Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a traveling body and a robot arm that is mounted on traveling body. Robot arm includes a base portion that is turnably connected to traveling body; an arm portion that is connected to base portion; and an end effector that is detachably attached to a distal end of arm portion and performs work on a target. Self-propelled device further includes an additional apparatus that includes at least one of an antenna, an imaging device, a laser sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and a lighting device, and is attached to arm portion.

Abstract: Provided is a running device including a frame (11) and a first wheel part (15) and a second wheel part (35) arranged with an appropriate distance therebetween along a running direction (R). The first wheel part (15) includes a first left support arm (17) and a first right support arm (26) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane extending along the running direction (R). The second wheel part (35) includes a second support arm (36) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane perpendicular to the running direction (R). The first left support arm (17) has first left wheels (19, 21) respectively on both sides thereof, and the first right support arm (26) has first right wheels (28, 30) respectively on both sides thereof. The second support arm (36) has a second left wheel (38) and a second right wheel (40) respectively on both sides thereof.

Abstract: A self-propelled device includes a wheel-driven traveling body and a laser sensor. The laser sensor emits laser light while rotating the laser light around the laser sensor and receives reflected light of the laser light to output two-dimensional distance data representing a distance to an object located around the laser sensor for each angle around the laser sensor. The traveling body includes a controller that controls traveling of the traveling body on the basis of the two-dimensional distance data output from the laser sensor. The laser sensor is provided on the traveling body such that a scan plane that is a region through which the laser light passes during rotation of the laser light has a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal plane.

Abstract: Provided is a running device including a frame (11) and a first wheel part (15) and a second wheel part (35) arranged with an appropriate distance therebetween along a running direction (R). The first wheel part (15) includes a first left support arm (17) and a first right support arm (26) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane extending along the running direction (R). The second wheel part (35) includes a second support arm (36) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane perpendicular to the running direction (R). The first left support arm (17) has first left wheels (19, 21) respectively on both sides thereof, and the first right support arm (26) has first right wheels (28, 30) respectively on both sides thereof. The second support arm (36) has a second left wheel (38) and a second right wheel (40) respectively on both sides thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a running device including a frame (11) and a first wheel part (15) and a second wheel part (35) arranged with an appropriate distance therebetween along a running direction (R). The first wheel part (15) includes a first left support arm (17) and a first right support arm (26) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane extending along the running direction (R). The second wheel part (35) includes a second support arm (36) arranged on the frame (11) in a manner to be swingable within a plane perpendicular to the running direction (R). The first left support arm (17) has first left wheels (19, 21) respectively on both sides thereof, and the first right support arm (26) has first right wheels (28, 30) respectively on both sides thereof. The second support arm (36) has a second left wheel (38) and a second right wheel (40) respectively on both sides thereof.

Abstract: A system includes a machine tool 10, a robot 25 having a camera 31, and a transfer device 35 having the robot 25 mounted thereon, and an identification figure is arranged in a machining area of the machine tool 10.

Abstract: A production system includes a machine tool (10), a robot (25) having a camera (31), an automatic guided vehicle (35) having the robot (25) mounted thereon, and a controller (40) controlling the automatic guided vehicle (35) and the robot (25), and has an identification figure arranged in a machining area of the machine tool (10). The controller (40) stores, as a reference image, an image of the identification figure captured by the camera (31) with the robot (25) in an image capturing pose in a teaching operation. When repeatedly operating the automatic guided vehicle (35) and the robot (25), the controller (40) estimates an amount of error between a pose of the robot (25) in the teaching operation and a current pose of the robot (25) based on the reference image and an image of the identification figure captured by the camera (31) with the robot (25) in the image capturing pose, and corrects operating poses of the robot (25) based on the estimated amount of error.

Abstract: A system includes a machine tool 10, a robot 25 having a camera 31, and a transportation device 35 having the robot 25 mounted thereon, and an identification figure is arranged in a machining area of the machine tool 10.

Abstract: A workpiece processing system (1) includes a transfer robot (3), a control device (4) controlling operation of the transfer robot (3), and an operating part (5) performing a teaching operation to the transfer robot (3). The control device (4) has an approach point setter (6) setting in advance an approach point as a reference point for the transfer robot (3) to start operation to a workpiece processing device, a first program generator (7) generating a first program defining the operation of the transfer robot (3) from an operational zero point for the transfer robot (3) to the approach point, a second program generator (8) generating a second program defining the operation of the transfer robot (3) after the approach point based on the teaching operation, and a robot controller (9) controlling the operation of the transfer robot (3) in accordance with the first program and the second program.

Abstract: A workpiece processing system (1) includes a transfer robot (3), a control device (4) controlling operation of the transfer robot (3), and an operating part (5) performing a teaching operation to the transfer robot (3). The control device (4) has an approach point setter (6) setting in advance an approach point as a reference point for the transfer robot (3) to start operation to a workpiece processing device, a first program generator (7) generating a first program defining the operation of the transfer robot (3) from an operational zero point for the transfer robot (3) to the approach point, a second program generator (8) generating a second program defining the operation of the transfer robot (3) after the approach point based on the teaching operation, and a robot controller (9) controlling the operation of the transfer robot (3) in accordance with the first program and the second program.

Abstract: A transmission includes a first rotating portion, an eccentric body, a bearing, an external gear, an internal gear, carrier pins, and a second rotating portion. The first rotating portion rotates about a central axis. The eccentric body rotates therewith and a distance from the central axis to an outer surface thereof varies circumferentially. The bearing is provided on the eccentric body. The external gear includes through holes and is provided on the bearing. The internal gear is cylindrical, surrounds the central axis, and is disposed radially outside the external gear. The carrier pins are columnar and inserted into the through holes. The second rotating portion, to which upper portions of the carrier pins are fixed, rotates about the central axis. The external and internal gears have different numbers of teeth. The tooth of the external gear farthest from the central axis meshes with the internal gear. The diameters of the carrier pins decrease upward.

Abstract: An actuator includes a rotary electric machine including a first rotating shaft rotatable in a circumferential direction about a central axis extending in one direction, and a transmission including a second rotating shaft that is rotatable in the circumferential direction to transfer rotation between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft while changing the speed of the rotation. The rotary electric machine includes a rotor connected to the first rotating shaft, a stator outside of the first rotating shaft, and a casing that houses the rotor and the stator. The transmission includes an internal gear, an external gear to mesh with the internal gear, and a housing that houses the internal gear and the external gear. The actuator further includes a plate extending in an axial direction in which the central axis extends along outer surfaces of the casing and the housing to join the casing and the housing to each other.

Abstract: A spindle motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion includes a base member, a stator core, coils, and a circuit board. The base member includes a middle region, a peripheral region, jetty portions, a recessed portion, and at least one through hole. The jetty portions are positioned at least axially below the peripheral region, and include a pair of extension portions. The recessed portion is arranged inside the jetty portions, and a portion of the circuit board is arranged in the recessed portion. The at least one through hole is arranged to pass through the middle region in an axial direction. The recessed portion is covered with a sealant.

Abstract: An information recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit that records an information item into, and reproduces an information item from, a recording medium, and a determining unit that determines, when a reproduction error occurs during reproduction of the information item by the recording/reproduction unit, whether the information item is a video data item, and prevents changing a reproduction speed of the recording/reproduction unit during reproduction if the determining unit determines that the information item is a video data item, and allows changing the reproduction speed during reproduction if the determining unit determines that the information items is not a video data item.

Abstract: A recording method recordings data on an information recording medium in units of blocks having a predetermine size, by judging whether or not a block of the data being recorded is a defective block, and newly recording the data in a block which follows the defective block and is in a vicinity of the defective block by skipping at least one block, if it is judged that the block being recorded is the defective block.

Abstract: Disclosed are a color-designating server which can display a screen for designating color at a user terminal, which can be connected to a network, a color-designating method, and a recording medium. A matchable color database stores data required for determining matchable colors in a color-designating server which displays a screen for designating color at a user terminal. A conditions-designating processor transmits a conditions-designating screen for designating conditions data, required for determining the matchable colors, to the user terminal. A color data transmission processor determines colors which can be matched under the conditions specified by the conditions data, designated in the conditions-designating screen, by consulting the matchable color database, and transmits the result to the user terminal.

Abstract: An information recording method records information in an information recording medium by acquiring driving power supply information related to a driving power supply of an information recording apparatus which records the information in the information recording medium, in response to a request for a process which accompanies recording of dummy data in the information recording medium, and determining whether to permit or prohibit the process which accompanies recording of the dummy data, based on the driving power supply information.

Abstract: A recording method recordings data on an information recording medium in units of blocks having a predetermine size, by judging whether or not a block of the data being recorded is a defective block, and newly recording the data in a block which follows the defective block and is in a vicinity of the defective block by skipping at least one block, if it is judged that the block being recorded is the defective block.

Abstract: An information recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit that records an information item into, and reproduces an information item from, a recording medium, and a determining unit that determines, when a reproduction error occurs during reproduction of the information item by the recording/reproduction unit, whether the information item is a video data item, and prevents changing a reproduction speed of the recording/reproduction unit during reproduction if the determining unit determines that the information item is a video data item, and allows changing the reproduction speed during reproduction if the determining unit determines that the information items is not a video data item.

Abstract: This color designating server 11 displays a screen for designating color on a user terminal capable of connecting to a network. This server 11 includes a database 102 that contains information on dyes and pigments required for determining matchable colors, a conditions specification processing section 104 that transmits a conditions specification screen to the user terminal which prompts specification of condition information required for determining the matchable colors, a color information extraction section 115 that extracts matchable color data within the range of the conditions specified with the condition information from database 102 based on the condition information specified with the conditions specification screen, and a color information transmission section 105 that transmits a color plate that indicates the extracted color data to the user terminal in the form of image data superposed on a prescribed background color.