Patents Assigned to UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 10632620
    Abstract: A motion control method for a robot is disclosed. The robot includes a determining module, a merging module, and a controlling module. The determining module determines whether at least two motion tasks executed in an adjacent sequence satisfy a merging condition. The merging module merges the at least two motion tasks to a new motion task, when the merging condition is satisfied. The controlling module controls the robot to perform the new motion task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Patent number: 10637309
    Abstract: An inner rotor lamination for a permanent magnet direct current motor includes a yoke and a plurality of teeth connected to the yoke. Each of the teeth has a tooth body connected to the yoke and a tooth tip connected to a distal end of the tooth body. A winding slot is formed between each two adjacent tooth bodies. One tooth tip defines one or more first through holes adjacent to a radial end thereof, and one or more second through holes. Each of the one or more second through holes is located adjacent to one circumferential end of the at least one tooth tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Yan Zhou, Youpeng Li, Wenhua Fan
  • Patent number: 10632609
    Abstract: A linkage mechanism includes a chest assembly of a robot; a servo arranged within the chest assembly and comprising an output shaft; a first linkage member including a first end and a second opposite end, the first end being connected to the output shaft; a forearm assembly rotatably connected to the second end of the first linkage member; and a second linkage member. Opposite ends of the second linkage member are rotatably connected to the chest assembly and the forearm assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Xiaopeng Wu, Lefeng Liu
  • Patent number: 10627805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to servo control technology, which provides a method, device, and terminal device for servo movement smoothing. The method includes: obtaining a starting position and a control command for a rotation of an output shaft the servo; determining an ending position and a rotation time for the rotation of the output shaft in accordance with the control command; constructing a movement curve of the output shaft based on the starting position, the ending position, and the rotation time; and controlling the output shaft to rotate from the starting position to the ending position in accordance with the movement curve. The above-mentioned method smooths the movement of the servo by constructing a simple linear function, which greatly reduces the calculation amount in comparison with the technical solution using the cubic Bessel formula, and is capable of reducing the requirements for the hardware performance of servos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Lifu Zhang, Dong Liu, Hanyu Sun
  • Patent number: 10627806
    Abstract: The present invention provides a servo control system and a robot. The servo control system is applied to a servo, and includes a main control module including an angle information receiving terminal and a detection control terminal; and an angle collection module including a magnet and a magnetic encoding chip spaced apart from the magnet by a certain distance. The magnet is connected to a rotation output shaft of the servo. The magnetic encoding chip includes an angle information output terminal and a detection control receiving terminal. In the above manner, the present invention can accurately acquire position information of a servo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Dong Liu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10574793
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a terminal device for communication protocol compatibility. The method includes: receiving an external protocol list transmitted by an external device and retrieving a locally stored local protocol list; taking one of a same version information of the external protocol list and the local protocol list as matched version information, if the external protocol list and the local protocol list have the same version information; and taking the local protocol corresponding to the snatched version information as the protocol for communicating with the external device, and transmitting the matched version information to the external device. As a result, when the terminal device and the external device have the same communication protocol, they can perform data exchange using the same communication protocol automatically, which reduces the possibility of the incompatibility in the communication protocol so as to improve the communication success rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Haiwu Su, Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10569427
    Abstract: A servo transmission mechanism includes a servo main body, a first housing, a second housing, a connecting rod, and a linking member. The semi main body includes a first end having an output shaft and a second opposite end. The first housing is connected to the output shaft of the servo main body. The connecting rod has an upper end and a lower end that includes a connecting shaft, opposite ends of which are rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing, respectively. The linking member rotatably connects the upper end of the connecting rod to the second end of the servo main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Xiaopeng Wu, Meichun Liu
  • Patent number: 10564631
    Abstract: A servo movement control method, device, and terminal device are provided. The method includes: controlling an output shaft of the servo to rotate according to a first motion instruction; detecting whether a second motion instruction is received within a first preset time period, and re-planning a second target motion curve to a second target end position from a corresponding target position on a first target motion curve when receiving the second motion instruction; and controlling the output shaft to rotate from an actual position when receiving the second motion instruction to the second target end position according to the second target motion curve. When the second motion instruction is received, the servo is controlled to rotate from the target position to the second target end position according to the second motion instruction, so that the servo is switched from the first motion instruction to the second motion instruction smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Lifu Zhang, Mingzhao Li, Zhenmin Mo
  • Patent number: 10559233
    Abstract: A segment display device includes: a housing including an upper, cover and a lower cover connected to the upper cover, the upper cover defining a plurality of upper connection holes and a display window, the lower cover defining a plurality of lower connection holes at positions corresponding to the upper connection holes, the upper connection holes and the lower connection holes being configured for connecting the housing, to a building block, and the housing defining an interlace opening; as circuit board arranged within the housing and including a first circuit port and a second circuit port, the first circuit port and the second circuit port being located at the interface opening; and a segment display arranged on the circuit board at a position corresponding to the display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Xiongyuan Fang, Xiaochu Zhong, Kai Xu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10556352
    Abstract: A waist rotation structure includes a mounting disc defining a through hole, a rotatable disc located at a first side of the mounting disc, a driving device fixed to a second side of the mounting disc that is opposite the first side, and a transmission assembly. The rotatable disc defines a first cable insertion hole. The driving device includes an output shaft. The transmission assembly includes a drive gear connected to the output shaft, and a transmission cylinder extending through the through hole. The transmission cylinder includes a body that extends through the through hole, and is rotatably connected to the mounting disc and fixedly connected to the rotatable disc, and a driven gear arranged on a lateral surface of the body and engaged with the drive gear. The body defines a wiring hole extending opposite ends thereof and aligning with the first cable insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Wenquan Shu, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Libing Zhou, Youpeng Li
  • Patent number: 10529323
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semantic processing method of robots, including: receiving, by a semantic processing platform, a voice request from a robot, performing a sematic analysis on the voice request to obtain a current sematic intention, determining whether a response matching the current semantic intention is stored in a database, obtaining the response from the database if determining that the response is stored in the database, obtaining the response by accessing a third-party application corresponding to the current semantic intention if determining that the response is not stored in the database, and transmitting the response to the robot to guide the robot to perform a corresponding action. The present disclosure further provides a semantic processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10528058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a robot, a distance measuring method, and a recharging system for robot. The distance measuring method includes configuring a current position of a robot to be a first position, obtaining a first direction along a connection line from the first position to a signals transmitting position by a sensor of the robot, obtaining a second direction along a connection line from a second position to the signals transmitting position when the robot being driven by a driver to move along a moving direction by a predetermined distance to the second position, and the moving direction being perpendicular to the first direction to the second position, obtaining a distance between the second position and the signals transmitting position according to an included angle formed by the first direction and the second direction, and the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Patent number: 10518184
    Abstract: An assembly for a robot includes a shoulder, an arm rotatably connected to the shoulder, an armor decorative member connected to the arm and located adjacent to the shoulder, and a connection assembly located between and rotatably connected to the arm and the armor decorative member. Relative rotation between the arm and the connection assembly and between the armor decorative member and the connection assembly enables the arm to continue to rotate after an upper end of the armor decorative member comes into contact with the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Xinpu Chen, Lefeng Liu, Tanfu Xiao
  • Patent number: D872152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Wenjing Ye, Jianfei Wang, Xinshui Huang, Xin Li