Abstract: In robot teaching programming, a robot teaching programming method, apparatus and system, and a computer-readable medium, can realize the programming of a robot simply, and are not restricted in terms of robot types. A robot teaching programming system includes a movable apparatus for imitating movement of an end effector of a robot in a working space of the robot; a robot teaching programming apparatus for recording first movement information of the movable apparatus in a first coordinate system and converting the same to second movement information in a second coordinate system of the robot, and then programming the robot according to the second movement information. Using a movable apparatus to simulate an end effector of a robot has the advantages of ease of operation, and no restrictions in terms of robot types. Teaching programming is accomplished through simple coordinate transformation, and there is no need for advanced programming skills.

Abstract: A slave combining with a master in a robot tool changing system is disclosed. The slave includes a combination groove into which a protrusion of the master is inserted, at least one plate displacement measuring module arranged at a circumferential edge of a hole of the combination groove, and a slave communicator for communicating with the master. Accordingly, a robot tool changing system including an artificial intelligence (AI) function and performing 5G communications may be provided.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a robot system having a planar pick surface includes: bringing a robot gripper to a first location against the pick surface; and generating a first image of the robot gripper from below. When knowing that a certain identifiable part of the robot gripper in images always lies against the planar pick surface, the position and orientation of the pick surface in relation to a manipulator coordinate frame can be fully defined if the robot gripper's orientation in relation to the pick surface is known, or if there are images on identifiable parts of the robot gripper in at least three different positions against the pick surface.

Abstract: A surgical assembly for use with and for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an electromechanical instrument and an instrument drive unit. The instrument drive unit includes a motor and a feedback assembly. The motor is configured to effect rotation of the electromechanical instrument. The feedback assembly includes control circuitry and first and second annular members. The control circuitry is configured to sense a change in a condition of the motor. The first annular member has a surface feature projecting therefrom. The second annular member is disposed adjacent the first annular member and has a first surface feature projecting therefrom, circumferentially aligned with the surface feature of the first annular member. Upon a threshold amount of rotation of the first annular member, the surface feature of the first annular member abuts the first surface feature of the second annular member to change the condition of the motor.

Abstract: In some examples, temporal variation identification of regulatory compliance based robotic agent control may include ascertaining a temporal sequence of compliance specification text, where the temporal sequence may include time points and versions of the compliance specification text at the time points. For each time point of the temporal sequence of the compliance specification text, a compliance specification graph may be generated. Based on an analysis of each of the generated compliance specification graphs, changes in the temporal sequence of the compliance specification text may be determined. Further, an operation associated with a robotic agent may be controlled by the robotic agent and based on the determined changes in the temporal sequence of the compliance specification text.

Abstract: A control system includes a locomotion device that is configured to accompany a moving object such as a human operator or a robotic device. The control system is configured to control a motion of the locomotion device based on a location of at least one of the moving object relative to the locomotion device or a location of the locomotion device relative to the moving object. The control system is configured to control the locomotion device to maintain a position of the locomotion device with respect to the moving object to thereby synchronize the motion of the locomotion device with a motion of the moving object.

Abstract: A method and robot for inserting an object into an object-receiving area using an actuator-driven robot manipulator of a robot, wherein the robot manipulator has an effector at its distal end, designed to receive and/or grip the object, and wherein an inserting trajectory T is defined for the object-receiving area and the object to be inserted, and a target orientation Osoll({right arrow over (R)}T) of the object to be inserted is defined along the inserting trajectory T for locations {right arrow over (R)}T of the inserting trajectory T including the following operations: receiving/gripping the object using the effector, moving the object using the robot manipulator along the inserting trajectory {right arrow over (T)} into the object-receiving area while continuously performing predetermined tilting motions of the object that are closed and cyclical motions relative to the target orientation Osoll({right arrow over (R)}T) via a force-regulated and/or impedance-regulated control of the robot manipulator unti

Abstract: A robot hand is provided and includes a robot hand control unit that has at least three gripping fingers on a base and controls the robot hand, a plurality of drive mechanisms that brings the three gripping fingers independently close to or separate from each other, a plurality of drive control units that individually controls each of a plurality of drive sources of the plurality of drive mechanisms, and a distribution control unit that is disposed on the base and distributes an instruction value from the robot hand control unit to the plurality of drive control units associated with the plurality of gripping fingers. At least one of the gripping fingers includes an integrally formed drive source and drive control unit.

Abstract: Provided is a simulation device for a simulation of a cooperative task carried out cooperatively by a cooperative robot and a person, and the simulation device includes a head mounting-type display device to be mounted on an operator to simulatively carry out the cooperative task, a detecting section configured to detect a position of the operator in a real space, a three-dimensional model display section configured to cause an image in which a robot system model including a cooperative robot model is arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space to be displayed on the head mounting-type display device, and a simulation execution section configured to simulatively operate the cooperative robot model in the three-dimensional virtual space based on an operation program of the cooperative robot to carry out the cooperative task and the detected position of the operator.

Abstract: It is an object to enable a grasping operation to be executed according to a state of an object. The invention provides an information processing apparatus which determines the grasping operation in a grasping unit for grasping the object. The information processing apparatus has: an obtaining unit for obtaining an image acquired by capturing the object; a recognizing unit for recognizing a state of the object from the image obtained by the obtaining unit; and a generating unit for generating information for allowing the grasping unit to execute the grasping operation on the basis of the object state recognized by the recognizing unit and conditions to execute the grasping operation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing robot's ability to collaborate with human operators by constructing models of objects and processes which are manipulatable by a robot (situation models) and sharing such models with operators. Sharing situation models allows robot to explain its actions to operators in the format they can readily understand. Reciprocally, operators can formulate their instructions to the robot in the format that is both easy to produce for the human and straightforward to interpret in the machine. In this way, the disclosed method and system for constructing situation models in the robot facilitate both adaptation of human operators to robots and adaptation of robots to human operators, thus enhancing collaboration between them.

Abstract: An articulated robot includes an arm, an actuator, a storage device, and a control device. The storage device stores the correction parameter for correction accuracy required for each of the multiple work regions, which are segmented as the regions in which work on the work target object is performed in the movable region of the robot arm. When the work is instructed with designation of the target position, the control device acquires, from the storage device, a correction parameter corresponding to a work region to which the designated target position belongs, among the multiple work regions. Then, the control device controls the actuator by correcting the target position using the acquired correction parameter.

Abstract: A system includes a robotic manipulator including a serial chain comprising a first joint, a second joint, and a first link. The system further includes a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to receive first link data from a first sensor system located at the first link, generate a first joint state estimate of the first joint based on the first link data, and generate a second joint state estimate of the second joint. The processing unit is further configured to apply a first weight to the first joint state estimate to generate a first weighted joint state estimate, apply a second weight to the second joint state estimate to generate a second weighted joint state estimate, and control the first and second joints based on the first weighted joint state estimate and second weighted joint state estimate.

Abstract: An abnormality determination device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an abnormality determination device that determines an abnormality of an inducer used for a pump, the abnormality determination device including a stress-response acquisition unit that acquires a stress response indicating a temporal change in stress applied to the inducer, an accumulated-fatigue-damage-degree calculation unit that calculates an accumulated fatigue-damage degree of the inducer based on the stress response, a lifetime-consumption-rate calculation unit that calculates a lifetime consumption rate that is a changing rate of the accumulated fatigue-damage degree with respect to time, and a determination unit that determines an abnormality of the inducer based on the accumulated fatigue-damage degree and the lifetime consumption rate, in which the inducer is used only for a predetermined use time per operation of the pump.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an end effector for automated identification and handling of an object. The end effector includes an entangling structure that can be positioned over an entanglement point of an overpackage in which a desired object is location using sensors. Using the location information, the end effector can identify a path to the entanglement location and detect whether the overpackage is engaged by detecting environmental changes at the end effector.

Abstract: A driving mode switching device includes a determination section, a notification section, a detection section, and a control section. The determination section is configured to determine whether a state has occurred in which automatic driving needs to be terminated. The notification section is configured to notify a driver of the instruction for performing a switching operation as a predetermined operation of a vehicle in the case of determining, by the determination section, that the state has occurred in which the automatic driving needs to be terminated. The detection section is configured to detect the switching operation. The control section is configured to switch travelling from automatic driving to manual driving in the case of detecting the switching operation by the detection section.

Abstract: Provided is a robot hand including: gripping portions disposed with spacings between each other in a circumferential direction about an axis, and that grip a workpiece; driving portions, each of which is provided so as to correspond to one of the gripping portions, cause the corresponding gripping portions to be linearly moved in closing directions in which the gripping portions are brought close to the axis and opening directions in which the gripping portions are moved away from the axis; and a center-of-gravity detecting unit detects a center-of-gravity position of the workpiece being gripped by the gripping portions. Each of the driving portions adjust, based on the center-of-gravity position of the workpiece, the position of the corresponding gripping portion in a direction in which the center-of-gravity position is brought closer to the axis.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide inter-vehicle data communications for drafting operations. In some aspects, a method is disclosed comprising: selecting, by a hardware processor of a first vehicle, a second vehicle as a candidate for a drafting group; receiving, from the second vehicle, a drafting capability indication; in response to receiving the drafting capability indication, transmitting, from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, a drafting request; receiving, from the second vehicle, a drafting response; determining, by the hardware processor of the first vehicle, to establish the drafting group including the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmitting, from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, a drafting confirmation, wherein the drafting confirmation indicates that the first vehicle agrees to establish the drafting group with the second vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a robot-implemented process to create a coverage plan for a work environment, including obtaining, with a robotic device, raw data values of a work environment pertaining to likelihood of operational success and presence or absence of operational hazards contained within the work environment; determining, with one or more processors, the most efficient coverage plan for the robotic device based on the raw data values; and enacting the coverage plan based on the values from the data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for recording data from the borescopic inspection meaning checking whether defects occur in equipment consists of components with a borescope, the method comprising: (1) constructing the hierarchical structure of components in the equipment; the hierarchical structures of components include two levels of Module and Part, the Module comprising one or more Part(s); (2) defining the general description template of the defects; (3) defining the evaluation template for the inspection results of the Part(s); (4) defining the conclusion template of defects on Module; (5) standardizing input of data from the borescopic inspection; (6) concluding based on data from the borescopic inspection. According to the present invention, it provides an excellent measurement method for improving the reliability of modular mechanical products through quantizing the overall trend of internal defects.