Abstract: An assembling device including: a bearing setting unit configured to set a bearing unit such that the bearing unit is coaxial with respect to a hub cylindrical part and can be moved toward the hub cylindrical part, a rotational drive source configured to transmit rotational force around an axis to the bearing unit set in the bearing setting unit; and an inner-ring press-fitting unit configured to externally fit inner rings of the bearing unit to which the rotational force around the axis has been transmitted, to the hub cylindrical part.

Abstract: A machine tool and a feed saddle structure thereof are provided. The feed saddle structure includes: a fixed column having a first vertical side and a horizontal side adjacent to the first vertical side; a feed saddle having a second vertical side corresponding in position to the first vertical side of the fixed column, and a bottom portion being adjacent to the second vertical side and corresponding in position to the horizontal side of the fixed column; a first guide rail and a second guide rail disposed on the first vertical side and the horizontal side of the fixed column, respectively; and a first slider and a second slider disposed on the second vertical side and the bottom portion of the feed saddle, respectively, and engaged with the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively, thereby increasing the dynamic and static rigidity of the machine tool.

Abstract: A floating type machining platform includes a base, a holding platform, a first elastic module, a second elastic module and a third elastic module. The holding platform is configured to hold a workpiece. The first elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a first axis relative to the base. The second elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a second axis relative to the base. The third elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a third axis relative to the base. Wherein, the first and the second axes are different horizontal axes, and the third axis is a vertical axis.

Abstract: A float type clamping mechanism is provided, comprising a workpiece pallet having a central post provided on its bottom surface and a chuck. The chuck can be releasably coupled to the central post. The chuck has a base, a top seat, a piston seat with spring members provided between the piston seat and the top seat, a movable socket having movable detents provided around its periphery, and a bottom cover. When the central post of the workpiece pallet is inserted into the movable socket, the movable detents displaced inward to detent the central post so as to allow the movable socket to float upward slightly, and the movable socket is pressed downward through simple mechanism to clamp the central post firmly so that zero clamping effect between the workpiece pallet and the chuck can be achieved.

Abstract: A debris collecting rotary tool attachment for collecting debris during rotary tool use includes a shell that comprises a wall. The wall extends from a top to a bottom of the shell and has an inner face. The inner face is tackified, such that the inner face is configured to sequester debris on the inner face of the shell. The top and the bottom are open, defining respective perimeters. A fastener is coupled to the bottom and extends around the perimeter of the bottom. The fastener is configured to sealably couple the shell to a chuck end of a rotary tool. The shell is positioned around a cutting tool secured in the chuck of the rotary tool. The inner face is tackified to sequester debris generated during operation of the rotary tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a machining system wherein provisions are made to be able to remove machining chips reliably without requiring human intervention. The machining system includes: an image processing unit which detects the position and amount of machining chips by comparing images captured of a workpiece and a machining tool before and after execution of a machining step; a condition judging unit which, based on the detected amount of machining chips, determines whether or not there is a need to execute a removal step; and a result judging unit which judges the result of the removal step by comparing the images captured of the workpiece W and the machining tool before and after the execution of the removal step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing a substrate, such as a wafer, and more particularly to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing an edge portion of a wafer with use of a polishing tape. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder (1) configured to hold and rotate a substrate (W), and a polishing unit (7) configured to polish an edge portion of the substrate (W) with use of a polishing tape (5). The polishing unit (7) includes: a disk head (12) having a circumferential surface for supporting the polishing tape (5); and a head moving device (50) configured to move the disk head (12) in a tangential direction of the substrate (W) and to bring the polishing tape (5) on the circumferential surface of the disk head (12) into contact with the edge portion of the substrate (W).

Abstract: A sanding machine for sanding panels, including a supporting structure, a sanding unit supported by the supporting structure, a surface for supporting and sliding of the panels located beneath the sanding unit and along which the panels are fed in a predetermined feed direction; the sanding unit including a trestle supporting a sanding belt, the trestle including a plurality of rollers having respective axes parallel to the supporting surface, the sanding belt being endless and looped around the rollers, one of the rollers being motorized to move the sanding belt during the sanding of the panels, the sanding unit further including at least one opposing member to force the belt against the panel to be sanded.

Abstract: A truer includes: a core formed into a truncated cone; and an abrasive grain layer fixed onto an outer peripheral surface of the core. The core includes: a base that is a small-diameter portion of the truncated cone and has a disc shape; and a tubular member extending from an outer peripheral edge of the base in the direction in which a rotation axis of the truncated cone extends. The tubular member has a hollow tubular shape. The tubular member includes an outer peripheral surface tapered so that a portion of the tubular member opposite to the base and adjacent to an extremity of the tubular member is a large-diameter portion of the truncated cone. A recess opening toward the extremity is defined inward of the tubular member.

Abstract: A device for polishing or abrading products (M), includes: a polishing element (1) provided with an operating surface (4) designed to perform a polishing or sanding movement, preferably a circular or orbital movement; motor elements (13) operatively connected to the polishing element (1) for impressing on the operating surface (4) the polishing movement; one or more air ducts (3) extending from an inlet opening (5), which communicates with a source (7) of a flow of treated air, for example dried air, gaseous nitrogen, or modified air rich in nitrogen, to one or more outlets (6) of the flow distributed in an area corresponding to the operating surface (4); and elements (8) for regulating the temperature of the flow of treated air at a value comprised between ?5° C. and +20° C.

Abstract: An Adaptive Dust Shield Device having Zero Standoff Capability for rotary grinders having a bearing housing and an axial groove around the bearing housing. The dust shield has a cover molded from a single shot. The cover has a plurality of upstanding flexible fingers, in multiples of four, which extend upward from the cover. A door is formed in one side of the dust shield cover to allow the user to use the dust shield in zero clearance situations. The flexible fingers have a defined width and are separated apart from each other by a space between each one. The width of the space is less than the defined width of the flexible fingers. A stretchable fitting ring fits onto the bearing housing of the grinder and under the flexible fingers. The flexible fingers are secured onto the stretchable fitting ring by a securing fastener. There are a plurality of vent holes formed in the top wall that are selectively pluggable with plug elements.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements are provided for release of an ROV operable subsea clamp connector, the clamp connector comprising at least two clamp segments hinged to move pivotally, and a drive screw connecting the clamp segments by threaded engagement with trunnions arranged rotatable in the pivoting ends of the clamp segments, the threads of the drive screw and trunnions turned such that the trunnions travel along the drive screw in mutually opposite directions when the drive screw is turned. An axial bore in the drive screw is adapted for accommodation of a waterjet cutting tool having a sideways pointing nozzle in a forward end, the waterjet cutting tool rotatable inside the bore while feeding high-pressure water through the nozzle, towards the wall of the drive screw until the wall of the drive screw is cut through.

Abstract: An abrasive jet cutting system may include a differential pressure measurement apparatus configured to measure a differential pressure between points in an abrasive supply system. The differential pressure may be used to determine one or more conditions of the jet and the abrasive delivery. The measured differential pressure may be used in a feedback control system, feed forward control system, and/or an alarm or safety system.

Abstract: A tool for fine machining surfaces has a working medium carrier with a top face and a bottom face, wherein the bottom face is an attachment side. A set of individual exchangeable strip-shaped lamella holders are provided that each have one or more lamellas in individual or bundled arrangement. The lamellas each are oriented away from the attachment side of the working medium carrier and form in a downward direction remote from the attachment side a common working plane. The lamella holders on a side facing the attachment side are provided with first hooking members and the attachment side of working medium carrier is provided with second hooking members complementary to the first hooking members. The first and second hooking members are joined to each other in a direction perpendicular to the attachment side.

Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a tool attachment for use with a clamping tool having at least one jaw. The tool attachment comprises a semi-cylindrical member having an inner bore along a bore axis and an external groove suitable to capture part of at least one jaw. In another aspect, a tool attachment assembly is provided for use with a clamping tool having two jaws and for use with polished rod having an outside diameter. The tool attachment assembly comprises a pair of tool attachments wherein the each of the inner bores of the pair of tool attachments are each of such dimensions so as to create a total bore having a inner diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of said polished rod when each one of the pair of tool attachments is attached to the two jaws and when the clamping tool is in a clamped configuration.

Abstract: An illumination structure for pliers contains: a first part, a second part, and an illumination device. The first part includes a first clamping jaw, a first handle, and a first rotatable connecting portion between the first clamping jaw and the first handle. The second part includes a second clamping jaw, a second handle, and a second rotatable connecting portion between the second clamping jaw and the second handle, wherein the first rotatable connecting portion of the first part and the second rotatable connecting portion of the second part are rotatably connected together. The first rotatable connecting portion has an accommodation groove configured to house the illumination device, and the accommodation groove has a first opening communicating with the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw and has a second opening communicating with the first handle. The illumination device includes a light emitting element and a control button.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench includes a handle having a first toothed portion and a first recess. A head has a fixed jaw and a second hole. A space is defined in the head and the first tooted portion of the handle is inserted into the space. A second recess is defined in one of sidewalls of the space. A pin extends through the second hole and the first hole to pivotably connect the head to the handle. A movable jaw has a slide inserted into a slot in the second side of the head. A resilient member is mounted to the pin and has two legs which are respectively located in the first and second recesses. The movable jaw has a second toothed portion which is engaged with the first toothed portion. The movable jaw is quickly moved relative to the fixed jaw by the resilient member.

Abstract: A speed increasing bidirectional mechanical converter, including a main shaft and a speed increasing planet gear unit is disclosed. The speed increasing planet gear unit includes a first ring gear, a planet gear, a sun gear and a planet carrier, wherein the planet gear is mounted on the planet carrier. The planet gear is arranged between the first ring gear and the sun gear, and rotates in an opposite direction against the sun gear. The speed increasing bidirectional mechanical converter further includes a reversing means, via which the first ring gear and the sun gear drive the main shaft. When in use, the planet carrier is kept still, and the main shaft rotates in the preset direction. The speed increasing bidirectional mechanical converter realizes the direction reverse by using the speed increasing planet gear unit, which simplifies the structure, facilitates the manufacture and decreases the space it occupies and its weight.

Abstract: A hammer wrench has a body having pockets placed in an inner surface of the body, each of the pockets in radial arrangement about an axis such that each pocket is displaced substantially sixty degrees from at least one neighboring pocket. A hammer post, can extend radially from an outer arced surface of the body, and expose a first flat face lying within a 15° tolerance of a first plane that extends through the axis. The hammer post can expose a second flat face lying within a 15° tolerance of a second plane that extends through the axis. In addition, the body has at least two distal ends that that are more remote from the hammer post than any of the at least three pockets, the at least two distal ends providing a gap therebetween that is wider than an inner diameter of at least one of the pipes.

Abstract: An impact wrench and a method for operating an impact wrench are disclosed. In an embodiment, an impact wrench includes a housing, a motor-driven input shaft, an output shaft for mounting a tool and a hammer mechanism for transmitting a torque and coupling the input shaft to the output shaft, wherein a first bearing torque, which acts against a rotational direction of the output shaft, is present between the output shaft and the housing, wherein a second bearing torque, which acts against a rotational direction of the input shaft, is present between the output shaft and the input shaft when the input shaft is not coupled to the output shaft by the hammer mechanism, and wherein an absolute value of the first bearing torque is smaller than an absolute value of the second bearing torque.

Abstract: A bit holder assembly includes a barrel having a shank receiving end, a bit receiving end, and an inner wall extending between the shank receiving end and the bit receiving end. The bit holder assembly also includes a shank sized and shaped to be received within the barrel. The shank is insertable into the barrel from the shank receiving end. The bit holder assembly further includes a shuttle having an annular recess. The shuttle is sized and shaped to be received within the barrel and is insertable into the barrel from the bit receiving end. The bit holder assembly also includes a retaining member sized and shaped to be received within the annular recess. The retaining member is configured to retain the shuttle within the barrel.

Abstract: A tool designed for use with vehicles having tops. The tool has two hook ends that are slidably connected, with a lever handle connection the two hook ends such that the two hook ends may be drawn together by operation of the lever handle. The tool is positioned with one hook in the tie-down hook of a Jeep windshield and the second hook disposed around the front bar of a soft top to be installed on the vehicle. As the lever handle is operated, the tool draws the soft top forward to the windshield, allowing a user to clamp the soft top to the windshield.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil filter sleeve. The oil filter sleeve provides a clean and safe method of removing an oil filter from the underside of a vehicle. The oil filter sleeve comprises a hollow cylindrical sleeve that removably attaches over an oil filter installed on a vehicle. The sleeve has an accordion like construction adapted to extend and retract in accordance with the size of the oil filter. Once the sleeve encloses the oil filter, a user may remove the oil filter from the vehicle and the oil filter sleeve will catch and hold any excess oil that leaves the oil filter. In this way, the oil filter sleeve prevents oil leakage and spillage.

Abstract: A detachment tool of the present invention is a tool for detaching a device attached to a wall portion. The detachment tool includes a member in which a first through hole and a second through hole are formed, a first screw that fixes the member to the device while inserted into the first through hole, and a second screw that pushes the wall portion while inserted into the second through hole. The first through hole is a threaded hole that screw-engages with the first screw or an unthreaded hole. The second through hole is a threaded hole that screw-engages with the second screw. According to such a configuration, the detachment tool in which operationality in detachment is good, flexible adaptation to a space can be made, and force applied in detachment is also easily managed, and a motor drive device provided with the same can be provided.

Abstract: A drill has a housing, a motor mounted in the housing having a drive spindle, an output spindle rotationally driven by the drive spindle via a torque clutch. The torque clutch slips when the torque across the torque clutch exceeds a predetermined value. The predetermined value of the torque at which the torque clutch starts to slip is adjustable via a torque threshold adjustment mechanism. A sleeve is rotatably mounted on the output spindle. The drive spindle drives the sleeve via a gear system at a same rate and direction as the output spindle so that there is no relative rotation between the sleeve and output spindle when the torque clutch is not slipping and at a different rate and/or direction so that there is relative rotation between the sleeve and output spindle when the torque clutch is slipping.

Abstract: A damping system for a hydraulic hammer is disclosed. The hydraulic hammer includes a housing and a mounting bracket disposed on the housing. The damping system includes an expandable bladder positioned between the power cell and the mounting bracket. The expandable bladder is configured to receive a supply of pressurized fluid and store a threshold volume of pressurized fluid therein. The damping system includes a plurality of sensors for detecting one or more parameters related to operating conditions of the hydraulic hammer. The damping system includes a controller disposed in communication with the sensors. The controller is configured to receive one or more inputs indicative of the parameters from the sensors to determine a threshold volume of pressurized fluid to be maintained in the expandable bladder. The controller is configured to supply the threshold volume of pressurized fluid to the expandable bladder during an operation of the hydraulic hammer.

Abstract: An electric tool is provided. This electric tool includes a controller which controls power supply to the motor in response to operation of a switch lever which turns rotation of the motor ON and OFF. The electric tool includes a magnetic body provided on a movable arm which is moved by means of a switch lever, and a first and second magnetic detection units (Hall ICs) provided adjacent to the range of motion of the magnetic body. The first magnetic detection unit detects the approach of the magnetic body when the switch lever is in the motor OFF position, and the second magnetic detection unit detects approaching of the magnetic body when the switch lever is in the ON position. The controller uses the two detection results to determine the switch lever position. The magnetic detection units are accommodated in a casing which is isolated from a cooling wind path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tools with wrenches and sockets recessed into the sides of the tool handles. The handles can be of any shape and applicable to any tool that uses a handle. Each side of a handle can contain a socket or wrench of different size so that one tool can include a complete set of sockets or wrenches.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.

Abstract: A counterbalanced chainsaw mount is provided that includes a pin joint, a suspended counterweight, and a counterweight support assembly between the pin joint and counterweight. The chainsaw mount assists cutting a work piece with a chainsaw, controlling the cutting motion and counterbalancing the chainsaw to prevent kickback. The pin joint is secured to a work table or alternative support, whereby the support assembly secures at one end to the guide bar of the chain saw. Along an opposite end, the support assembly supports the counterweight. The support assembly comprises an intermediate member extending along the chainsaw guide bar and an upstanding member supporting the counterweight. The counterweight is positioned an offset distance away from the distal end of the chainsaw guide bar such that the intermediate member is biased to rotate about the pin joint and therefore elevate the proximal end of the chainsaw guide bar while attached thereto.

Abstract: A stack arrangement having at least two stack elements, which can be stacked on each other in a stacking direction, of which at least one is formed from a transport container which has a container body having a storage receptacle which has a machine receptacle for an electrical or pneumatic hand tool machine. The stacking elements have bus interfaces for transferring data and/or energy between the stacking elements of the stack arrangement, wherein the bus interfaces form a bus connection between the stack elements when the stack elements are stacked on each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container, such as an assortment box, comprising a storage assembly, wherein said storage assembly is for storing contents inside said container, said storage assembly comprising at least one storage unit and a reception layer, wherein said at least one storage unit is adapted to be connected to said reception layer in a releasable manner by use of a first connection means.

Abstract: A tool management system to store tools comprising a magnetic grip made of an elastic material with a cylindrical body with a hollow interior section, which attaches to a handle of a tool by sliding over a top end of the handle of the tool. The magnetic grip also comprises a magnet. The system also comprises a hang flap comprising a metal strip to which the magnetic grip can attach. The tool management system further comprises a pair of brackets. A first end of the pair of brackets attaches to the hang flap by sliding inside a pair of pre-defined slots in the hang flap. The pre-defined slots comprise snap-fitting locks to firmly hold the first end. A second end of the pair of brackets is adapted to fit over a door or a shelf or a wall.

Abstract: A spherical coordinates manipulating mechanism for inner frame pivotal configuration. There are total twelve axles in the mechanism for pivoting with four outer rotating members, four arc-link rotating members and four inner rotating members individually, and each axle of these rotating members is specifically directed into the center of the outer frame for concentrically rotating each arc-link set along a specified geometric orbit between the outer frame and inner frame. Therefore, the final output torque can be integrated via serial linking and parallel cooperating with the twelve axles. The mechanism can be equipped with single effector arc-link set or with double effector arc-link sets. In this divisional application. There are three embodiments for sufficiently introducing the spherical coordinates manipulating mechanism for inner frame pivotal configuration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tactile sensing and integrated vision system that surmounts problems of existing systems. The tactile sensing skin can he formed into any shape, size, or form factor, including large areas. Computer-implemented algorithms can detect position-orientation and force-torque at landmark points for a given object set. The result is a modular sensing system that is highly scalable in terms of price, quantity, size and applications. Such skin technology and associated software can comprise a sensing package that integrates tactile and visual data with accompanying software for state estimation, situational awareness, and automatic control of machinery. The addition of tactile data can serve to constrain and/or augment visual pose estimation methods as well as provide pose estimation to visually occluded objects.

Abstract: A wearable robot device includes a frame, a detector provided on the frame for collecting information on a force applied from a user, a controller for determining a required amount of torque necessary for an operation of the wearable robot device based on the information collected by the detector, and for determining a sound corresponding to the required amount of torque, and an output unit for outputting the determined sound.

Abstract: A robot comprising: a base; an articulated arm extending distally of the base and including two arm members coupled by a joint; a motor; a gearbox having an input shaft coupled to an output of the motor and an output shaft configured to drive relative motion of the arm members about the joint; a position sensor configured to sense relative position of the arm members about the joint; and a control system coupled to the arm configured to drive the motor, the control system being arranged to perform a calibration operation to estimate torque loss in the gearbox by the steps of (i) estimating the inertia of the portion of the arm distal of the joint for motion about the joint; (ii) applying a determined drive power to the motor; (iii) receiving from the position sensor position data indicating the motion of the arm in response to the applied drive power; and (iv) estimating the torque loss in the gearbox in dependence on the estimated inertia, the determined drive power and the position data.

Abstract: A method of motion planning for an agent to reach a target includes determining a frontier region between a frontier at a current time and a frontier at a next time. Waypoints are sampled in the frontier region with a bias toward the target. A path to reach the target is selected based on a sequence of the sampled waypoints.

Abstract: A control device 40 for a mobile robot 1 converts a moment manipulated variable ??_dmd determined in accordance with a deviation between a desired value and an observed value of a predetermined state quantity of the mobile robot 1 to a rotation manipulated variable ??? by which contacting portions 13, 23 of a plurality of movable links 3, 4 to be brought into contact with an external object are to be rotated about a desired ZMP, and corrects a desired position/posture of each contacting portion 13, 23 to a position/posture rotated about the desired ZMP by the rotation manipulated variable ???.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical robot system including medical robots placed at different locations and a data analysis apparatus. Each of the medical robots includes a controller that transmits data on a state of operation of the medical robot to the data analysis apparatus. The data analysis apparatus includes a data analysis unit that generates a reference for determining whether or not the medical robots are normal, based on the data transmitted from the medical robots. The data analysis unit monitors the data transmitted from each of the medical robots in operation based on the reference.

Abstract: A robot is controlled by a control unit. The robot includes: a first sensor; a second sensor; a third sensor; a fourth sensor; a first circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals to and from the first sensor and the second sensor; and a second circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals to and from the third sensor and the fourth sensor. The control unit and the first circuit are connected through a first serial wire, and the first circuit and the second circuit are connected through a second serial wire.

Abstract: A system includes a machine assembly, an imaging sensor, an encoder, and one or more processors. The machine assembly is movable to actuate a brake lever of a vehicle in order to open a valve of an air brake system of the vehicle. The imaging sensor acquires perception information of a working environment that includes the brake lever. The encoder detects a displaced position of the machine assembly relative to a reference position of the machine assembly. The one or more processors detect a position of the brake lever relative to the machine assembly based on the acquired perception information and the detected displacement of the arm. The one or more processors generate a motion trajectory for the machine assembly that provides a path to the brake lever. The one or more processors drive movement of the machine assembly along the motion trajectory towards the brake lever.

Abstract: An electronic device, capable of being placed on a cradle, may include a camera module configured to acquire an image, a sensor module configured to sense information regarding an orientation of the electronic device, a processor configured to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the acquired image and a communication module configured to transmit the information regarding the orientation of the electronic device and information regarding the target orientation of the electronic device to the cradle.

Abstract: A robot system according to the present invention comprises a control apparatus for controlling a robot, and a video display apparatus connected to the control apparatus. The video display apparatus comprises a display unit which displays an image of a real space containing the robot, in real time as the image is taken by a camera, and an augmented reality image processing unit which causes a virtual image of an end effector or robot peripheral equipment of the robot to be displayed on the display unit in superimposed fashion on a real image of the robot taken by the camera. According to the robot system, even when the end effector or the robot peripheral equipment is not present, a robot teaching task can be performed by assuming that they are present.

Abstract: A system, method, and device may include software and hardware which simplify and quicken configuration of the system for testing a device, enhance testing procedures which may be performed, and provide data via which to easily discern a cause and nature of an error which may result during testing. A camera may capture still images of a display screen of a tested device and another camera may capture video images of the tested device and a partner device. A wizard may be used to generate a configuration file based on one previously generated for a similar device. A mount for a tested device may be structured so that: it is suitable for mounting thereon a plurality of differently structured devices; and adjustments in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a plane and adjustments of an angle of the device relative to the plane may be easily made.

Abstract: An electronic device to be put on a cradle may include a housing including a part in a hemispherical shape and physically coming into contact with the cradle in an arbitrary position when the electronic device is put on the cradle, a display arranged on another part of the housing, a camera module to obtain an image in a direction that the display faces, a sensor module to sense an orientation of the electronic device; and a processor to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the obtained image, and create control data to change the orientation of the electronic device based on the sensed orientation and the target orientation of the electronic device.

Abstract: An end effector is provided. The end effector comprises a housing, a movement system within the housing, an inspection system, a collar installation system, and a sealant application system. The housing has an operating window. The movement system comprises at least one of a rotation mechanism or a number of linear slides. The inspection system is associated with the movement system. The collar installation system is associated with the movement system. The sealant application system is associated with the movement system. Activating the movement system positions any of the inspection system, the collar installation system, or the sealant application system in an active position relative to the operating window.

Abstract: While a location where a user is touching a robot (1) is being detected, a movement control section (14) controls a plurality of movable members such that (i) out of the plurality of movable members, a movable member corresponding to the location is prohibited from moving and (ii) every other movable member of the plurality of movable members is permitted to move. This makes it possible to provide a robot (1) that enables injury-free use by a user while the user is touching the robot (1).

Abstract: A rigid magnetic tag line safety tool is an apparatus that allows a user to guide and connect to a steel plate as it is placed onto or removed from a trench. The rigid magnetic tag line safety tool includes a handle bar, an electrically insulative shaft, a universal joint, a stator, and a magnetized rotor. The handle bar allows a user to grip the apparatus. The handle bar is positioned perpendicular to the electrically insulative shaft and is mounted adjacent to the first shaft end. The electrically insulative shaft distances the user from the steel plate. The stator is pivotably mounted to the second shaft end by the universal joint such that the present invention is not hindered by the varied path of a steel plate being positioned onto or removed from a trench. The magnetized rotor is rotatably mounted to the stator and attaches to the steel plate.

Abstract: A reconfigurable robot system employing a base actuator (11), an instrument actuator (12), an end-effector (13) and arm sets (14, 15). Each arm set (14, 15) is operable to successively adjoin the base actuator (11), the instrument actuator (12) and the end-effector (13) into an arc configuration for moving the instrument as held by the end-effector (13) relative to a remote center of motion responsive to the base actuator (11) generating the rotational motion along a primary axis and/or the instrument actuator (12) generating the rotational motion along a secondary axis. Each arc configuration defines the remote center of motion as an intersection of the primary axis, the secondary axis and the longitudinal axis. The arm sets (14, 15) are partially or fully interchangeable for reconfiguring the arc configuration of the base actuator (11), the instrument actuator (12) and the end-effector (13).