Abstract: The ambulatory robot is provided with front legs and rear legs that are constituted so that the lengths from the origins of the front legs and the rear legs to their terminal portions can be varied. In walking, the front legs and the rear legs are rotated and the lengths of the front legs and the rear legs are changed so that the front legs are raised from the ground surface while the rear legs are maintained in contact with the ground. Then, the front legs and the rear legs are rotated and the lengths of the legs are changed so that the front legs raised from the ground surface are replaced on the ground in the direction of ambulation and the rear legs that were maintained in contact with the ground are raised from the ground surface. Then, the front legs and the rear legs rotate and the lengths of the legs change so that the rear legs so raised from the ground surface are replaced on the ground in the direction of ambulation.

Abstract: The disclosed reinforcement sheet is a knitted fabric formed from a plurality of reinforcing yarns 5 and a plurality of matrix yarns 9, wherein the reinforcing yarns are held in the linear state without being bent, arranged in parallel to and spaced from one another in a matrix knitting structure, and the matrix yarns cover the linear reinforcing yarns, without bending the linear reinforcing yarns, to form the matrix knitting structure.

Abstract: An improved method of guiding the movement of an unmanned vehicle. A number of luminous points are arranged on a movement passage for the unmanned vehicle in the form of an arrangement pattern indicative of informations on the purpose of guiding. A visual sensor mounted on the unmanned vehicle detects the luminous points to reveive the informations on the purpose of guiding therefrom so that the movement of the unmanned vehicle is guided on the basis of the informations on the purpose of guiding which have been received in that way. According to a system of giving to the unmanned vehicle informations on the purpose of guiding in dependence on a manner of arranging luminous points, a number of informations on the purpose of guiding can be transmitted to the unmanned vehicle. Moreover, an area occupied especially by the marks for the purpose of guiding on the movement passage can be reduced much more than the conventional method.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the position and posture of a moving body for inspecting the dust proofing properties of a plurality of filters is disclosed. Marks placed on the filter frames are visually recognized, the position and posture of the unmanned moving body relative to the marks is calculated and controlled to move the unmanned moving body in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: A method of an unmanned vehicle comprises the steps of placing a certain number of ground marks each of which comprises a plurality of line segments on a passage of the vehicle measuring amount of movement of the vehicle between the adjacent line segments when the vehicle moves across each of the ground marks, and obtaining a relative positional relation between the ground mark and the vehicle with reference to the amount of movement thereof whereby movement of the vehicle is properly guided in accordance with the thus obtained positional relation. In the case of a navigational guiding method typically employed in aircraft or ship, an estimated position of the vehicle is corrected with reference to the aforesaid relative positional relation.

Abstract: This invention is intended to periodically correct the position and posture of an automatically steerable unmanned moving body according to a guiding method with the aid of dead reckoning or the like. A plurality of sets of at least two ground marks (8) are placed on the movement passage of the unmanned moving body (1) in a spaced relation along a reference passage (15) and the ground marks (8) are visually recognized by means of a television camera (6) or the like mounted on the unmanned moving body. Then, the existent position and posture of the unmanned moving body (1) are detected with reference to the results of visual recognization and thereafter the position and posture of the unmanned moving body (1) which have been calculated in accordance with the aforesaid guiding method or the like are corrected in accordance with the thus detected results.

Abstract: The data input device comprises a tablet portion made of a two-dimensional position-sensitive photodetector and a planar display element laid one on the other, and a light emitting pen forming a light spot on a light-receiving surface of the position-sensitive photodetector. The locus of the movement of the light emitting pen is displayed on the surface of the planar display element at correspond positions in accordance with the output of the two-dimensional position-sensitive photodetector, and the contents of the display provided on the planar displaying element are allowed to be delivered for subsequent processings.