Abstract: To provide a robot control system, etc. capable to contributing to reducing costs and causing to synchronize movements between robots. The system comprises: a plurality of mobile robots; a control apparatus that is communicably connected to the plurality of mobile robots and manages and controls the plurality of mobile robots; and a sensor apparatus that is communicably connected to the control apparatus and senses the plurality of mobile robots in a predetermined area. The control apparatus executes processings of: generating control information including information related to a current location and an intermediate destination of each of the plurality of mobile robots at the same timing based on information from the sensor apparatus; and transmitting the generated control information to each of the plurality of mobile robots.

Abstract: A positioning method is configured to determine intra-image coordinates representing the position of a moving body in the captured image of a moving body while acquiring real-space coordinates representing the position of the moving body in real space. The intra-image coordinates of the moving body are transformed into the real-space coordinates of the moving body according to the association between the intra-image coordinates and the real-space coordinates.

Abstract: A conventional mobile body control apparatus includes: a robot control unit configured to control a mobile body based on a first control input value; and a control input calculation unit configured to calculate a second control input value that will be the first control input value of the next control cycle, in which the control input calculation unit calculates a route cost through simulation of at least one predictive control input value predicted to be provided to the robot control unit after the first control input value, the simulation being performed by taking into account a stochastic noise, to thereby calculate the second control input value that results in a smaller route cost.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a wireless communication board on which a communication circuit is mounted, the communication circuit communicating image data with an external device in a wireless manner; an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data; a control board connected to the wireless communication board via a connection line to control an image forming operation of the image forming unit; and an accommodation portion of a metal material in which the control board is accommodated, wherein a predetermined metal plate constituting the accommodation portion has a recessed portion, and the wireless communication board is positioned in the recessed portion.

Abstract: A computing device includes an execution unit that simulates a state of a drive device after the drive device is driven according to a control input, on the basis of a value of the control input capable of being input to the drive device, an analysis unit that selects a main component axis by performing main component analysis on the state distribution of the drive device that is specified through simulations performed a plurality of times by the execution unit, and a determination unit that determines a value to be used for evaluating a candidate for the control input to be input to the drive device, on the basis of a selection result by the analysis unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a wireless communication board on which a communication circuit is mounted, the communication circuit communicating image data with an external device in a wireless manner; an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data; a control board connected to the wireless communication board via a connection line to control an image forming operation of the image forming unit; and an accommodation portion of a metal material in which the control board is accommodated, wherein a predetermined metal plate constituting the accommodation portion has a recessed portion, and the wireless communication board is positioned in the recessed portion.

Abstract: A terminal (400-N) according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit (401) configured to acquire a reception interval of a plurality of packets received via a communication path; and a specifying (402) unit configured to specify a delay characteristic of a delay occurring in the communication path based on the distribution of the reception intervals.

Abstract: In order to appropriately determine whether or not a moving body can pass through a passage in a target range for generating a movement path, a passability determination apparatus 100 includes: an obstacle detection section 153 configured to detect a passage obstacle obstructing passage of a moving body 50, based on image information obtained by imaging a target range for generating a movement path for the moving body 50; a determination section 155 configured to determine passability for the moving body through a passage area included in the target range, based on detection of the passage obstacle; and a transmission processing section 157 configured to send passability information related to the passability for the moving body 50, to a movement path generation apparatus 200 generating the movement path.

Abstract: A conveyance system including a conveying vehicle configured to convey a conveying object, a sensor configured to acquire the information relating to the conveying object, and a control device configured to control the conveying vehicle is designed to identify a contact position at which the conveying vehicle comes in contact with the conveying object when conveying the conveying object based on the information relating to the conveying object, and to control the conveying vehicle according to the contact position.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes, a communication unit configured to receive observation data from at least one sensor, the observation data being obtained by observing an obstacle in a plurality of areas, a determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of an obstacle in the plurality of areas by using the observation data, and a specifying unit configured to specify, when the presence/absence of an obstacle in a first area included in the plurality of areas is unknown, a probability of presence of an obstacle in the first area by using a determination result indicating presence/absence of an obstacle in an area near the first area, in which the probability changes depending on presence/absence of an obstacle in the area near the first area.

Abstract: A conveyance system (1) according to the present disclosure includes: a conveyance vehicle (10) that conveys an object based on a first traveling path; a sensor (20) that transmits information regarding a position of the conveyance vehicle (10) via a network; a communication unit (32) that can communicate with the conveyance vehicle (10) and the sensor (20); and a control unit (31) that controls the conveyance vehicle (10) via the communication unit (32). The control unit (31) determines a second traveling path based on the information regarding the position of the conveyance vehicle (10) and corrects a traveling trajectory of the conveyance vehicle (10) based on the first traveling path and the second traveling path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a wireless communication board on which a communication circuit is mounted, the communication circuit communicating image data with an external device in a wireless manner; an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data; a control board connected to the wireless communication board via a connection line to control an image forming operation of the image forming unit; and an accommodation portion of a metal material in which the control board is accommodated, wherein a predetermined metal plate constituting the accommodation portion has a recessed portion, and the wireless communication board is positioned in the recessed portion.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processing unit, a control unit, and a temperature detecting unit. The processing unit includes a cutting blade and a spindle assembly, the spindle assembly including a spindle having the cutting blade mounted on a distal end of the spindle and a spindle housing through which the spindle is inserted. A cooling fluid passage is formed in the spindle housing, the cooling fluid passage cooling the spindle assembly, and having one end connected to a cooling fluid supply source and having another end communicating with a cooling fluid outlet of the spindle housing. The temperature detecting unit detects the temperature of the spindle housing. The control unit determines whether a state of cooling of the spindle assembly is normal or abnormal on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.

Abstract: To calculate a path of movement of a moving body, a moving-body path calculation device includes: a deviation obtaining means that obtains a deviation of the moving body in a direction perpendicular to an ideal route; and a path calculating means that calculates the path of the movement of the moving body on a basis of a composite parameter including a parameter indicating the deviation of the moving body which deviation has been obtained by the deviation obtaining means.

Abstract: In a case where a cleaning member is located at a cleaning position in attachment of a process cartridge to an image forming apparatus, a stopper located at a first position butts against the process cartridge guided in a direction of attachment by a guide portion such that the process cartridge is disabled from being attached to the image forming apparatus, and in a case where the cleaning member is located at a retraction position in attachment of the process cartridge to the image forming apparatus, a lever portion moves due to a press by a cleaning unit and the stopper moves from the first position to a second position such that the process cartridge is enabled to be attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A conventional mobile body control apparatus includes: a robot control unit configured to control a mobile body based on a first control input value; and a control input calculation unit configured to calculate a second control input value that will be the first control input value of the next control cycle, in which the control input calculation unit calculates a route cost through simulation of at least one predictive control input value predicted to be provided to the robot control unit after the first control input value, the simulation being performed by taking into account a stochastic noise, to thereby calculate the second control input value that results in a smaller route cost.

Abstract: A position detection apparatus comprises: a map information creation part that creates map information representing a position in a space including a floor surface on which at least one detection object may be disposed; a mask information creation part that creates mask information, by extracting a region of a predetermined height range within a height range from the floor surface when the detection object is disposed in the space from the map information; a specifying part that specifies partial optical image information, by removing a region corresponding to the mask information from the optical image information; and a detection part that specifies a positional relationship between the map information and the partial optical image information at a pixel level, and detects a position of the detection object in the map information based on the specified positional relationship.

Abstract: Among a plurality of transportation systems manufactured by different manufacturers, when a collision avoidance function activates with respect to a transportation device belonging to a first transportation system and a transportation device belonging to a second transportation system, the transportation time becomes longer than initially expected and the transportation efficiency decreases. A transportation system includes a first transportation device used for work involving transportation of goods, and a control device. The control device is provided with: a prediction unit for predicting, based on progress information representing the progress of work, the state of travel of a second transportation device used for the work; a determining unit for determining a travel plan for the first transportation device according to the state of travel of the second transportation device predicted by the prediction unit; and a control unit for controlling the first transportation device based on the travel plan.

Abstract: A positioning method is configured to determine intra-image coordinates representing the position of a moving body in the captured image of a moving body while acquiring real-space coordinates representing the position of the moving body in real space. The intra-image coordinates of the moving body are transformed into the real-space coordinates of the moving body according to the association between the intra-image coordinates and the real-space coordinates.

Abstract: In a case where a cleaning member is located at a cleaning position in attachment of a process cartridge to an image forming apparatus, a stopper located at a first position butts against the process cartridge guided in a direction of attachment by a guide portion such that the process cartridge is disabled from being attached to the image forming apparatus, and in a case where the cleaning member is located at a retraction position in attachment of the process cartridge to the image forming apparatus, a lever portion moves due to a press by a cleaning unit and the stopper moves from the first position to a second position such that the process cartridge is enabled to be attached to the image forming apparatus.