Abstract: An arm supporting exoskeleton comprises a shoulder base coupled to an arm link mechanism. The arm link mechanism comprises a proximal link and a distal link configured to rotate relative to each other about a rotating joint; at least one arm-coupler adapted to couple a user's arm to the distal link; a tensile force generator coupled to the proximal link and the distal link, and providing a torque to flex the distal link relative to the proximal link; and a protrusion located substantially at the rotating joint. When the distal link extends past a toggle angle, the protrusion constrains the tensile force generator, and the torque provided by the tensile force generator remains substantially small. When the protrusion does not constrain the tensile force generator, the torque tends to flex the distal link relative to the proximal link, thereby reducing human shoulder forces and torques required to raise the user's arm.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand including a plurality of finger sections and a work device in which the robot performs work. The work device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body configured to rotate in association with rotation of the first rotating body, a grip section provided in the first rotating body, and a setting section provided in the second rotating body, a target object of the work performed by the robot being set on the setting section. The robot grips the grip section with the finger sections to rotate the first rotating body.

Abstract: A link structure includes a first link, a second link having an end that is connected to an end of the first link, a third link having an end that is connected to the end of the first link, and provided on a portion of the second link, a first rotary shaft partially provided in the first link, a first actuator configured to rotate the first link about the first rotary shaft; a second rotary shaft partially provided in the second link, the second rotary shaft being different from the first rotary shaft, and a second actuator configured to rotate the second link about the second rotary shaft, the first and second actuators being provided in the first link.

Abstract: A transport apparatus including a drive; a first arm connected to the drive, where the first arm includes a first link, a second link and an end effector connected in series with the drive, where the first link and the second link have different effective lengths; and a system for limiting rotation of the end effector relative to the second link to provide substantially only straight movement of the end effector relative to the drive when the first arm is extended or retracted.

Abstract: A redundantable robotic mechanism is disclosed for improving reliability of tranport equipment. The redundantable robot assembly typically comprises independent robots with separate controls, motors, linkage arms, or power, thus providing the capability of operation even if parts of the assembly are not operational or when parts of the assembly are removed for repair. The redundantable robot assembly can be also designed to allow in-situ servicing, e.g. servicing one robot when the other is running. The disclosed redundantable robot assembly provides virtual uninterrupted process flow, and thus greatly increases the yield for the manufacturing facility.

Abstract: In one embodiment the present disclosure provides a robotic updating apparatus that includes mapping circuitry to provide movement instructions, the mapping circuitry including map data; wherein the map data includes a defined area for the robotic updating apparatus; movement circuitry to receive the movement instructions and to control movement of the robotic apparatus within the defined area; wherein movement is based on, at least in part, the movement instructions; device discovery circuitry to discover at least one target device within the defined area; and update circuitry to provide update for at least one target device; wherein the device discovery circuitry also to communicate the update to the at least one target device.

Abstract: It is assumed that when a first teaching device is communicating with an active task unit in a robot control device, a second teaching device transmits a request to connect to the active task unit, to the robot control device. In such a case, the robot control device is configured to stop the first teaching device executing active tasks, and establish communication between the second teaching device and the active task unit of the robot control device which allows active tasks to be executed thereby.

Abstract: A robot controller, by which an operator can visually or intuitively understand the direction and/or magnitude of an actual force applied to an arbitrary portion of a workpiece. The controller controls a motion of a robot so that one of a work tool and a workpiece is moved relative to the other, and carries out a predetermined operation. The controller has a force detecting part which detects a force acting between the work tool and the workpiece; and a displaying part which displays a simulated image or video of the robot. The displaying part displays a trajectory of working points on the workpiece, and the force detecting part detects the force applied to each working point when the work tool passes through the working point. The displaying part displays the detected force as a line segment, etc., extending from the working point or a point near the working point.

Abstract: An example system includes a robotic arm coupled to a mobile base. The robotic arm includes a plurality of segments coupled via at least one joint, which includes at least one joint angle sensor. The system also includes a controller configured to carry out operations including receiving, from the at least one joint angle sensor, information indicative of a pose of the robotic arm. The operations include, based on the information indicative of the pose of the robotic arm, determining that a torque induced by the robotic arm is above a predetermined torque threshold. The operations also include causing an adjustable support member to extend out of the mobile base in an orientation that counteracts the torque.

Abstract: Short range transmissions are used to identify potential interactions between warehouse workers and warehouse robots in automated warehouses. The robot can be equipped with one or more short range transmission tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, while the warehouse worker can be equipped with a short range transmission reader, such as an RFID reader. The robot can detect a warehouse worker that is within range when the RFID tags on the robot are written to by the RFID reader. The warehouse robots and warehouse workers can also be equipped with one or more cameras to identify fiducials in the automated warehouse and to report their positions. A central control or interaction server can ensure that warehouse robots and warehouse workers are routed appropriately to avoid incidents.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for grasp point selection for robotic grippers through machine vision and ultrasound beam based deformation. The grasp point selection may aim to increase a probability that the grasp points on an object behave in a substantially similar way when a robotic gripper executes a corresponding grasp on the object. According to some examples, an outline of an object may be extracted from a three-dimensional (3D) image of the object and a set of points may be selected as candidate grasp points from the outline based on the candidate grasp points' potential to achieve force closure. One or more ultrasound transducers may be used to exert a local force on the candidate grasp points through an ultrasound beam and resulting local deformations may be recorded. Final grasp points may be selected based on having similar response to the force applied by the ultrasound transducers.

Abstract: A system for calibrating a robot having a movable part with a calibration marker including: positioning the calibration marker along an optical line of a camera unit; imaging the calibration marker along the optical line to establish line positions P1 . . . PN within a tolerance k, while monitoring joint values j1 . . . jM of the robot; establishing an error function based on resulting calculated robot positions P?1 . . . P?N, for the calibration marker for joint values j1 . . . jM at each line position P1 . . . PN for the calibration marker; identifying a set of robot kinematic parameters by solving an optimization problem based on the error function; and updating a kinematic model of the robot via the identified set of robot kinematic parameters.

Abstract: A robot system and method are provided that move an articulable arm relative to a target object. Perception information corresponding to a position of the arm relative to the target object is acquired at an acquisition rate. Movement of the arm is controlled at a control rate that is at least one of faster than or unsynchronized with the acquisition rate. Predicted position information representative of a predicted positioning of the arm is provided using the perception information. The arm is controlled using the perception information and the predicted position information.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor process equipment used to transfer semiconductor substrates between process chambers. More specifically, embodiments described herein are related to systems and methods used to transfer, or swap, semiconductor substrates between process chambers using a transport device that employs at least two blades for the concurrent transfer of substrates between processing chambers.

Abstract: A surgical tool includes a tool shaft, and end effector and a wrist that couples the end effector to the tool shaft. The tool includes a drive mechanism configured to effect movement of one or both of the wrist and the end effector in yaw and pitch via independent actuation of four independent cable ends of two or more independent cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for surgical removal of a ring. The apparatus includes guards rotatably connected, handles rotatably connected to the guards that each include a portion partially disposed within the respective guard, a guide connected to the guards, and blades disposed on the portion of the handles. The blades contact with at least one of the guide and an inner surface of the respective guard. A rotational axis of a joint between the guards, a rotational axis of a first handle and a first guard, and a rotational axis of a second handle and a second guard are substantially parallel. Movement of a first end of the first handle toward a first end of the second handle results in movement of a second end of the first handle toward a second end of the second handle, and movement of a first blade toward a second blade.

Abstract: A razor having an attachment portion and a shaving aid is provided. The attachment portion includes a blade body. The shaving aid is provided with a deformable portion that deforms when contacted by the skin surface. When the razor is used, the shaving aid itself deforms to decrease the frictional resistance between the shaving aid and the skin surface. This improves the tactile sensation on the skin surface and thus the shaving sensation.

Abstract: A razor cartridge including a guard at a front portion of the cartridge, a cap at a back portion of the cartridge, at least one blade positioned between the guard and the cap, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, and a lubricating member positioned in the cartridge at the top surface. The lubricating member has an exterior surface with a visible surface and a non-visible surface. A printed support structure is provided on the exterior surface of the lubricating member. The printed support structure covers a portion of the exterior surface to provide structural integrity for the lubricating member.

Abstract: A razor includes a handle and detachable blade cartridge. The end of the handle has a pivot sphere upon which the blade cartridge is rotatably mounted, with freedom to pivot around three axes of the handle, and otherwise holds its orientation relative to the handle. The blade cartridge is held to the pivot sphere by a clevis having recesses defined in at least the inner side surfaces of its legs. The recesses, together with the clevis, are sized to admit the pivot sphere between them and to hold the sphere therein once admitted. The clevis and/or the pivot sphere can be formed of a resilient injection molded plastic. The range of motion of the blade cartridge can be limited by forming one or more stops on the pivot sphere to interact with the clevis and thereby interrupt its free rotation.

Abstract: A grip for a knife, the knife characterized by a handle, a blade, a blade spine, and a blade edge, said grip comprising a forefinger grip located on a first face of the blade, said forefinger grip comprising a first forefinger guide, a second forefinger guide, and a forefinger retaining area configured to retain a first portion of a forefinger of a user; a thumb grip located on the second face of the blade, said thumb grip comprising a thumb guide and a thumb retaining area configured to retain a thumb of the user; and a platform located on the blade spine, said platform configured to provide support for a second portion the forefinger of the user.

Abstract: A groove cutter for floor sheets which is a tool capable of being operated without using a ruler and can cut a seam, which is created when sheets are laid sequentially on the surface of floor base with an adhesive agent, so that a groove formed along the seam can bridge over both adjacent sheets, comprising a front part, a middle part, a rear part, wherein the front part has a thin guide plate, which is to be inserted into the seam and guides the said tool along the said seam when pushing the tool forward, at the front end, and at least one blade to cut a concave groove at the seam part of the above sheet, which is provided behind the guide plate so as to be detachable, and also a stabilizing member provided at the rear part, which is to be inserted into the concave groove, to stabilize a direction of movement of the tool along the seam.

Abstract: A wire saw for cutting pipe is provided including a saddle forming a saddle surface for abutting against a cylindrical pipe, an elongate guide fixed to the saddle, a bow having a first and second end, a bridge portion joining the first and second ends, and an open end having a length L from the first end to the second end which is greater than a diameter D of the pipe, a wire loop movable along a track formed within the bow, and a cooling system for actively cooling the wire loop. The elongate guide has an axis approximately perpendicular to an axis of the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle. An exposed portion of the wire loop extends across the open end. The bow is moveable on the elongate guide toward and away from the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle.

Abstract: The bite slicer apparatus, an apparatus to slice up a crepe on a paper plate, consists of three main parts the mainboard (1) the knife-unit (9) and the bite-stabilizer (14) consisting of the mainboard (1) has been designed in the shape of a U-profile with the lower handle (7) fitted on one side and the bearings (2) fitted on the opposite side, inside the bearings (2) is situated the axis (3), the knife-unit (9) which is made up of a number of blades (11) swings 125° on the axis (3), the bite-stabilizer (14) which is made up of a number of D-rings (15) swings 160° on the axis (3).

Abstract: A waste recycling mechanism is disposed on a film cutting machine and includes a fixing plate fixed to a cutting template of the film cutting machine, a pressing-head device disposed on the fixing plate, a tape, a tape reel and a collection device disposed on a platform of the film cutting machine. The tape is wound on the tape reel and is connected to the collection device after being wound on the pressing-head device. When the fixing plate moves downward with a cutting motion of the cutting template, the pressing-head device presses a film waste to make the tape attached to the film waste. When the fixing plate moves upward, the collection device reels in the tape to make a portion of the tape having the film waste separate from the pressing-head device and make a portion of the tape without any film waste wound on the pressing-head device.

Abstract: A method for casting a hollow core concrete product with a substantially horizontal slipform casting process, where concrete mass is fed at least in one feeding stage through a limited cross-section (5, 6, 7) moving progressively along with the cast, and at least one core is formed in the concrete product to be cast with a core forming member (4), wherein the thickness of webs between the cores of the product to be cast are changed during the slipform casting process by changing the width of the at least one core forming member (4). The invention also relates to such an apparatus and a core forming member.

Abstract: Compositions for gypsum board are disclosed, comprising a mixture of a gypsum slurry and a pre-generated foam and a coalescing agent. The coalescing agent comprises one or more coalescing agents that are added to the composition singly, separately or in combination to change the size and distribution of the air bubbles in the foamed gypsum slurry. The resulting gypsum cores have increased nail pull resistance and an improved facer/gypsum core bond.

Abstract: A turning device, for manufacturing wind turbine blades and turning moulds relative to each other, having a base, a rotational part movable relative to the base on an rotational axis, a first linear actuator with first and second ends, the first end attaching to the base, and the second end attaching to the rotational part at a first anchor point on a first turning axis, and a second linear actuator having first and second ends, the first end attaching to the base, and the second end attaching to the rotational part at a second anchor point on a second turning axis. The first turning axis is a first distance from the rotation axis and is moved on a first arc on the rotation axis, and the second turning axis is a second, different distance from the rotation axis and is moved along a second arc on the rotation axis.

Abstract: A tool element assembly (10) is provided in which ambient air is drawn into a fluid chamber (24) and heated via a heating element (28) in order to provide a low pressure, efficient, heating system.

Abstract: A mold assembly for forming a film includes a transparent bottom mold, a top mold, a case, and a lighting member. The transparent bottom mold defines a cavity for receiving a work piece and a plurality of liquid compositions. The top mold is matched with the bottom mold to accommodate the work piece between the bottom mold and the top mold. The case receives the bottom mold and the top mold placed therein. Air in the case is exhausted from the case to coat the plurality of liquid composition on the work piece. The lighting member emits light on the liquid compositions to solidify the liquid compositions to form a film on the work piece.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a grain bin sensor cable including a plurality of mold members defining a mold cavity. A pre-formed cable with wires disposed therein is placed into the mold cavity, heated, and formed into a post-formed cable. The post-formed cable includes a recessed portion and a pair of end caps. Apertures are created within the recessed portion so as to expose a portion of the wires. The end caps are generally cone-shaped and include vertical walls. The post-formed cable is removed from the mold cavity and a sensor package is coupled to the wires exposed in the recessed portion and captured between the vertical walls of the end caps. A housing is coupled about the sensor package.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a crash pad having a foam layer by injecting and foam-molding a foam liquid between a base and a skin may include a first mold and a second mold which mold the base by injecting molten resin into a base forming space formed in a mold-closed state and a vacuum mold for vacuum-molding the skin, in which when the vacuum mold to which the formed skin may be attached may be mold-closed with the first mold, a foam space may be formed between the skin and the base of the first mold, and an injection channel for injecting the molten resin into the base forming space and a foam liquid injection channel for injecting the foam liquid into the foam space may be provided in the first mold, such that the first mold may be used as a foam mold, together with the vacuum mold.

Abstract: A glass encapsulation structure and an injection molding device are provided. The encapsulation structure includes: a guide piece; and an encapsulation component, wherein the guide piece is fixed to a side surface of a glass through the encapsulation component, wherein the guide piece includes a strip part, a bump and a positioning hole, wherein the strip part has a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface and facing an interior of a vehicle body when the guide piece is mounted onto the vehicle body, the bump is located on and perpendicular to the first surface, the positioning hole is formed in the bump, an axis of the positioning hole is perpendicular to the side surface of the glass, and the positioning hole matches a positioning pin in an injection molding device in an injection molding process. A yield of encapsulation structures may be improved.

Abstract: A strain relief for a coaxial cable and coaxial connector interconnection is provided as an injection moldable polymer material surrounding the interconnection. The injection moldable material fills a solder pre-form cavity between an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an inner diameter of a bore of the connector body, strengthening and environmentally sealing the interconnection.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a composite ribbed expanded polystyrene pallet, which includes prefabricating the base support according to the bottom shape of the body; placing the base support in a concave mold matched with the base support; placing the plural reinforcing ribs on a supporting bracket of a raised mold; forming a mold cavity; and injecting ore-expanded polystyrene particles to produce the body, meanwhile the body is combined with the base support to form the pallet; wherein the reinforcing ribs are fixed by the supporting bracket, one end of which is provided with a spring leaf configured to engage the plural reinforcing ribs, during production process, the free end of the spring leaf inserts into the process hole to fix the reinforcing ribs, after completion of forming process, the free end of the spring leaf is removed together with the raised mold, while the reinforcing ribs stay inside the body.

Abstract: A method for integrally molding a metal and a resin and a metal-resin composite structure obtainable by the same are provided. The method comprises forming a nanopore in a surface of a metal sheet; melting a thermoplastic resin on the surface of the metal sheet formed with the nanopore; and injection molding the thermoplastic resin onto the surface of the metal sheet. The thermoplastic resin includes a mixture of a main resin and a polyolefin resin, the main resin is a polycarbonate, and the polyolefin resin has a melting point of about 65° C. to about 105° C.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing and labeling plastic wares comprising durable acrylic labels that are integrated into a surface of the plastic wares.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition having: a diphthalonitrile compound having at least two phthalonitrile groups; a reactive plasticizer; and an amine curing agent. Also disclosed is a composition having: a diphthalonitrile compound having at least two phthalonitrile groups; a nonreactive plasticizer; and an amine curing agent. Also disclosed is a method of: providing a composition having a phthalonitrile compound; heating the composition to a processing temperature until the composition has a viscosity of 30-40 Pa·s at the processing temperature to form a partially cured composition; placing the partially cured composition into a material chamber of an extrusion machine; heating the partially cured composition and the material chamber to within 10° C. of the processing temperature; and extruding fiber from the extrusion machine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flow device including a body disposed in an extrusion apparatus. The body is defined along a plane and has a first side and a second side. The second side is disposed opposite the first side. The flow device also includes a first face formed at the first side and a second face formed at the second side. The body has a thickness defined between the first face and second face. A plurality of feedholes is defined in the body between the first side and the second side. In addition, at least a portion of the first face or second face forms a curvature that extends outwardly from the plane.

Abstract: A calibration device for calibrating a film hose produced via a blow-extrusion film device, by which the film hose can be brought into a desired diameter, has at least one film guiding element, by which the film hose can be guided. The film guiding element includes at least one elastically deformable element.

Abstract: A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multiple layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multiple layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated inner and outer parisons to establish the multiple layer parison.

Abstract: A blow molding device includes a blow molding mold to which a preform is fitted, a blow nozzle that is fitted to a mouth tubular portion of the preform, and a pressurized liquid supply unit configured to supply a pressurized liquid to the blow nozzle, the preform being to be molded into a shape conforming to a cavity of the mold by filling the liquid into the preform through the blow nozzle. The blow nozzle includes a central hole and a plurality of peripheral holes having an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the central hole and arranged to surround the central hole. The liquid is filled into the preform through the central hole and the plurality of peripheral holes.

Abstract: Assembly (30) of a preform (32) and a station (34) for hydroforming a container from the preform, wherein: the preform has a neck (44) extending along an axial direction (D), the neck comprising a support ring (46), and a finish (48), the station comprises a mold (36) in which the preform is placed, the support ring being in contact with a support surface (56) of the mold, the station comprises an injection nozzle that is movable along the axial direction with respect to the mold from a retracted position to an intermediate position, wherein a contact is established between a first contact surface (72) of the nozzle and the finish, and further to an injection position, wherein a second contact surface (74) of the nozzle abuts on an abutment surface (76) and the neck is axially compressed between the support surface and the first contact surface, the first contact surface being less deformable than the neck in the axial direction, and the station is adapted for injecting a liquid from the nozzle into the pr

Abstract: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that includes a support structure configured to hold an imprint template. The apparatus further includes an actuator located between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure, configured to apply a force to the imprint template and a force sensor between the support structure and a side of the imprint template, when the imprint template is held by the support structure.

Abstract: A system for forming a waterproof seam between to sewn materials. The seam is formed using an adhesive coated thread. A thin strip of adhesive is placed between the two materials at the seam line. As the coated thread is sewn into the seam heat and pressure are simultaneously applied, melting the adhesive coating thereby filling the needle punctures. The melted adhesive coating will also flow into the areas between the needle punctures and between the materials. The heat and pressure applied to the coated thread will also melt the adhesive strip, causing additional adhesive to flow into the needle punctures and the areas between needle punctures.

Abstract: An applicator for applying two materials to a substrate includes a central module configured to receive a first material, a tee block configured to receive a second material, a pair of outer modules spaced from and disposed on opposite sides of the central module, each outer module fluidically connected to and configured to receive the second material from the tee block, and a slot die assembly disposed in fluid communication with the central module and the pair of outer modules, the slot die assembly configured to receive the first and second materials from the central and outer modules, respectively, and discharge the first material over a first width and the second material over a second width greater than the first width.

Abstract: Hydraulic expansion chuck with a basic body, with an expansion bush which is received in the basic body and defines a reception space for a tool to be clamped, and with a pressure chamber which is delimited between the expansion bush and the basic body. A securing pin extends through the basic body and the expansion bush into the reception space. Also broadly contemplated herein is a method for producing a hydraulic expansion chuck via: providing a basic body with a blind hole, into which an internal thread is cut. An expansion bush is then soldered into the basic body. Finally, an orifice is made at the bottom of the blind hole and extends through the material of the expansion bush into a tool reception space which is delimited in the expansion bush.

Abstract: An upper opening accommodating chamber and a lower opening upper box are joined vertically together with a decorative film sandwiched therebetween to sealingly form a forming space in which the accommodating spaces and are coupled together, and each of the upper and the lower spaces of the forming space is pressure-controlled to bring, under reduced pressure, the decorative film into close contact with a surface of a part of the adherend accommodated in the forming space. The accommodating chamber includes a recessed receiving jig enclosing a predetermined forming portion of the entire adherend from the inside of the portion to a side periphery, and only the portion surrounded by the receiving jig is partially vacuum formed.

Abstract: A laminating device includes a first jig on which a first member is seated, a second jig facing the first jig, and a second member between the first jig and the second jig. The second jig includes a pad part having a top surface on which the second member is seated, the pad part having elasticity, a pad deformation part configured to support a rear surface of the pad part, and a support part to support the pad deformation part. The pad deformation part couples the pad part to the support part, and a portion of the pad deformation part has a recessed plate shape with respect to the pad part to correspond to a position thereof coupled to the support part.

Abstract: A laminated composite structural panel with fiber reinforcement comprising a skin with a thickness e1 and a localized reinforcement or patch. The skin is made up of a stack of fibrous plies in a matrix made of a thermoplastic polymer. The localized reinforcement or patch is joined to the surface of the skin and rises to a thickness of e2 in a direction that is locally normal to the skin, which is made up of a stack of fibrous plies in a matrix made of thermoplastic polymer. The surface of the plies that make up the patch is decreasing from the ply of the patch in contact with the skin so that the edges of the patch have a slope p greater than 0.5. The patch and the skin is joined by a weld.

Abstract: A device for producing a three-dimensional object from hardenable material has a construction space (20) for constructing the object (50), a temperature control unit for controlling the temperature of the construction space (20), and a preparation unit (11) for preparing the hardenable material in such a way that the material is in the fluid phase. A pressure generation unit (10) applies pressure to the fluid phase in the preparation unit. A discharge unit (12) is provided for discharging the hardenable material through an outlet (12b) in the form of drops in the direction of the construction space (20). In order to optimize the energy required to control the temperature that promotes bonding of the material on the object (50), the temperature-controlled construction space (20) is surrounded by a construction space frame (18) in which at least the outlet of the discharge unit (12), the preparation unit (11), and the object support (13) for producing the object are accommodated.