Abstract: A robot cleaner having a function of performing a wireless connection with a home appliance in an insufficient wireless coverage area inside a home includes a brush for performing cleaning to suck in dust while the robot cleaner is moving, a driving unit configured to move the robot cleaner to perform cleaning through the brush, a processor configured to, based on determining that the wireless connection with a first home appliance inside the home is unavailable, drive and control the driving unit to move within a predetermined distance from the first home appliance to establish the wireless connection with the first home appliance, and a communication interface configured to receive a connection request signal from the first home appliance, and upon receiving the connection request signal, establish the wireless connection based on the connection request signal.

Abstract: The proposed solution in particular relates to a method for generating a haptic feedback on a vehicle part including an operating element that is accessible for a user for manual actuation, and in response to an electronically detected actuation of the operating element, a feedback haptically perceptible for the user is generated in that the vehicle part and the operating element is adjusted back and forth in a power-operated way or is put into vibration.

Abstract: A vehicle system for selecting a gain set for controlling a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect one or more vehicle characteristics and a control module. The control module is configured to optimize a plurality of gain sets for a plurality of different driving conditions, each gain set including one or more values representing a relationship between an input to the control module and an output of the control module, determine a current driving condition associated with the vehicle based on the one or more vehicle characteristics, select a gain set of the plurality of optimized gain sets based on the current driving condition associated with the vehicle, and generate a control signal based on one or more values of the selected gain set for controlling at least one operation of the vehicle. Other example vehicle systems and control methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of parking a vehicle occupied by a disabled person includes: generating sensing data by sensing surroundings of the vehicle and searching for empty spaces using the sensing data; categorizing each of the empty spaces into a no-parking space, a first parking space for a disabled person with a wheelchair activity space, a second parking space for the disabled person without a wheelchair activity space, and a general parking space; selecting one of the first parking space for the disabled person, the second parking space for the disabled person, or the general parking space as a target parking space; determining a parking type and a parking trajectory based on a boarding position of the disabled person and the target parking space; and moving the vehicle to the target parking space based on the parking type and the parking trajectory. The parking type is front parking or rear parking.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment with a forward region, a central region, and a rearward region, a floor, a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row. Each seating assembly has a seat base coupled to the seating rail system, a seat movably coupled to the seat base, a seat back movably coupled to the seat base, and seat actuators configured to activate the seating assemblies. The vehicle has a center console on a center console rail system extending longitudinally, a center console actuator, and a controller that receives an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement and controls the actuators to position the seat assemblies and center console in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.

Abstract: An sUAS operations device that allows a pilot to fly an sUAS. The device includes a sensor interface to receive signals from a sensor attached to the pilot to monitor physiological responses of the pilot during the flight. The system records a video of the flight and synchronizes it with the sensor feedback to allow correlation of the stress levels with the flight. The system also may provide feedback to the pilot during flight.

Abstract: A parameter calibration method includes: establishing a kinematic model function of the multi-link device, the kinematic model function comprising a parameter set; controlling the multi-link device to acquire N measurement points located on a first and a second planes of an object with a measurement tool, and recording N parameter sets as N initial parameter sets when the multi-link device acquires the N measurement points with the measurement tool, wherein the first and the second planes are parallel to each other and have a predetermined dimension; establishing a plurality of target functions associated with the N measurement points based on the N parameter sets and the kinematic model function; updating the N parameter sets based on the target functions to obtain N updated parameter sets; obtaining a parameter modification of the parameter set based on the N initial parameter sets and the N updated parameter sets.

Abstract: A humanoid robot includes an upper region includes a head and neck assembly having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion. Said head portion includes: a frontal shell having a rear edge, a rear shell having a frontal edge, and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes various components and devices used in the operation of the humanoid robot.

Abstract: A manipulation apparatus configured to manipulate a robot includes a processor configured to, in a case where the robot interferes with an object and on a basis of a direction in which the robot receives a load from the object, determine a manipulation direction in which a manipulation of the robot is acceptable.

Abstract: Architectures and techniques are provided for improved vibration compensation for a boom lift-robot-mounted (BLMR) system, which can result in improved BLMR operating precision and safety at a reduced cost. Boom lifts typically contain extendable large-scale, variable-stiffness structures, subject to complex nonlinear static deformation and dynamic motion/gust-induced vibrations. Said vibrations can be compensated for at an end effector of a robot via a Jacobian-based vibration compensation via IMU (JVCI) procedure. The output of the JVCI procedure can rely on IMU feedback and can be combined with other vibration-mitigation techniques, including various feedforward techniques.

Abstract: Techniques for autonomous vehicle boundary intersection detection and avoidance are described. In an example, a geofence boundary is received at a display coupled to a control module of a vehicle. A 2D footprint is generated using a definition of the vehicle and an implement coupled to the vehicle. Using geographic coordinates for the vehicle, a current position and orientation for the footprint are determined. A 2D projection footprint is generated for the vehicle using the current position and orientation, a current steering state, and a direction of travel. A first distance from the current position and orientation at which the projection footprint intersects with the boundary is determined. Based on the first distance, the speed of the vehicle is maintained at or below a maximum speed.

Abstract: A flight path specification device includes: a space information generation unit configured to, based on model data on a structure of an industrial machine and an operating state of the industrial machine, generate non-interference space information indicating a non-interference space in which the industrial machine and an unmanned aircraft do not interfere with each other; a command accepting unit configured to accept an operation command for the unmanned aircraft; and a path information generation unit configured to, based on the non-interference space information and the operation command, generate flight path information that specifies a flight path for the unmanned aircraft.

Abstract: In an example, a method comprises receiving a digital representation of a floor plan to be printed by a surface marking robot guided using a remote guiding system, receiving guiding system position information, and receiving obstacle information identifying an obstacle. The method also comprises identifying a specific floor plan feature of the digital representation which intersects a shadow region of the obstacle from a guiding system point of view, and, in response to this, modifying the digital representation to produce a second digital representation, whereby the specific floor plan feature is either deleted or modified in the second digital representation, the modified floor plan feature excluding at least a portion of the specific floor plan feature in the shadow region. The method also comprises operating the surface marking robot to print the second digital representation using the guiding system.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to reduce impact of robot collision and/or avoid robot collision are described herein. An example collision detection device includes a housing to be coupled to an automated robot, a sensor in the housing, a relay in the housing, the relay to be electrically coupled to a safety circuit of the automated robot, and circuitry in the housing. The circuitry is to determine a parameter value based a signal from the sensor, compare the parameter value to a threshold value, and, in response to the parameter value satisfying the threshold value, trigger the relay to stop the automated robot.

Abstract: A battery electric vehicle includes: a traction motor; an inverter driving the motor; a first battery; an electric device running on electric power from the first battery; a detachable portable second battery; a first connecting and disconnecting device connecting and disconnecting a power line connected to the inverter and the first battery to and from each other; a second connecting and disconnecting device connecting and disconnecting the power line and the second battery to and from each other; and a control device controlling the first connecting and disconnecting device and the second connecting and disconnecting device. When a system startup instruction is given, the control device controls the first and second connecting and disconnecting devices so that the second battery is preferentially connected to the power line over the first battery when a temperature of the second battery is within an allowable temperature range of the second battery.

Abstract: A robot cell, having a cell floor defining an array of nodes corresponding with a predetermined two-dimensional coordinate system and defining a volume for receiving a workpiece W therein, is described. The robot cell comprises: a set of robots, including a first robot, having respective bases, end effectors and working envelopes and defining respective three-dimensional coordinate systems, located according to the array of nodes; a set of detectors, including a first detector, configured to detect respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots; a set of sensors, including a first sensor, configured to sense respective poses of the set of robots; and a controller, communicatively coupled to the set of robots and to the set of detectors, configured to control movement of the set of robots using the detected respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots.

Abstract: The present invention relates to remotely controlling robots and provides a method and a system, for remotely controlling robots, that are capable of controlling moving paths of a plurality of robots. The method for remotely controlling traveling robots comprises the steps of: controlling a specific robot to move along a preset first path; receiving an obstacle event for a specific area of the first path; generating a second path avoiding the specific area on the basis of the obstacle event; and controlling the specific robot so that same moves along the second path, wherein the destination of the second path is related to the destination of the first path.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing system includes a plurality of transfer modules, a pass module, and one or more process modules. In a substrate transfer method, a transfer robot is controlled to transfer a substrate from one of the transfer modules to a process module connected to the other transfer module via a pass module. In the substrate transfer method, when a plurality of substrates are transferred, it is determined whether to perform one-by-one correction in which positions of a plurality of substrates are corrected on a one-by-one basis and placed on a plurality of stages of the pass module, or to perform average correction in which an average value of positions of a plurality of substrates with respect to the plurality of stages is obtained and the plurality of substrates are placed collectively.

Abstract: A tracking target position estimation unit and a tracking target search unit that searches for a tracking target are included. The tracking target search unit calculates one or more search routes connecting a current position of the mobile device and a position where the tracking target can exist, generates a search route list in which the calculated one or more search routes are arranged from the top in order of proximity to a tracking target estimated position, and selects a search route in order from the top of the generated search route list, and moves the mobile device according to the selected search route to search for the tracking target. It is determined whether or not the tracking target has been detected based on an image captured by a camera mounted on the mobile device, and in a case where the tracking target has been detected, tracking processing is resumed.

Abstract: A control device for controlling a machine with axes having a corotational relation includes: axis position detectors; motor position detectors; a position command calculation unit calculating a position command for each of the axes based on an operation program; a position control unit outputting a speed command of each motor based on the position command and the detection position of the corresponding axis; a speed control unit controlling each motor based on the speed command; and a correction value calculation unit calculating a correction value for correcting, based on the corotational relation, the speed command of a motor with a to-be-controlled axis which is an axis rotating dependent on the corotational relation. The speed control unit corresponding to the to-be-controlled axis corrects the speed command based on the correction value so as to be applied to control of the motor with the to-be-controlled axis.