Abstract: A robot control system comprising circuitry configured to acquire a designated area image showing a designated area, and execute image analysis on the designated area image to detect a current state of the designated area as a current area state. The circuitry is further configured to generate, based on the current area state, a state of the designated area which simulates one or more objects including an additional object as having been placed in the designated area, as a predicted area state. The circuitry is further configured to generate object information on the additional object which is simulated in the designated area, based on the predicted area state. The circuitry is further configured to control a robot so as to physically place the additional object in the designated area in accordance with the object information.

Abstract: A robot control system, comprising: a first robot; a second robot; and circuitry configured to: control the first robot so that the first robot supports a first part of an indefinite-shape object placed at a predetermined location; and control the second robot so that the second robot supports a second part of the indefinite-shape object to convey the indefinite-shape object in cooperation with the first robot, the second part being different from the first part.

Abstract: A robot control system, comprising: a robot configured to hold a cutter; and circuitry configured to control the robot so that the robot cuts a packaging material with a blade of the cutter, and control the robot so that the blade is oriented more toward an outer side of the packaging material when the robot cuts a face of the packaging material with the blade than when the robot cuts a corner of the packaging material with the blade.

Abstract: A robot system includes: a conveying device configured to convey a workpiece; a robot configured to execute an operation on the workpiece; and circuitry configured to: identify a current position of the workpiece and an object area occupied by an object; identify an interlock area that moves with the current position of the workpiece being conveyed by the conveying device; check an overlap between the interlock area and the object area; and control the robot to execute the operation based on the current position of the workpiece in response to determining that the interlock area does not overlap the object area.

Abstract: In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.

Abstract: In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.

Abstract: A recognition program evaluation device includes an imaginary data acquisition portion to generate or acquire imaginary scene data that includes position data of each of a plurality of workpieces and indicates the plurality of workpieces in a randomly stacked state. An imaginary recognition portion recognizes each of the plurality of workpieces indicated in the randomly stacked state using a recognition program including at least one parameter set to adjust recognition of the plurality of workpieces. A recognition evaluation portion compares the position data of each of the plurality of workpieces with a result of recognition of each of the plurality of workpieces recognized by the imaginary recognition portion so as to evaluate recognition performance of the recognition program. A result display portion causes a display of a result of evaluation of the recognition performance of the recognition program evaluated by the recognition evaluation portion.