Abstract: An on-board air conditioning system includes at least one illumination light emitter disposed on at least one of a driver seat door, a front passenger seat door, and a center cluster, and an illumination light controller configured to control the at least one illumination light emitter, in which the illumination light controller changes, when a desired temperature for air conditioning differs from a set temperature stored in a memory, the stored set temperature to the desired temperature, causes the at least one illumination light emitter to illuminate in a first color when the vehicle compartment temperature is lower than the stored set temperature by a predetermined degree or more, and causes the at least one illumination light emitter to illuminate in a second color different from the first color when the vehicle compartment temperature is higher than the stored set temperature by the predetermined degree or more.

Abstract: A production machine system includes a production machine having multiple axes and drives. Each drive adjusts a machine element relative to a further machine element with respect to an axis. The machine elements separate the drives from each other, with the drives and the machine elements forming a kinematic chain. A control facility controls the drives to move the machine element relative to the further machine element. A model of the machine element is stored in the control facility and comprises a model parameter of the machine element. A measuring equipment determines a path describing a specific point assigned to the machine element during movement of the machine element. An analysis equipment analyzes the specific path and a correction equipment corrects the model parameter based on the analysis result. To determine the specific path, several, in particular all axes are moved successively starting from a base along the kinematic chain.

Abstract: A substrate transfer robot includes a hand and a robot control unit. The hand includes: four guides (including a guide disposed on a distal end of the hand body) that are provided on the top surface of a hand body, and receive an outer edge portion of the substrate; a pusher disposed on a proximal end of the hand body; a pusher actuator that moves the pusher horizontally; and a weight sensor unit that measures the weight of the substrate placed on the hand. The guides and the pusher together grip the horizontally-orientated substrate on the four guides by clasping the substrate in the horizontal direction. The robot control unit changes the gripping force for gripping the substrate placed on the four guides, by controlling the pusher actuator depending on the weight measured by the weight sensor unit.

Abstract: A method verifies functional/structural integrity of a hand-held unconstrained master device to control a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation. The master device includes a body having two rigid parts constrained to relatively rotate or translate on a common axis. Position vectors of two-plus points are measured and/or detected, each belonging to a respective one of the two rigid parts, and measuring and/or detecting evolution of the position vectors. An orientation of each of the points, and the evolution of the orientations are measured and/or detected. Constraints from constructional/structural features of the master device are defined, deriving from degrees of freedom. Mathematical relations associated with each of the defined constraints are calculated based on detected and/or measured position vectors, orientations and evolutions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems for optimizing a robot simulator through calibration and/or training. The system collects real-world data points and simulation data points of a movement of a robot based on a heuristic policy that defines a threshold criterion for the movement of the robot. At least two data points of the simulation data points are time-aligned to corresponding data points of the real-world data points at times where the threshold criterion is satisfied. A transformation parameter is determined that is defined by a function that relates, for each simulation data point of the at least two data points and its corresponding real-world data point of the corresponding data points, a real-world magnitude of the real-world data point to a simulation magnitude of the simulation data point.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a master-slave teleoperation robot system utilizing force mixed reality, relevant to teleoperation robot technology. The system consists of a master robot linked to a mixed reality device, which receives point cloud information to create a virtual environment. The slave robot features a depth camera that captures point cloud data from the real environment, transmitting it to the master robot in real time. This point cloud information generates a virtual fixture, which produces virtual force applied to the slave robot. The virtual force interacts with the actual environmental forces acting on the slave robot, guiding the operator's behavior at the master side. The system addresses incorrect occlusion between the real dynamic robot and the virtual scene by blending virtual and real elements. Through mixed reality with force guidance and feedback, it minimizes the risk of potentially harmful collisions during operations.

Abstract: An information processing system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an information processing unit that associates quality evaluation information related to quality evaluation of a product for a region to be worked of a work target object with motion history information related to a motion history of a robot device that performs work on the work target object.

Abstract: A robot control device configured such that a storage unit stores a parameter defining a predetermined area near a singular point of a robot. In the robot control device, a processor receives a first teaching point and a second teaching point for robot operation and a type of interpolation between the teaching points, and automatically uses multi-axis interpolation operation different from linear interpolation for at least a part of interpolation operation between the first teaching point and the second teaching point when the type of interpolation is the linear interpolation and also when there is a teaching in which a predetermined position of a distal end of the second arm passes through the predetermined area during movement of the robot under the linear interpolation from the first teaching point to the second teaching point and therefore the teaching is subject to a change.

Abstract: In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed relating to decider networks for reactive decision-making, including for control of robotic systems. The decider networks can allow robotic systems to operate more collaboratively, such as by allowing the robotic systems to more frequently process and react to dynamic states of the environment and objects in the environment, such as to change decisions and/or paths of decision execution responsive to dynamic changes in logical states. The decider network can include a plurality of nodes having functions to process the logical states in sequence to determine actions for the robotic systems to perform.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a detection unit that detects a motion of a driver of a vehicle, a behavior of the vehicle, and biological information of the driver, an abnormal sign determination unit that determines whether there is an abnormal sign on the driver based on the motion of the driver, the behavior of the vehicle, and the biological information of the driver, and a vehicle controller that performs different types of vehicle control according to a situation of the abnormal sign on the driver.

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: 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 computer-implemented method of performing robotic simulation and design may include performing a simulation where a robot interacts with a user, and generating sensor data indicative of the robot interaction with the user during the simulation. The computer-implemented method may include generating discussion data indicative of user feedback from the simulation, generating form data associated with the user feedback from the simulation, and combining the sensor data, the discussion data, and the form data in a multimodal signal. The computer-implemented method may include determining a design characteristic of the robot based on the multimodal signal, and augmenting a robot model to incorporate the design characteristic using a machine learning algorithm.

Abstract: A robotic arm includes: a robotic arm main body; a carrying component connected to the robotic arm main body; a driving motor; and a controller connected to the driving motor. The controller is configured to generate a control signal that controls the driving motor to drive the carrying component to move. Along with a movement of the carrying component and under actions of a friction and the gravity, a target object placed on the carrying component slides on an upper surface of the carrying component and slides away from the carrying component at a target position at a target speed.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a robot control device capable of efficiently adjusting a parameter. This robot control device comprises: a first application unit that applies a setting parameter to a first safety parameter for verification in a verification mode; a first update unit that updates, on the basis of the first safety parameter, first safety information related to the robot in a verification function in the verification mode; a copy unit that copies the setting parameter; a second application unit that, after switching from the verification mode to the safety mode by a switch unit, applies the setting parameter copied by the copy unit to a second safety parameter; and a second update unit that updates, on the basis of the second safety parameter, second safety information related to the robot in a safety function in the safety mode.

Abstract: An embodiment for altering operational parameters of a machine in a multi-machine environment is provided. The embodiment may include receiving an IoT feed from one or more IoT devices and data relating to an activity in a multi-machine environment. The embodiment may also include identifying a health condition of one or more machines. The embodiment may further include in response to determining at least one machine of the one or more machines requires one or more maintenance actions, identifying a timeframe during which the one or more maintenance actions are able to be performed. The embodiment may also include updating a movement path of one or more service robots in the multi-machine environment. The embodiment may further include deploying the one or more service robots to execute the one or more maintenance actions. The embodiment may also include adapting one or more operational parameters of the one or more machines.

Abstract: A method and system for analyzing data describing touchups to a robot's tool center point position. A robot operator performs the touchups to a robot's tool center point position when the operator notices inaccuracies in the location of operations performed by the robot—such as a spot weld in a wrong location on a workpiece—where the inaccuracies may be caused by mechanical wear in robot joints. Each operator-defined touchup changes the position and optionally orientation of a particular point in the robot's motion program. The disclosed method provides a graphical display of the history of position touchups for the robot, and analyzes the touchup data against certain criteria for the distance, direction and frequency of the touchups. When the analysis determines that any individual or combination of criteria are met, an alert is provided which indicates a possible mechanical wear issue exists with the robot and needs attention.

Abstract: A vehicle steering method is provided for a vehicle having a plurality of steering wheels operated by a plurality of users. The method includes obtaining steering information from the plurality of steering wheels of the plurality of users; obtaining priority information of the steering wheels of the corresponding plurality of users; and in response to a user of a steering wheel with a highest priority operates to steer the vehicle, reading the steering information of the steering wheel with the highest priority.

Abstract: A method for controlling movement of a moving body includes: obtaining a first voxel set of an obstacle, where the first voxel set includes at least one first voxel that identifies the obstacle in space in which the moving body is located; determining a valid moving path based on a mapping relationship between a voxel and a moving path and the first voxel set; and controlling the moving body to move along the valid moving path.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for robot navigation. One of the methods includes obtaining one or more images of an area from a robot; detecting two or more lines within the one or more images; identifying at least two of the two or more lines as vanishing lines; determining, using the vanishing lines, a correction maneuver; and controlling the robot to implement the correction maneuver.