Abstract: A control device controls a robot including an arm, an end effector provided in the arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and configured to detect force. After bringing a first portion of the end effector close to a work surface and detecting contact of the first portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, the control device brings a second portion of the end effector different from the first portion close to the work surface, detects contact of the second portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, and teaches the robot a position of the end effector with respect to the work surface.

Abstract: An information terminal includes a reception processing section configured to receive, via a network, sensing data of a motion of a teacher and moving image data of the motion of the teacher associated with the sensing data of the motion of the teacher, a presentation processing section configured to present the moving image data of the motion of the teacher to a user, an evaluating section configured to perform, when the moving image data of the motion of the teacher is presented, an evaluation of a motion of the user using sensing data of the motion of the user and the sensing data of the motion of the teacher, and a notification processing section configured to notify the user of a result of the evaluation when the moving image data is presented.

Abstract: A steering wheel provided with a vibration device. The vibration device includes a vibration motor with a weight attached to a rotational axis protruding out of a motor body, a mounting bracket which mounts the motor on the steering wheel body, a circuit substrate which includes a connector for feeding the vibration motor with electricity and a terminal which is plugged in a terminal hole of a mounting base of the motor body such that the circuit substrate is connected to the motor body, and a clip which is assembled with the motor body and mounted on the mounting bracket together with the motor body. The clip includes a pressing section which presses the circuit substrate against the motor body and a retaining element that is engaged with and holds the mounting bracket so as to help the pressing section to keep pressing the circuit substrate toward the motor body.

Abstract: A control device controls a robot including an arm, an end effector provided in the arm, and a force detector provided in the arm and configured to detect force. After bringing a first portion of the end effector close to a work surface and detecting contact of the first portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, the control device brings a second portion of the end effector different from the first portion close to the work surface, detects contact of the second portion and the work surface on the basis of an output from the force detector, and teaches the robot a position of the end effector with respect to the work surface.

Abstract: A control device includes a reception unit that receives first operation information and second operation information different from the first operation information; and a process unit that instructs a robot to execute operations based on the first operation information and the second operation information using a plurality of captured images of an imaged target object, the images being captured multiple times while the robot moves from a first posture to a second posture different from the first posture.

Abstract: A new method for determining an attitude of a sensor with respect to a moving body is proposed. A movement vector is measured by a sensor mounted in the moving body. In addition, the attitude of the sensor with respect to the moving body is determined using the movement vector measured by the sensor when the moving body starts to move.

Abstract: A robot includes an arm, to which a tool can be attached, and which is capable of moving the tool to a position where the tool and a reference point can be imaged by a first imaging section and a second imaging section, and the arm is controlled using an offset of the tool to the arm, the offset being derived based on first image data of an image of the tool attached to the arm and the reference point taken by the first imaging section at each of three or more positions of the tool, and second image data of an image of the tool attached to the arm and the reference point taken by the second imaging section at each of the three or more positions of the tool.

Abstract: A steering wheel provided with a vibration device. The vibration device includes a vibration motor with a weight attached to a rotational axis protruding out of a motor body, a mounting bracket which mounts the motor on the steering wheel body, a circuit substrate which includes a connector for feeding the vibration motor with electricity and a terminal which is plugged in a terminal hole of a mounting base of the motor body such that the circuit substrate is connected to the motor body, and a clip which is assembled with the motor body and mounted on the mounting bracket together with the motor body. The clip includes a pressing section which presses the circuit substrate against the motor body and a retaining element that is engaged with and holds the mounting bracket so as to help the pressing section to keep pressing the circuit substrate toward the motor body.

Abstract: A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point of time and a second predicted position at a second point of time of a positioning satellite in time series, calculating a first and a second calculated positions of the positioning satellite derived from the predetermined model by using the values of the parameters; and determining the appropriateness of the predetermined model using the values of the parameters, on the basis of first difference between the first predicted position and the first calculated position, and seconded difference between the second predicted position and the second calculated position. The predetermined model is used when approximating a satellite orbit of the poisoning satellite.

Abstract: In a position calculating device, a first operational process of calculating at least a position of a moving object using the measurement result of an inertial positioning unit disposed in the moving object is performed by a first operation processing unit. A second operational process of calculating the position of the moving object using the result of the first operational process and the measurement result of a satellite positioning unit disposed in the moving object is performed by a second operation processing unit. An operational coefficient of the first operational process is adjusted using the result of the first operational process and the result of the second operational process by an operational coefficient adjusting unit.

Abstract: A control device includes a reception unit that receives first operation information and second operation information different from the first operation information; and a process unit that instructs a robot to execute operations based on the first operation information and the second operation information using a plurality of captured images of an imaged target object, the images being captured multiple times while the robot moves from a first posture to a second posture different from the first posture.

Abstract: A robotic system includes a robot, a display section, and a control section adapted to operate the robot, and an imaging range of a first taken image obtained by imaging an operation object of the robot from a first direction, and an imaging range of a second taken image obtained by imaging the operation object from a direction different from the first direction are displayed on the display section.

Abstract: A satellite orbit data compressing method includes: determining a compression method of a parameter value on the basis of a variation tendency of the parameter value in an orbit model approximating a satellite orbit; and calculating a compressed parameter value by reducing a bit sequence representing the parameter value using the determined compression method.

Abstract: To suggest a technique of more accurately calculating a position using both measurement results of a satellite positioning unit and an inertial positioning unit. In a position calculating device (1), a first operational process of calculating at least a position of a moving object using the measurement result of an inertial positioning unit (2) disposed in the moving object is performed by a first operation processing unit (5). A second operational process of calculating the position of the moving object using the result of the first operational process and the measurement result of a satellite positioning unit (3) disposed in the moving object is performed by a second operation processing unit (7). An operational coefficient of the first operational process is adjusted using the result of the first operational process and the result of the second operational process by an operational coefficient adjusting unit (9).

Abstract: A method of calculating the position of a moving body includes: detecting a movement direction of the moving body; calculating a velocity vector of the moving body using a detection result of an acceleration sensor installed in the moving body; correcting the velocity vector using the movement direction; and calculating the position of the moving body using the corrected velocity vector.

Abstract: A new method for determining an attitude of a sensor with respect to a moving body is proposed. A movement vector is measured by a sensor mounted in the moving body. In addition, the attitude of the sensor with respect to the moving body is determined using the movement vector measured by the sensor when the moving body starts to move.

Abstract: A position calculation method and apparatus are described. The position calculation apparatus may include an inertial measurement unit and be configured to be coupled with at least one sensor unit for detecting a physical event for use in position calculation. The presence of and type sensor unit may identified, and the position processing to be undertaken may depend on this identification.

Abstract: A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point of time and a second predicted position at a second point of time of a positioning satellite in time series, calculating a first and a second calculated positions of the positioning satellite derived from the predetermined model by using the values of the parameters; and determining the appropriateness of the predetermined model using the values of the parameters, on the basis of first difference between the first predicted position and the first calculated position, and seconded difference between the second predicted position and the second calculated position. The predetermined model is used when approximating a satellite orbit of the poisoning satellite.

Abstract: A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point of time and a second predicted position at a second point of time of a positioning satellite in time series, calculating a first and a second calculated positions of the positioning satellite derived from the predetermined model by using the values of the parameters; and determining the appropriateness of the predetermined model using the values of the parameters, on the basis of first difference between the first predicted position and the first calculated position, and seconded difference between the second predicted position and the second calculated position. The predetermined model is used when approximating a satellite orbit of the poisoning satellite.

Abstract: A position calculating method includes: calculating a position of a mobile body based on a positioning signal from a positioning satellite; determining the moving condition of the mobile body based on a detection result of a sensor unit including at least one of an acceleration sensor, an angular speed sensor, and an azimuth sensor; changing an error parameter used for a predetermined Kalman filter process according to the determined moving condition; and correcting the calculated position by the Kalman filter process.