Patents Assigned to UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
  • Patent number: 10727821
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission hysteresis detecting method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting a forward rotational instruction and a reverse rotational instruction to a motor of the servo; storing motor end positions of the motor and output shaft end positions of an output shaft corresponding to the motor in a forward rotational cycle and a reverse rotational cycle, respectively; generating first position data based on the motor end positions and the corresponding output shaft end positions in the forward rotational cycle; generating second position data based on the motor end positions and the corresponding output shaft end positions in the reverse rotational cycle; and calculating a transmission hysteresis of the servo based on the first position data and the second position data. The technical solutions of the present disclosure only needs to obtain the position data of one forward rotational cycle and one reverse rotational cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Lifu Zhang, Wenhua Fan, Hanyu Sun
  • Patent number: 10725796
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a task management method for a robot, a robot using the same, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current task of the robot, in response to receiving a request for executing a new task of the robot; querying the preset state table according to the new task and the current task to determine whether to switch the robot from the current task to the new task: and switching the robot from the current task to the new task, in response to determining to switch. In this way, the stability of the operation of the robot can be improved, and the efficiency of the robot to execute tasks can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Ruiqiang Huang
  • Patent number: 10717188
    Abstract: A spatial crossed-axis transmission mechanism includes a rotatable driving member, an actuating member, and a support member for fixing the driving member and the actuating member. The driving member comprises a first end surface adjacent to the support member, and an Archimedes spiral groove is defined in the first end surface of the driving member. The actuating member includes an end surf adjacent to the support member and a sliding shaft on the end surface of the actuating member. The support member defines a straight groove passing therethrough, and the sliding shaft comprises an end that extends through the straight groove and fits into the Archimedes spiral groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Kunlei Zhao
  • Patent number: 10718413
    Abstract: An assembly of a robot includes a first member, a second member rotatably connected to the first member to construct a robot joint structure, a driving assembly arranged within the first member, a speed reducer assembly to rotatably connect the first member to the second member, and a belt drive assembly connected to the driving assembly and the speed reducer assembly. The belt drive assembly is used to transmit rotary motion from the driving assembly to the speed reducer assembly, thereby rotating the first member with respect to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Youpeng Li, Hongyu Ding
  • Patent number: 10714114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a noise reduction processing method, system and terminal device. In the present disclosure, a position angle of a far-field audio input sound source and a microphone array as well as a rotation angle of a head servo of a robot are obtained, and then a target rotation angle of the robot is calculated. The head servo of the robot is controlled to rotate according to the target rotation angle such that the robot moves along with the far-field sound source, and a beam area is changed according to the target rotation angle to enable a sound source enhancement area to process far-field audios. As a result, the noise reduction performance of the microphone array beam is effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Haoming Li, Pinxiu Wen, Yanhui Xia
  • Patent number: 10707457
    Abstract: A battery case for a robot has a housing and an end cap. The housing defines a chamber for receiving a battery therein. The chamber has an open end. The end cap includes a cap that is used to cover the open end, a rotatable post rotatably passing through the cap and extending into the chamber, an elastic member arranged around the rotatable post and comprising an end abutting against the cap, and a locking member connected to the rotatable post and rotatable together with the rotatable post to a position where the locking member is engaged with the housing, thus locking the cap to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventor: Gao Yang
  • Patent number: 10685672
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linearity detecting method and apparatus for a servo position sensor, and a robot with the same. The method includes: collecting and saving an output angle of the servo under test; analyzing the output angle to obtain a relationship curve of angle and time of the servo under test to rotate for one turn; extracting angle information of a starting point to an ending point of the output angle corresponding to the position sensor in the servo under test based on the relationship curve of angle and time to obtain valid angle data; and determining whether the output angle corresponding to the position sensor is linear based on the valid angle data. The present disclosure can solve the problem that an external sensor and a fixture are required when detecting the linearity of the sensor which causes complicated operation, high detection cost, and low detection efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Lifu Zhang, Wenhua Fan, Malin Wang
  • Patent number: 10682756
    Abstract: A driving assembly of a robotic hand includes an actuator, a fixed member, an elastic member having an end connected to the actuator, two phalanxes rotatably connected to each other through a first revolute joint, one of which is rotatably connected to the fixed member through a second revolute joint, torsion springs mounted to the first revolute joint and the second revolute joint, a first pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the fixed member and the first revolute joint, a second pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the first revolute joint and the second revolute joint, and a third pulling member having two opposite ends that are respectively fixed to the actuator and the second one of the at least two phalanxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Sicong Liu, Youjun Xiong, Hongyu Ding, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 10671080
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method and a robot with the same. The robot includes: an electromagnetic wave receiver configured to receive at least two electromagnetic wave signals transmitted by at least two electromagnetic wave transmitters on a charging device within a preset time range; a demodulator configured to demodulate the at least two electromagnetic wave signals received by the electromagnetic wave receiver to obtain at least two corresponding electromagnetic wave demodulation data; a processor configured to determine electromagnetic wave demodulation control data based on the at least two obtained electromagnetic wave demodulation data and preset electromagnetic wave demodulation data; and a controller configured to move the robot according to the electromagnetic wave demodulation control data until the robot is docked at the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang, Caixia Li
  • Patent number: 10663034
    Abstract: A brushless servo includes a housing, a motor, a printed circuit board (PCB), a servo output shaft and a gear transmission mechanism that are accommodated within the housing. The motor includes a motor output shaft that is arranged in parallel with the servo output shaft. The gear transmission mechanism includes a number of gearsets that connect the motor output shaft to the servo output shaft. Each gearset has a gear and a pinion that is smaller than the gear, and each of a first one of the gearsets and a last one of the gearsets is arranged in a manner that the gear is below the pinion thereof. Each of the rest of the gearsets is arranged in a manner that the gear is above the pinion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Yong Fu, Hongyu Ding
  • Patent number: 10667045
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot and an audio data processing method thereof. The robot includes a body part, a main control module, and a sound pickup module electrically coupled to the main control module. The sound pickup module includes N microphones distributed around the body part to collect audio data. The main control module is configured to obtain the audio data of a sound source from a part of the N microphones collecting the audio data of the sound source without blocked by the body part, and perform a sound source localization and a sound pickup based on the obtained audio data. The 360-degree wake-up and sound source localization of the robot and the beam-forming of directional beams are realized. In addition, the sound pickup is realized without forming microphone holes on the head of the robot, hence the aesthetics of the robot will not be affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Fanglin Xing
  • Patent number: 10667091
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless positioning method as well as a server and a storage medium with the same. The method includes: obtaining a current ranging value between a first positioning device and a second positioning device, where there is no obstruction between the first positioning device and the second positioning device; determining a distance of the first positioning device and the second positioning device in a depth direction of a tunnel based on the current ranging value; and obtaining a current coordinate of the second positioning device based on the distance. In the above-mentioned manner, the automatic updating of the coordinate of the reference base station in the tunnel can be realized, the times of repeated measurements of the base station are reduced, thereby improving the construction efficiency of the tunnel and saving working loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Yongsheng Zhao, Youjun Xiong, Yu Tang
  • Patent number: 10637331
    Abstract: A servo (1) includes a power input device (14), a gear assembly (15) drive-connected to the power input device (14), a power output frame (13) that is driven to rotate by the gear assembly (15), an output shaft (131) arranged at the power output frame (13), a magnetic encoding assembly (121) that is arranged at a rotation center axis of the power output frame (13) and used to detect a rotation angle of the output shaft (131) relative to the rotation center axis, and a circuit board (12) connected to the magnetic encoding assembly (121) and the power input device (14). The magnetic encoding assembly (121) does not tend to be affected by environment, to accurately detect the rotation angle of the output shaft (131) relative to the rotation center axis. Meanwhile, the magnetic encoding assembly (121) is simple to structure and light in weight, which facilitates it to be fixed to the servo (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Xuchao Du, Xinpu Chen, Meichun Liu, Lefeng Liu, Wenquan Shu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10634225
    Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a phalanx portion including at least two phalanxes rotatably coupled to each other, a driving device including a rotating member, a connection assembly including a housing defining a sliding groove that includes a first end and a second end defining a through hole that is in communication with the sliding groove, a cap connected to the housing at the first end, a sliding rod comprising a base slidably received in the sliding groove and a rod protruding from the base, and an elastic member received in the sliding groove and having opposite ends that respectively abut against the base and an inner surface of the second end, and a rope including two opposite ends respectively connected to the cap and one of the at least two phalanxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Kunlei Zhao, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 10632614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motion-controlling method of a robot and the robot thereof. A main control circuit continuously transmits a controlling instruction to a cache circuit. The controlling instruction may include the controlling information of a specific servo. A driving circuit is configured to obtain and analyze the controlling instruction from the cache circuit, so as to obtain the controlling information of the specific servo. The driving circuit transmits the controlling information to the specific servo to control the specific servo. As such, coherence of the robot may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Gaobo Huang, Jinbiao Zhang, Guoke Luo
  • Patent number: 10637325
    Abstract: A servo includes a housing, a motor, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a servo output shaft that are accommodated within the housing. The motor is electrically connected to the PCB. The housing has a lateral side defining a cutout. The servo further includes a gear transmission mechanism and an output arm. The gear transmission mechanism is used to connect a motor output shaft of the motor to the servo output shaft. The output arm has an end that is arranged within the housing at a substantially central position and connected to the servo output shaft, and another end extending out of the housing to connect with an external component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Yong Fu, Hongyu Ding
  • Patent number: 10635115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recharging alignment method of a robot and a robot thereof. The recharging alignment method includes adjusting a signal receiver of the robot to a first critical point to obtain position information of the first critical point, adjusting the signal receiver from the first critical point to a second critical point to obtain position information of the second critical point, determining a mid-point of the first critical point arid the second critical point according to the position information of the first critical point and the second critical point, and adjusting the signal receiver to the mid-point to align with the recharging dock, so as to accurately align with the recharging dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Patent number: 10632612
    Abstract: An assembly for a robot includes a servo comprising an output gear, a servo housing connected to the servo, a rotary support connected to the servo and the servo housing, the rotary support being configured to rotate as driven by the servo; and a stopper assembly arranged at the servo housing and the rotary support. The stopper assembly is used to limit the rotary support to be rotatable in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Wenquan Shu, Feng Hu
  • Patent number: 10637719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bus exception handling method of a robot including a main controller and a plurality of execution nodes electronically coupled to a bus of the robot. The main controller receives status information of an execution node of the robot from the execution node, determines whether the execution node is in an abnormal status based on the status information of the execution node. In response to determining the execution node is in the abnormal status, the main controller determines a degree of abnormity of the execution node, determines an operating instruction corresponding to the degree of abnormity, and sends the operating instruction to the execution node, the execution node executing the operating instruction. The present disclosure further provides a bus exception handling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Hailang Zhou, Musen Zhang
  • Patent number: D892230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Yumiao Wu, Lefeng Liu, Qiujie Lin, Xinshui Huang, Youjun Xiong