Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating control instructions for operating a robot. One of the methods includes generating an interactive user interface that illustrates an object to be manipulated by a robot by using an end effector; receiving, within the user interface, first user input data indicating a workcell location; computing a surface normal of a surface in the workcell corresponding to the workcell location; presenting, within the user interface, a graphical representation of the surface normal corresponding to the workcell location; receiving, within the user interface, second user input data selecting the workcell location; and generating pose data for the robot using the computed surface normal and the workcell location.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a portable docking station having a frame, a handle and a counterweight, that receives a portable electronic device. The portable docking station may include one or more physical features that enable the portable docking station to be held in the hand or hands of a user, and for the portable electronic device to be used while docked.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a portable docking station having a frame, a handle and a counterweight, that receives a portable electronic device. The portable docking station may include one or more physical features that enable the portable docking station to be held in the hand or hands of a user, and for the portable electronic device to be used while docked.

Abstract: Communication traffic type determination devices and methods are disclosed. A received block of communication traffic is concurrently analyzed relative to multiple traffic type definitions, and indications of whether the received block of communication traffic conforms to the traffic type definitions are provided. Concurrent analysis of the same traffic block relative to different traffic type definitions can reduce the amount of time that might otherwise be involved in determining a type of the traffic block. Evaluation of traffic against multiple definitions may also allow traffic to be classified or verified more specifically than would be possible based solely on explicit type indications provided in traffic overhead.