Abstract: A robot system that performs desired processing on a processing target object using a processing tool includes: a robot having an arm tip that holds the processing tool; a position detector that detects a position of the arm tip; and a robot controller that controls an operation of the robot based on a position command and a position feedback detected by the position detector, wherein the robot controller includes: an adjustment operation creating unit that, during adjustment of operation parameters for controlling the operation of the robot, acquires an application and an operation area of the robot and automatically creates an adjustment operation corresponding to the acquired application and the operation area; and a parameter adjustment, unit that automatically adjusts the operation parameters during execution of the adjustment operation created by the adjustment operation creating unit so that a performance required for the application is satisfied.

Abstract: A robot control system includes an operation control unit, a learning control processing unit and a storage unit. Whenever the operation control unit performs a single learning control, the learning control processing unit stores the number of learning controls, which indicates how many learning controls have been performed, and obtained time-series vibration data in correspondence with each other in the storage unit. The learning control processing unit calculates a convergence determination value to determine whether or not a vibration of a certain portion of a robot converges based on the time-series vibration data at each number of learning controls stored in the storage unit, and determines the number of learning controls having a minimum convergence determination value, out of the calculated convergence determination values, as the optimal number of learning controls.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, receiver, multi-receiver device, system and computer readable medium for configuring a receiver to perform multi-transmitter channel estimation for a time-varying channel. In one aspect, the method includes: wirelessly receiving at least two frames, each frame including a block of training symbols received at different points in time for a time-varying channel; estimating, for each block at a block location, a first channel coefficient of the time-varying channel, wherein the block location is the same for each block; and interpolating or extrapolating a plurality of second channel coefficients for the respective training symbols of each block based on the respective first channel coefficient.

Abstract: A robot system includes a detector for detecting the position and posture of a workpiece; a robot for performing a predetermined operation on the workpiece; and a robot control device. The robot control device includes an area divider for dividing an operation area into a plurality of areas; an area determiner for determining in which area the workpiece is present; a learning controller for learning an operation speedup ratio to speed up an operation by varying speed or acceleration on an area-by-area basis in which the workpiece is present; a memory for storing the position of the workpiece and the operation speedup ratio; and a controller that performs the operation on a new workpiece using the learned operation speedup ratio when the operation has been learned in the area having the new workpiece, and makes the learning controller learn the operation speedup ratio when the operation has not been learned.

Abstract: A robot system comprises: a light source; an image capture device; a robot mechanism unit having a target site of position control where the light source is provided; and a robot controller that controls the position of the robot mechanism unit based on a position command, a position feedback, and a position compensation value. The robot controller comprises: a path acquisition unit that makes the image capture device capture an image of light from the light source continuously during the predetermined operation to acquire a path of the light source from the image capture device; a positional error estimation unit that estimates positional error of the path of the light source from the position command based on the acquired path of the light source and the position command; and a compensation value generation unit that generates the position compensation value based on the estimated positional error.

Abstract: A control device repeats learning of: calculating an allowable condition for speed variations during a processing operation based on an allowable condition for processing error; setting an operating speed change rate used to increase or reduce an operating speed of a robot mechanism unit using a calculated allowable condition for speed variations; and, while increasing or reducing the operating speed change rate over a plurality of repetitions within a range not exceeding a maximum value of the operating speed change rate and within a range of an allowable condition for vibrations occurring in a control target, calculates a new correction amount based on an amount of difference between a position of the control target detected based on a sensor and a target position, and a previously-calculated correction amount.

Abstract: A robot control device that controls a robot that executes operations in the same area as an operator includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a control state of the robot, information indicating an attitude of the operator, and information indicating a position of an operating target object in the operations; an estimating unit that estimates an operation in execution on the basis of respective pieces of information acquired by the information acquisition unit; a required time calculating unit that calculates a required time required until the operation in execution ends on the basis of the estimated operation in execution; an operation plan creating unit that creates an operation plan of the robot on the basis of the required time; and a control unit that controls the robot so as to execute operations according to the operation plan.

Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder liner, a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a seal portion, and a gap member. The seal part is provided to surround the outer circumferential side of the cylinder liner and configured to seal between the cylinder block and the cylinder head. At a position on the inner circumferential side of the seal part, the gap member fills the gap between the cylinder head and the end surface of the inner peripheral side of the cylinder liner, and is made of a material having a lower Young's modulus than the seal part.

Abstract: Provided is a machine system including a machine including a movable part; a control device; a sensor detecting information about the movable part during a predetermined operation of the machine; a transmitting unit wirelessly transmitting the detected information during the predetermined operation; a receiving unit receiving the wirelessly transmitted information; a storage unit storing the received information; a detection unit detecting a loss in the received information; a command unit causing the machine to repeat the predetermined operation, in a case where a loss in the information is detected; a determination unit determining whether or not every lost part of the information detected first is contained in the information detected during the repeated operation; and an complementing unit ending the repeated operation in a case where every lost part is determined to be contained and complementing the information detected first with the information detected during the repeated operation.

Abstract: A control device includes a learning control part in which a difference is calculated between a target position and an actual position of a portion detected based on a sensor, and an operation-speed change rate is increased or reduced several times within a maximum value of the operation-speed change rate set for increasing or reducing the operation speed of a robot mechanism unit and within allowance conditions of vibrations occurring at the portion to be controlled; meanwhile, learning is repeated to calculate an updated compensation amount based on the difference and a previous compensation amount previously calculated for suppressing vibrations at each operation-speed change rate, and a convergent compensation amount and a convergent operation-speed change rate are stored after convergence of the compensation amount and the operation-speed change rate.

Abstract: An object is to provide a precombustion-chamber fuel supply device for a precombustion-chamber gas engine having high reliability and low operation cost by reducing outflow of fuel gas to the precombustion chamber in the exhaust stroke and dispersion of the amount of fuel gas supplied to the cylinders, which makes it possible to cut fuel consumption and to achieve stable combustion.

Abstract: A robot control system includes an operation control unit, a learning control processing unit and a storage unit. Whenever the operation control unit performs a single learning control, the learning control processing unit stores the number of learning controls, which indicates how many learning controls have been performed, and obtained time-series vibration data in correspondence with each other in the storage unit. The learning control processing unit calculates a convergence determination value to determine whether or not a vibration of a certain portion of a robot converges based on the time-series vibration data at each number of learning controls stored in the storage unit, and determines the number of learning controls having a minimum convergence determination value, out of the calculated convergence determination values, as the optimal number of learning controls.

Abstract: The present invention discloses various improvements to multi-user multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MU-MIMO-OFDM) wireless communication systems. In one aspect there is disclosed an efficient and accurate channel estimation method and system using locally consecutive pilot sub-carriers. In another aspect there is disclosed an efficient channel feedback method and system by applying a discrete cosine transform to channel coefficients. In another aspect there is disclosed an efficient method and system to calculate a part of the channel inverse by interpolation. These aspects can be used in combination to improve the MU-MIMO-OFDM system.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a combustion control device for an engine includes: a knocking determination unit to determine occurrence of knocking of each of the cylinders; a knocking reduction unit to halt or reduce supply of gas to a cylinder in which the knocking is occurring and reduce supply of the gas to other cylinders in which the knocking is not occurring; a first recovery unit configured to recover a state where the gas is at least reduced in the cylinder in which the knocking is occurring; and a second recovery unit configured to recover a state where the gas is reduced in other cylinders within which knocking is not occurring. In embodiments, a recovery time of the first recovery unit is shorter than a recovery time of the second recovery unit, and prioritizing recovery of the cylinder in which the knocking is occurring.

Abstract: In a gas engine provided with a gas supply pipe (35) branching into a supercharger-side gas supply pipe (33) and a cylinder-side gas supply pipe (37), a supercharger-side gas adjusting valve (43) and a cylinder-side gas adjusting valve (45) for controlling flow rates of passages, when the gas concentration of the fuel gas changes, the cylinder-side gas adjusting valve is controlled first to keep the output of the gas engine constant and then the supercharger-side gas adjusting valve is controlled to achieve the fuel gas flow rate Q1 based on the constant flow ratio by means of a gas supply controller (63), while maintaining the flow rate ratio Q1/Q2 at a constant value where Q1 is a fuel gas flow rate in the supercharger-side gas supply pipe and Q2 is a fuel gas flow rate in the cylinder-side gas supply pipe.

Abstract: The compound represented by the following general formula is useful as a light emitting material. Ar1 represents an arylene group, Ar2 and Ar3 represent an aryl group, and R1 to R8 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R1 to R8 represents a diarylamino group.

Abstract: Disclosed is controlling a vibration of a vibration generating device configured to reciprocatively vibrate an operating body movably supported in a first direction and a second direction which are opposite to each other, a driving signal being transmitting to a first interval and a second interval in which vibration frequencies of acceleration during movement of the operating body are different from each other, the first interval being an initial motion interval when the operating body moves toward the first direction, the second interval being an initial motion interval when the operating body moves toward the second direction. The vibration frequency of the second interval is smaller than the vibration frequency of the first interval which is equal to or smaller than 250 Hz, and the vibration frequency of the second interval is greater than the vibration frequency of the first interval which is equal to or greater than 250 Hz.

Abstract: A robot system includes a detector for detecting the position and posture of a workpiece; a robot for performing a predetermined operation on the workpiece; and a robot control device. The robot control device includes an area divider for dividing an operation area into a plurality of areas; an area determiner for determining in which area the workpiece is present; a learning controller for learning an operation speedup ratio to speed up an operation by varying speed or acceleration on an area-by-area basis in which the workpiece is present; a memory for storing the position of the workpiece and the operation speedup ratio; and a controller that performs the operation on a new workpiece using the learned operation speedup ratio when the operation has been learned in the area having the new workpiece, and makes the learning controller learn the operation speedup ratio when the operation has not been learned.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method and a system of controlling a load during misfire of an engine, whereby additional stress on a crank shaft is calculated from torsional vibration of the crank shaft to obtain an output limit rate, and an operation output of an engine is controlled on the basis of the output limit rate.

Abstract: A pressing operation device is configured such that a base and an operating body are linked to each other by a link member. A support-side shaft of the link member is rotatably supported by a bearing of the base. The bearing of the base includes a first regulation portion that regulates movement of the support-side shaft of the link member in an ascending direction of the operating body and a second regulation portion that regulates movement of the support-side shaft in a direction intersecting the ascending direction, and is provided with a flat spring portion that presses the support-side shaft against the second regulation portion and the first regulation portion.