Abstract: Systems and methods of sensor data fusion including sensor data capture, curation, linking, fusion, inference, and validation. The systems and methods described herein reduce computational demand and processing time by curating data and calculating conditional entropy. The system is operable to fuse data from a plurality of sensor types. A computer processor optionally stores fused sensor data that the system validates above a mathematical threshold.

Abstract: In a moving robot and a control method according to the present disclosure, an obstacle is detected using structured light irradiated in a predetermined type of light pattern in a traveling direction while traveling, and a specified operation is performed in response to the obstacle. Moreover, a dangerous obstacle is recognized by extracting changes over time using a plurality of images for an obstacle or a low obstacle that is difficult to determine as detected data, and thus, it is possible to improve accuracy according to the determination of the obstacle, improve a corresponding operation according to the obstacle, minimize the uncleaned area while preventing restraint due to the obstacle, and improve the cleaning performance.

Abstract: A robot or a cleaning robot is provided. The robot includes a housing forming an external appearance of the robot, a cover configured to be coupled at a lowermost part of the housing, and at least one or more sensor structures positioned between the housing and the cover. The sensor structure includes a conductive plate and a sensor electrode on the conductive plate.

Abstract: Systems and methods of sensor data fusion including sensor data capture, curation, linking, fusion, inference, and validation. The systems and methods described herein reduce computational demand and processing time by curating data and calculating conditional entropy. The system is operable to fuse data from a plurality of sensor types. A computer processor optionally stores fused sensor data that the system validates above a mathematical threshold.

Abstract: A walking control method for a biped robot includes: detecting whether the biped robot is in an unbalanced state; in response to detection that the biped robot is in the unbalanced state, obtaining a predicted balance step length corresponding to the biped robot in the unbalanced state; performing a smooth transition processing on the predicted balance step length according to a current movement step length of the biped robot to obtain a desired balance step length corresponding to the predicted balance step length; determining a planned leg trajectory of the biped robot according to the desired balance step length; and controlling a current swing leg of the biped robot to move according to the planned leg trajectory.

Abstract: A device and method for aligning a robot coordinate system, being a coordinate system of a robot for moving an operating point three-dimensionally, and a measuring instrument coordinate system, being a coordinate system of a three-dimensional measuring instrument which is capable of executing a light sectioning method and of which a position and attitude with respect to the operating point are unchanging, characterized by including the steps of: determining a relationship between the coordinate systems; radiating sheet-like slit light from the three-dimensional measuring instrument onto a reference object in the shape of a rectangular cuboid which is fixed; finding the attitude of the three-dimensional measuring instrument relative to the reference object; and moving the three-dimensional measuring instrument such that the attitude of the three-dimensional measuring instrument falls within a predetermined standard attitude range.

Abstract: A robotic camera system comprising: a robot head (45), for carrying and orienting a camera (48), a video capture unit (30), operatively arranged to capture video and/audio recording from the camera and storing in a frame buffer area (260), a processor unit (40), having access to the frame buffer area (260) and operatively arranged for generating a reference camera trajectory (130) based on directives from a director, optimizing (140) said camera trajectory based on a real-time projection of objects of interest in the video recording in the frame buffer area (260), driving the robot head (45) to follow the optimized trajectory.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for calibrating a robotic workcell. One of the methods includes obtaining an initial model of a workcell having a plurality of calibration entities including a plurality of robots and a plurality of sensors configured to observe movements by one or more calibration entities. executing a calibration program that generates movement data representing movements by the plurality of robots. A plurality of different constraint pairs are generated from sensor data, the constraint pairs specifying a relationship between poses of calibration entities that are observed in different coordinate frames each defined by a calibration entity and is represented in the sensor data. One or more optimization processes are performed on the plurality of different constraint pairs to generate a plurality of calibration values.

Abstract: A system for object detection of a manufactured part. The system comprises a system controller electronically coupled to an image acquisition device and delivery mechanism. An electronically stored ordered object detection map is provided which comprises predetermined detectable objects associated with the manufactured part. The ordered object detection map is generated from output created by execution of a trained object detection model and by processing such output according to predetermined calibration criteria. The system causing a visual image of the manufactured part to be captured with image data being extracted and processed to render at least one of a pass determination and a fail determination. The system being configured to process the manufactured based upon the rendered pass/fail determination.

Abstract: A system may include sensors, provided on a vehicle, to sense one or more operational states of the vehicle and output the sensed operational states. A system may include a cloud computing platform to receive the sensed operational states, a modeling application, provided at the cloud computing platform, having a processor to execute software to generate and operate a digital twin of the vehicle, the digital twin encompassing twin subsystems of the vehicle and simulating operations thereof; and an artificial intelligence system, associated with the cloud computing platform, to receive and process the sensed operational states and updates an operational parameter of the drive train of the vehicle based on the modeling application.

Abstract: Orthopedic implants, systems, instruments, and methods. A bi-portal lumbar interbody fusion system may include an expandable interbody implant and minimally invasive pedicle-based intradiscal fixation implants. The interbody and intradiscal implants may be installed with intelligent instrumentation capable of repeatably providing precision placement of the implants. The bi-portal system may be robotically-enabled to guide the instruments and implants along desired access trajectories to the surgical area.

Abstract: An automation network comprises at least one primary subscriber, at least one switch, and at least one network subscriber. The primary subscriber comprises primary ports, the switch comprises switching ports, and the subscriber comprises subscriber ports, each comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The primary subscriber is configured to output first and second telegrams to first and second switching ports via first and second primary ports and first and second primary communication paths. The switch is configured to forward the first telegram to a first port of a network subscriber via a first subscriber communication path, and to forward the second telegram to a second port of a network subscriber via a second subscriber communication path. In an error mode, the switch and network subscriber are configured to return the first and/or second telegrams to the primary subscriber via the first and/or second primary port.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for facilitating autonomous vehicle simulated mileage data collection-guided operational design domain testing and test generation. In some aspects, an embodiment includes receiving performance results corresponding to simulated mileage accumulation of simulated autonomous vehicles (AVs); determining, from the performance results, performance metrics and corresponding confidence intervals for the performance metrics; identifying at least one of the performance metrics that does not satisfy a performance metric threshold or at least one of the corresponding confidence intervals that does not satisfy a confidence interval threshold; determining an identified domain corresponding to the at least one of the performance metrics or the at least one of the corresponding confidence intervals; and causing at least one of on-road supervised driving of one or more AVs to be initiated or one or more synthetic tests to be generated in accordance with the identified domain.

Abstract: A method for determining an optimized sequence of movements of a robot device for moving a first object in such a way that the first object is brought into a target position independently of an uncertainty of a position of the first object in relation to a second object and/or independently of an uncertainty of a position of the robot device is provided. The method includes: simulating movement portions of the robot device taking account of the uncertainty of the position of the first object and/or the uncertainty of the position of the robot device; and determining the optimized sequence of movements of the robot device taking account of the simulated movement portions and boundary conditions which specify at least one starting position and the target position of the first object. An optimized sequence of movements is determined, by which the robot device can guide the first object reliably into its target position.

Abstract: A fingernail and toenail trimmer is presented herein. The trimmer includes a stable, traction-providing base disposed on the bottom of a housing defining an interior portion. A nail cutting device with at least one blade is disposed at least partially within the housing and accessible through an opening in the housing. A high-torque drive mechanism drivingly engages the cutting device to effectively cut any fingernail or toenail. At least one camera, sensor and artificial intelligence module provides assistance with the accurate operation of the trimmer. The camera captures the environment surrounding the blades and transmits the images captured therefrom to the user device and artificial intelligence module for processing.

Abstract: The information processing device 1A mainly includes an acquisition unit 51A, a sampling unit 54A, an artificial force field calculation unit 55A, and an output unit 56A. The acquisition unit 51A is configured to acquire a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The sampling unit 54A is configured to perform sampling of one potential function from among a plurality of potential functions each of which is synthesized atomic potential functions, the atomic potential functions each corresponding to each of the atomic tasks. The artificial force field calculation unit 55A is configured to calculate, on a basis of the sampled potential function, an approximate artificial force field which approximates an artificial force field yielded when the atomic potential functions are synthesized according to the task logical expression. The output unit 56A is configured to output the approximate artificial force field.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a transportation task within a dynamic transportation network, accessing a database of door closing event locations, wherein the database is populated from observed door closing events within the dynamic transportation network, determining location information specifying at least one of a pickup location and a drop-off location for the transportation task based at least in part on the database of door closing event locations, and providing the location information to a transportation provider computing device, wherein a transportation provider performs the transportation task that comprises at least one of picking up a transportation requestor at the pickup location and dropping off the transportation requestor at the drop-off location. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a data processing device, a data processing method, and a robot capable of performing environment sensing using an appropriate algorithm. The data processing device according to one aspect of the present technology is provided with a sensing control unit configured to adaptively select and execute an environment sensing program in which an environment sensing algorithm to sense an environment on the basis of sensor data output from a sensor mounted on a robot is defined according to an environment sensing condition. The present technology may be applied to a sensor device mounted on various devices.

Abstract: An audio device includes a gain step selection circuit that receives a different requested gain value and an associated requested step size from each of a plurality of sources, compares each requested gain value to a same feedback gain value and generates a polarity based thereupon, performs step polarization on each requested step size as a function of the generated polarity therefor to thereby generate a plurality of step values, and outputs a least of the plurality of step values as an output step value. An accumulator circuit generates a current input gain value based upon the output step value and the feedback gain value, and then updates the feedback gain value to be equal to the current input gain value. A normalizing circuit multiplies an input data value by the current input gain value and applies a truncation function to a result thereof to produce an output data value.

Abstract: A surgical robotic arm includes a first link; a second link coupled to the first link at a first joint such that at least one of the first link or the second link is movable relative to each other; and a first actuator configured to move at least one of the first link or the second link. The surgical robotic arm also includes a joint torque sensor disposed within the first joint and configured to measure torque imparted on at least one of the first link or the second link to obtain a measured torque value. The surgical robotic arm further includes a controller configured to: determine an estimated joint torque value; compare the estimated joint torque value to the measured torque value; and determine an environmental torque value based on a comparison of the estimated joint torque value and the measured torque value.