from the robot control unit, and sets at least one of a plurality of parameters included in the acquired control parameter, as the safety monitoring parameter to the safety monitoring unit.

Abstract: A magnetic field measuring element includes a Superconducting QUantum Interference Device magnetic sensors, the first sensor disposed either on a second plane perpendicular to a first plane including a coil surface of the third sensor and which includes the center of the third sensor, or in the vicinity of the second plane, and a second sensor disposed either on a third plane perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane, or in the vicinity of the third plane. The center of the first sensor is present either on a straight line which passes through the center of the third sensor and is perpendicular to the first plane, or in the vicinity of said straight line, and the center of the second sensor is present in a position displaced from a line joining the center of the third sensor and the center of the first sensor.

Abstract: A magnetic field measuring element includes a Superconducting QUantum Interference Device magnetic sensors, the first sensor disposed either on a second plane perpendicular to a first plane including a coil surface of the third sensor and which includes the center of the third sensor, or in the vicinity of the second plane, and a second sensor disposed either on a third plane perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane, or in the vicinity of the third plane. The center of the first sensor is present either on a straight line which passes through the center of the third sensor and is perpendicular to the first plane, or in the vicinity of said straight line, and the center of the second sensor is present in a position displaced from a line joining the center of the third sensor and the center of the first sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid nitrogen cooling sensor device container and liquid nitrogen cooling sensor equipment, and effectively reduces low-frequency noise while maintaining the ease with which a probe can be inserted in and removed from liquid nitrogen. Said invention comprises: a liquid nitrogen containing insulating container that contains liquid nitrogen; a sensor fixing member which has a distal end portion to which a sensor operating at a temperature of the liquid nitrogen is attached; and a fixing buffer member which is for fixing the sensor fixing member to the liquid nitrogen containing insulating container, wherein the fixing buffer member exerts a buffering effect in the liquid nitrogen.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes: a substrate made of a metal; an insulating intermediate layer provided on the substrate; an oxide superconducting layer provided on the intermediate layer; a metal stabilizing layer provided on the oxide superconducting layer; and a plurality of dividing grooves which divide the metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, reach the inside of the intermediate layer through the oxide superconducting layer from the metal stabilizing layer, and do not reach the substrate. The metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer are divided to form a plurality of filament conductors by the plurality of dividing grooves, and in each dividing groove of the plurality of dividing grooves, a width of a groove opening portion of the dividing groove is equal to or greater than a width of a groove bottom portion of the dividing groove.

Abstract: An oxide superconductor includes: a substrate made of a metal; an insulating intermediate layer provided on the substrate; an oxide superconducting layer provided on the intermediate layer; a metal stabilizing layer provided on the oxide superconducting layer; and a plurality of dividing grooves which divide the metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, reach the inside of the intermediate layer through the oxide superconducting layer from the metal stabilizing layer, and do not reach the substrate. The metal stabilizing layer and the oxide superconducting layer are divided to form a plurality of filament conductors by the plurality of dividing grooves, and in each dividing groove of the plurality of dividing grooves, a width of a groove opening portion of the dividing groove is equal to or greater than a width of a groove bottom portion of the dividing groove.

Abstract: To cool a SQUID to a stable operational temperature for a long period of time under high pressure that exceeds 1.0 MPa, a highly pressure-resistant cooling container for a sensor includes a pressure-resistant airtight container having a pressure-resistance performance of 1.0 MPa or higher, a phase transition coolant insulating container contained within the pressure-resistant airtight container, and a tube for releasing a phase transition coolant having a pressure-resistance performance of 1.0 MPa or higher and connected to the pressure-resistant airtight container.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having superconducting layers formed on a substrate, a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) being formed on the superconducting layers, the high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor includes: a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and is connected to an inductor of the SQUID; and an input coil that is formed on the superconducting layer, is connected to the inductor of the SQUID and the pickup coil to form a closed loop, and is magnetically coupled with the inductor of the SQUID. In planar view, at least one turn of the input coil surrounds the inductor of the SQUID, or is surrounded by the inductor of the SQUID. The width of the superconductor forming the inductor of the SQUID is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having superconducting layers formed on a substrate, a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) being formed on the superconducting layers, the high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor includes: a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and is connected to an inductor of the SQUID; and an input coil that is formed on the superconducting layer, is connected to the inductor of the SQUID and the pickup coil to form a closed loop, and is magnetically coupled with the inductor of the SQUID. In planar view, at least one turn of the input coil surrounds the inductor of the SQUID, or is surrounded by the inductor of the SQUID. The width of the superconductor forming the inductor of the SQUID is 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is an iron-based superconducting material including an iron-based superconductor having a crystal structure of ThCr2Si2, and nanoparticles which are expressed by BaXO3 (X represents one, two, or more kinds of elements selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Hf, and Ti) and have a particle size of 30 nm or less. The nanoparticles are dispersed in a volume density of 1×1021m?3 or more.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid nitrogen cooling sensor device container and liquid nitrogen cooling sensor equipment, and effectively reduces low-frequency noise while maintaining the ease with which a probe can be inserted in and removed from liquid nitrogen. Said invention comprises: a liquid nitrogen containing insulating container that contains liquid nitrogen; a sensor fixing member which has a distal end portion to which a sensor operating at a temperature of the liquid nitrogen is attached; and a fixing buffer member which is for fixing the sensor fixing member to the liquid nitrogen containing insulating container, wherein the fixing buffer member exerts a buffering effect in the liquid nitrogen.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having a superconducting layer formed on a substrate and a plurality of superconducting quantum interference devices fabricated on the superconducting layer, which includes: a plurality of input coils that are formed on the superconducting layer and connected to or magnetically coupled with each of the plurality of the superconducting quantum interference devices; a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and connected so as to form a closed loop together with the plurality of the input coils; and a plurality of trimming wires that are formed on the superconducting layer and can be cut off, while making a short-circuit between both ends of each of the plurality of the input coils.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a superconducting single flux quantum integrated circuit device, and eliminates the return current from a bias current and the effect the bias current itself has on SFQ logic circuits in a chip. A bias power source line for supplying a DC bias current for the superconducting single flux quantum integrated circuit in a chip and a bias drawing power source line for drawing said DC bias current to the outside of the chip are provided, the end of the bias drawing power source line is connected to the ground plane of the chip via a thin-film resistor having a plurality of resistance values of 0.1 milliohm to I milliohm near the superconducting single flux quantum integrated circuit laid out in the chip, and the DC bias current is drawn from a connection point with the ground plane.

Abstract: A superconducting junction element has a lower electrode formed by a superconductor layer, a barrier layer provided on a portion of a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed by a superconductor and covering the barrier layer, and a superconducting junction formed by the lower electrode, the barrier layer and the upper electrode. A critical current density of the superconducting junction is controlled based on an area of the lower electrode.

Abstract: A low AC-loss multi-filament superconducting wire material of the invention includes an elongated base material, an intermediate layer formed on the base material; a superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer, and a metal stabilizing layer formed on the superconducting layer, wherein a plurality of grooves extending along a long direction of the base material is formed in parallel in a width direction of the base material, and reach the intermediate layer from the metal stabilizing layer via the superconducting layer to expose the intermediate layer; and a difference ?d (=d1?d2) between a width d1 of the grooves at a lower part of the superconducting layer and a width d2 of the grooves at a lower part of the metal stabilizing layer is not more than 10 ?m.

Abstract: A high-temperature superconducting magnetic sensor having a superconducting layer formed on a substrate and a plurality of superconducting quantum interference devices fabricated on the superconducting layer, which includes: a plurality of input coils that are formed on the superconducting layer and connected to or magnetically coupled with each of the plurality of the superconducting quantum interference devices; a pickup coil that is formed on the superconducting layer and connected so as to form a closed loop together with the plurality of the input coils; and a plurality of trimming wires that are formed on the superconducting layer and can be cut off, while making a short-circuit between both ends of each of the plurality of the input coils.

Abstract: The present invention provides a superconducting device including a substrate, a first superconducting pattern formed on the substrate, an insulating pattern formed on the first superconducting pattern, and a second superconducting pattern formed at the uppermost level in the multilayered superconducting pattern. A barrier layer of a Josephson junction is formed on the lower side of, or within the second superconducting pattern. The second superconducting pattern constitutes a circuit element on the insulating pattern.

Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer, and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.

Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where in cations within the material forming the barrier layer, a Cu content is in a range of 35 At. % to 55 At. % and an RE content is in a range of 12 At. % to 30 At. %, and the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.

Abstract: A superconducting junction element has a lower electrode formed by a superconductor layer, a barrier layer provided on a portion of a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed by a superconductor and covering the barrier layer, and a superconducting junction formed by the lower electrode, the barrier layer and the upper electrode. A critical current density of the superconducting junction is controlled based on an area of the lower electrode.