Abstract: A robot system includes a robot main body, memory part configured to store information for causing robot main body to perform given operation, as saved operational information, motion controller configured to control operation of robot main body by using saved operational information as automatic operational information for causing robot main body to operate, and an operation correcting device configured to generate, by being operated, manipulating information for correcting operation of robot main body during operation. Motion controller controls robot main body to perform an operation corrected from operation related to automatic operational information in response to a reception of the manipulating information while robot main body is operating by using automatic operational information. Memory part is configured to be storable of corrected operational information for causing robot main body to perform corrected operation as saved operational information, when robot main body performs corrected operation.

Abstract: Remote control robot system includes a master device, slave arm having plurality of control modes including automatic and manual mode, control device configured to operate slave arm, an entering-person sensing device configured to detect entering person into operational area of slave arm, entering-person identifying information acquisition device configured to acquire entering-person identifying information for identifying whether entering person is operator who carries master device, and operation regulating device configured to regulate operation of slave arm based on information acquired from entering-person sensing device and information acquisition device. In automatic mode, operation regulating device regulates operation of slave arm when entering person is detected. In manual mode, operation regulating device allows operation of slave arm to continue when entering person is detected and entering person is operator, and regulates operation of the slave arm when entering person is other than operator.

Abstract: Robot system which includes a master device configured to receive an operating instruction from an operator, slave arm, storage device configured to store operating sequence information that defines processing carried out by slave arm, and control device configured to control operation of slave arm. Control device includes a receiver configured to receive an input signal, motion controller configured to determine whether operating mode of slave arm is to be automatic, manual or correctable automatic mode and control operation of slave arm in determined operating mode, and continuation determinator configured to determine whether continuation of automatic mode is permitted. In a process at which slave arm is scheduled to operate in automatic mode, after motion controller suspends operation of slave arm in automatic mode at a given step of process, continuation determinator determines whether continuation of automatic mode is permitted based on input signal received by receiver when operation is suspended.

Abstract: In a remote control robot system including a plurality of slave arms, slave arm has a plurality of control modes of an automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on a task program, a manual mode in which slave arm is operated based on an operator's operation received by a master device, and correctable automatic mode in which slave arm is operated based on task program while operation is sequentially corrected by the operator's operation received by master device. Operation sequence information includes an automatic part in which slave arm performs a work in the automatic mode, and a selected part in which slave arm performs a work in one selected from plurality of control modes, and the selected parts do not overlap with each other in time among the plurality of slave arms. Based on the operation sequence information, the plurality of slave arms are operated.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a tactile sensor and a hand having the tactile sensor, a robot controller configured to control operation of the hand of the robot according to robot manipulating information, a manipulator, a tactile information processor configured to generate tactile information defined by a pressure distribution based on pressures detected by at least the plurality of pressure sensors and spatial positions of the plurality of pressure sensors, convert the tactile information into sensible tactile information that is sensible by the operator, and output the sensible tactile information, a sensible tactile information presenting part configured to present to the operator the sensible tactile information outputted from the tactile information processor.

Abstract: An information sharing system between a plurality of robot systems includes a plurality of robot systems, communicatably connected with each other through a network, and configured to be capable of presetting a given operation of a robot and repeating a correction of the operation, and a storage device, connected with the network and configured to store corrected information containing corrected operating information that is operating information for causing the robot to execute a given operation corrected in at least one of the robot systems. Each of the plurality of robot systems shares the corrected information stored in the storage device and operates the robot based on the sharing corrected information.

Abstract: Plurality of robot main bodies a remote control device including contactless action detecting part configured to detect contactless action including at least one given operation instructing action by operator, and control device communicably connected to remote control device and configured to control operations of plurality of robot main bodies, are provided.

Abstract: A remote-control manipulator system which includes a manipulator, a slave arm installed in a workspace and configured to perform a series of works comprised of a plurality of processes, a situation information acquisition device configured to acquire situation information indicating a situation of the slave arm, an environment reproducing device configured to reproduce, in a space where the manipulator is installed, environment information relating to an environment in the workspace, and a control device. The control device is configured to cause the environment reproducing device to reproduce the environment information corresponding to the situation information outputted from the situation information acquisition device.

Abstract: A remote control robot system includes a master arm, and a slave arm having a plurality of control modes of an automatic mode in which the slave arm operates based on a prestored task program and a manual mode in which the slave arm operates based on manipulation of an operator received by the master arm. The master arm includes one or more motors configured to drive joints of the master arm, and a motor actuator configured to generate a torque instruction value that operates the joints according to an external force applied to the master arm and gives drive current corresponding to the torque instruction value to the motor. The motor actuator generates, when the control mode is the manual mode, the torque instruction value so that the joints operate according to the external force while resisting a frictional force of the motor.

Abstract: A remote control robot system includes a slave arm, a master main body imitating the shape of an object handled by the slave arm, a manipulation receiving device configured to receive manipulation of an operator based on the position and posture of the master main body, and a control device configured to control operation of the slave arm based on the manipulation received by the manipulation receiving device so that behavior of the object corresponds to behavior of the master main body.

Abstract: A robot system which is capable of reducing an operator's workload and easily correcting preset operation of a robot. The robot system includes a robot main body having a plurality of joints, a control device configured to control operation of the robot main body and an operating device including a teaching device configured to teach the control device one of positional information on the robot main body and angular information on the plurality of joints so as to execute an automatic operation of the robot main body and a manipulator configured to receive a manipulating instruction from an operator to manually operate the robot main body or correct the operation of the robot main body under the automatic operation.

Abstract: A robot is provided, includes a hand configured to hold a workpiece, a floating unit having a tip-end part and a base-end part and having a joint configured to operate within a given operating range, the hand being attached to the tip-end part, and the tip-end part being movable with the base-end part, a robot arm is attached to the base-end part of the floating unit and configured to move the hand and the floating unit, and a control device having a robot arm controller configured to control operation of the robot arm. The robot arm controller moves the hand and the floating unit so that the hand is located at a temporary target position. The temporary target position is the hand movable to a target position by moving the tip-end part of the floating unit with the base-end part thereof, the tip-end part located at the temporary target position.

Abstract: The purpose is to perform a teaching work of a dual-arm robot instinctively and easily. A dual-arm robot including two arms made of a plurality of links coupled to each other with joint shafts, and two instructing parts provided to tip ends of the two arms, respectively, and configured to indicate coordinate points in space and to be grippable by a teacher, and a control device configured to acquire the coordinate points indicated by the teacher moving the two instructing parts directly and simultaneously with both hands as teaching points, and teach the dual-arm robot operation corresponding to the acquired teaching points.

Abstract: A wearable motion supporting device includes a waist portion frame having a long base portion in a right-left direction of a wearer, a pair of right and left lower extremity frames connected to a lower portion of the waist portion frame, a back portion frame connected to an upper portion of the base portion of the waist portion frame, and a connection portion connecting the back portion frame and the base portion of the waist portion frame. The connection portion is made of a rotational mechanism of one DOF (Degree Of Freedom) on a frontal plane, for example, a four-node link mechanism.

Abstract: A surgical robot which enables an operator to easily judge which medical instrument is selected is provided. This surgical robot has a robot body which selectively operates a plurality of medical instruments, an input unit configured to input control information of the robot body, the input unit being common among the plurality of medical instruments, and a display unit configured to display an image of a surgical site of a patient, the display unit having a selecting situation display function which displays a selecting situation of the plurality of medical instruments.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a surgical robot which can enhance flexibility of treatment while ensuring sufficient safety of a surgery. The surgical robot has a robot body, an input unit for inputting control information of the robot body, a control unit for controlling the robot body based on the control information input to the input unit, an input side abnormality detection unit for detecting abnormality of an operator, an output side abnormality detection unit for detecting abnormality of a surgery state, an abnormality countermeasure unit for dealing with the abnormality of the surgery state detected by the output side abnormality detection unit, contents of an abnormality countermeasure action being changed based on a detection result of the input side abnormality detection unit.

Abstract: A wearable motion supporting device includes a waist portion frame having a long base portion in a right-left direction of a wearer, a pair of right and left lower extremity frames connected to a lower portion of the waist portion frame, a back portion frame connected to an upper portion of the base portion of the waist portion frame, and a connection portion connecting the back portion frame and the base portion of the waist portion frame. The connection portion is made of a rotational mechanism of one DOF (Degree Of Freedom) on a frontal plane, for example, a four-node link mechanism.

Abstract: A robot hand is configured such that a plurality of finger mechanisms are disposed on base and operate so as to cause fingertip portions thereof to get close to each other and separate from each other. At least one of the plurality of finger mechanisms is constituted by a Chebychev link mechanism including a driving link configured to be rotated about a base end portion thereof supported by the base, a driven link having a base end portion coupled to the base so as to be swingable, and an intermediate link having a base end portion coupled to a tip end portion of the driving link so as to be swingable and a center portion coupled to a tip end portion of the driven link so as to be swingable. The fingertip portions are respectively provided at tip end portions of the intermediate links.

Abstract: The robot hand includes a planetary gear unit into which a rotational power is input from a motor, first and second drive shafts to which a rotational power output from the planetary gear unit is transmitted, a finger having first and second joints respectively driven by the first and second drive shafts. The planetary gear unit includes a sun gear, a planetary gear meshing with external teeth of the sun gear, a planetary arm connected to the planetary gear to coordinately move with a rotation of the planetary gear on its on axis. The sun gear is connected to the motor. The planetary arm is connected to the first drive shaft. An internal gear is connected to the second drive shaft. A resistance generating unit is disposed for making the motion resistance of the internal gear lager than the motion resistance of the planetary arm.

Abstract: A robot hand is configured such that a plurality of finger mechanisms are disposed on base and operate so as to cause fingertip portions thereof to get close to each other and separate from each other. At least one of the plurality of finger mechanisms is constituted by a Chebychev link mechanism including a driving link configured to be rotated about a base end portion thereof supported by the base, a driven link having a base end portion coupled to the base so as to be swingable, and an intermediate link having a base end portion coupled to a tip end portion of the driving link so as to be swingable and a center portion coupled to a tip end portion of the driven link so as to be swingable. The fingertip portions are respectively provided at tip end portions of the intermediate links.