Abstract: A controller of a robot executes processing of determining whether an apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact and, when determination is made that the apparatus is likely to be subjected to an impact in a case where a movable part is in a first state in which the movable part is able to cause the apparatus to execute a physical operation, transferring the movable part from the first state to a second state for suppressing an impact exerted on the movable part.

Abstract: An apparatus control device includes an emotion setter that sets, in accordance with an external stimulus acting on the apparatus, an emotion parameter expressing a pseudo-emotion; and an emotion changer that changes the set emotion parameter when the pseudo-emotion is close to a predetermined state and, also, the external stimulus is not detected in a predetermined period.

Abstract: A robot imitating a living thing, includes a body, a head connected to a front end of the body, a movable portion for moving the head relative to the body, and a controller. In a state in which the body is placed on a mounting surface, the controller executes a first control that controls the movable portion to change a distance between the front end of the body and the mounting surface alternately between a first distance and a second distance by moving the head so that a state of the head pressing the mounting surface changes.

Abstract: A robot imitating a living thing and driven by a battery that is rechargeable, includes: an operator to perform an operation simulating a living thing; and a controller. The controller performs processing of causing the robot to perform a breathing operation that is an operation simulating breathing of a living thing at a predetermined cycle and processing of differentiating a control content of the operator between a charging breathing operation that is the breathing operation during charging of the battery and a non-charging breathing operation that is the breathing operation during non-charging of the battery.

Abstract: A robot that imitates a living thing and is driven by a battery that is rechargeable, includes an operator for causing the robot to perform an operation imitating a living thing, and a controller. In a case where the battery changes from a powered state in which a power supply operation for charging is in progress to a non-powered state that is a state in which the power supply operation is stopped, the controller controls the operator with a control content that is determined in accordance with the remaining level of the battery at timing corresponding to the change.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.

Abstract: A jet soldering apparatus has a first housing; a first supply port provided on the first housing and configured to provide molten solder; a second housing; and a second supply port provided on the second housing and configured to provide the molten solder. The molten solder supplied from the first supply port and the molten solder supplied from the second supply port are mixed. The mixed molten solder is not separated from a substrate conveyed by a conveyance unit between the first supply port and the second supply port.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a surface inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of an object, a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof, and a surface inspection method thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device that images a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate an evaluation value of a texture of the object through processing of an image imaged by the imaging device; and detect reflection of a cause of erroneous calculation of the image within a specific range based on at least brightness information of the image.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a light irradiator that irradiates a measurement target with light and a processor that controls the light irradiator, in which the processor is configured to irradiate a specific place of the measurement target with the light from plural places having different positions in one direction, and irradiate the specific place of the measurement target with the light from the plural places having different positions in a direction intersecting the one direction.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device that images a portion of an object to be inspected, a first light source that is included in multiple light sources that illuminate the portion and that is configured such that a light component that is included in light emitted from the first light source and that is reflected by specular reflection from the portion to be inspected is a principal light component that is incident on the imaging device, and a second light source that is included in the multiple light sources and that is disposed opposite the first light source with an optical axis of the imaging device interposed therebetween such that a light component that is reflected by diffuse reflection from the portion to be inspected is a principal light component that is incident on the imaging device.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a light irradiator that irradiates a measurement target with light and a processor that controls the light irradiator, in which the processor is configured to irradiate a specific place of the measurement target with the light from plural places having different positions in one direction, and irradiate the specific place of the measurement target with the light from the plural places having different positions in a direction intersecting the one direction.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a diffuse reflection image acquiring unit, a specular reflection image acquiring unit, a difference image acquiring unit, a reflectance distribution function calculating unit, and a display. The diffuse reflection image acquiring unit acquires a diffuse reflection image of an object surface. The specular reflection image acquiring unit acquires a specular reflection image of the object surface. The difference image acquiring unit acquires a difference image between the diffuse reflection image and the specular reflection image. The reflectance distribution function calculating unit calculates a reflectance distribution function of the object surface by using the diffuse reflection image and the difference image. The display displays a reflection color of the object surface in accordance with a change of orientation of the object surface by using the reflectance distribution function.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a diffuse reflection image acquiring unit, a specular reflection image acquiring unit, a difference image acquiring unit, a reflectance distribution function calculating unit, and a display. The diffuse reflection image acquiring unit acquires a diffuse reflection image of an object surface. The specular reflection image acquiring unit acquires a specular reflection image of the object surface. The difference image acquiring unit acquires a difference image between the diffuse reflection image and the specular reflection image. The reflectance distribution function calculating unit calculates a reflectance distribution function of the object surface by using the diffuse reflection image and the difference image. The display displays a reflection color of the object surface in accordance with a change of orientation of the object surface by using the reflectance distribution function.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a light source that irradiates light; a switching unit that switches a direction of the light irradiated by the light source to one of a plurality of predetermined directions; a light guiding unit that guides the light whose direction is switched by the switching unit and that travels in one of the plurality of directions to a position predetermined for each of the directions; and a light sensor that, in a case where an object is in the predetermined position, measures light reflect by the object out of the light guided to the position by the light guiding unit.

Abstract: A reading device includes a first illuminating section that illuminates a reading area with first illumination light of a first direction; a second illuminating section that illuminates the reading area with second illumination light of a second direction; a light-receiving section that receives reflection light of the first illumination light and reflection light of the second illumination light reflected from the reading area, the first illumination light being applied from the first illuminating section and the second illumination light being applied from the second illuminating section; and reflecting members that are disposed side by side in the reading area in a widthwise direction thereof, and that have first and second reflecting surfaces.