Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments related to end effectors in robotic systems. For example, an end effector for a robotic apparatus may be couplable to the robotic apparatus, and the end effector may include a communication port for coupling to the robotic apparatus, a camera, and a lighting device, wherein a lighting color of the lighting device is controllable via the communication port.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to robot technology, and particularly to a robot localization method as well as an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining a set of particles for localizing the robot; updating a position of each particle in the set of particles based on a preset motion model to obtain the updated position of the particle; obtaining laser measurement data and UWB measurement data; calculating a matching probability of each particle based on the laser measurement data, the UWB measurement data, and the updated position of the particle; and localizing the robot based on the matching probability of each particle. In such a manner, the UWB measurement data is applied to the traditional particle filtering localization algorithm based on laser measurement data so as to enhance the localization precision in large indoor scenes.

Abstract: A controller for controlling an operation of a machine or a robot for handling an object by includes: a sensor signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal from a sensor that outputs three-dimensional point cloud data and a corresponding camera image of an imaging subject; a region acquisition unit that acquires a region having a height lower than a predetermined value; a non-object region setting unit that sets, as a non-object region, a region of the camera image corresponding to the acquired region; a complementary color setting unit that sets a color of the non-object region to a color complementary to a color of the object; an object position recognition unit that recognizes a position of the object relative to the imaging subject from the camera image; and an operation control unit that controls the operation of the machine or the robot using at least the recognized position.

Abstract: A method for determining coordinates of a mechanical arm includes taking a first picture of a marker on a target object on a first jig, obtaining first position coordinates of the marker, calculating reference position coordinates, controlling the mechanical arm to move to the reference position coordinates, moving the mechanical arm from the reference position coordinates to an intermediate position, setting current position coordinates as intermediate position coordinates, moving the mechanical arm from the intermediate position to a target position, setting current position coordinates as target position coordinates, moving the target object onto a second jig, taking a second picture of the marker to obtain second position coordinates, calculating reference position coordinates based on the second position coordinates, controlling the mechanical arm to move to the reference position coordinates, calculating intermediate position coordinates corresponding to the second jig, and calculating target position c

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a main body; an information collecting unit for receiving input of user information; a moving guide unit configured to enable a part of a user's body to be in contact with the main body; a moving unit configured to move the main body; and a control unit which, when sensing that a part of a user's body is in contact with the moving guide unit, controls the moving unit so that the main body moves along a moving route extracted from the user information, wherein the control unit controls the moving unit to allow the main body to move according to a walking speed of the user.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring physiological information. The system comprises: sensors (230), wherein the sensors (230) comprise a motion sensor and a medical monitoring sensor, the motion sensor comprises a first type of sensor (1220) and a second type of sensor (1240), and the medical monitoring sensor is configured to acquire physiological information of a user; a motion assembly (920) executing a control parameter-based operation to move in the surroundings; a tripod head (930); and a processor (210) used to execute operations such as information receiving, map construction, route planning, and control parameter operation.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a main mold and core setting device and a main mold and core setting method which enable core setting work, hitherto implemented by a core setting operator using subtle hand sensation, to be completely reproduced by automation.

Abstract: A controller according to the present disclosure includes a whole-slip detecting unit (210) that detects, based on pressure information sent from a plurality of regions having different slipping characteristics when an object in contact with the plurality of regions is slipping, a state of a whole slip in which the object is slipping on each of the plurality of regions. An occurrence timing of the whole slip is different for each of the plurality of regions, and thus a state of a partial slip in which a part of the object is slipping is able to be detected, so that it is possible to detect a slip of the object with high accuracy.

Abstract: A method for monitoring operation of at least one camera observing a scenery includes the steps of: a) producing (S1) a moving pattern within a field of view of the camera; b) detecting a change (S2) in successive images from the camera; and c) determining (S4) that the camera is not in order if no change is detected.

Abstract: A gripper arm for a gripping device for gripping, holding and guiding in particular bottle-like containers includes a base body, a gripping section as well as at least one actuating roller arranged on the base body and rotatably mounted for interacting with a control cam of the gripping device. The at least one actuating roller is arranged on the base body so as to be replaceable.

Abstract: A gripper arm for a gripping device for gripping, holding and guiding in particular bottle-like containers which includes a base body and a gripping section arranged on the base body, wherein the gripping section is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis in and against a direction of pivoting. At least one limiting means for limiting a pivoting range of the gripping section and at least one resetting means is provided for returning the pivoted gripping section into a vertical position. Further provided are a gripping device as well as a transport device.

Abstract: An end effector is disclosed that is configured for connection to a robotic unit used to manipulate a door of a vehicle (e.g., during vehicle painting). The end effector includes a base plate; a sensor that is supported by the base plate; and a piston that is configured for engagement with the door. The piston is operatively connected to an interrupter such that movement (displacement) of the piston causes corresponding movement (displacement) of the interrupter between a first position, in which the interrupter is positioned in alignment with a signal transmitted across the sensor to interfere with the signal and thereby interrupt circuit completion, and a second position, in which the interrupter is out of alignment with the signal transmitted across the sensor to permit circuit completion and thereby inform the robotic unit that the door is present and engaged with the end effector.

Abstract: A gripping mechanism includes a pair of inclined surfaces and rolling elements. The pair of inclined surfaces face each other, are inclined in opposite directions with respect to a vertical direction, and approach each other on a lower side. Each of the rolling elements is rollable on the respective inclined surfaces in an obliquely upward and downward direction. An opening space is formed between lower ends of the inclined surfaces, the opening space having a direction Y (horizontal) width smaller than a direction Y width of the respective rolling elements arranged in the direction Y.

Abstract: A vacuum cup assembly and a method of lifting an object are provided. The vacuum cup assembly includes a cup structure defining an opening at a proximal end, a recess at a distal end, and a cavity region between the proximal and distal ends, where the cavity region includes at least one cavity. The opening is in fluid communication with the recess and with the cavity region. Inner structures are disposed in the cavity region. The inner structures are configured to hold the cup structure in a gripping position when a negative pressure is applied to the cavity region through the opening in the cup structure. The cup structure is configured to be in a resting position without the negative pressure being applied to the cavity region. The vacuum cup assembly has a first shape in the resting position and a second shape in the gripping position.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a lip assembly for a vacuum gripper or suction device that is designed to work well with both soft flexible packages and articles with rigid surfaces. The lip assembly can have a compliant or flexible inner lip that soft packages can blossom over when suction is applied, while the outer lip of the lip assembly is also suited to working with hard, rigid packages. The vacuum gripper can be mounted on an end of arm tool of a robotic arm and can therefore be configured to work with a wide variety of packages and package types. The small footprint achieved by having a single vacuum gripper that is able to work with both types of packages enables a better opportunity to pick individual packages at one time and maintain a grasp on the package during medium to high-speed transport.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gripper including a pair of main bodies each having an internal space and spaced apart from each other, a pair of openings provided at ends of the pair of main bodies, a pair of moving bodies protruding from the ends of the pair of main bodies through the openings, a pair of inner bodies fixed in the internal space of the pair of main bodies, and a pair of springs configured to be compressed between the inner body and the moving body.

Abstract: A robot arm including a first joint, a second joint, and a coupling element is provided. The first joint has a first inclined surface. The second joint is jointed to the first joint and has a second inclined surface. The coupling element has a third inclined surface and a fourth inclined surface opposite to the third inclined surface, wherein the third inclined surface contacts the first inclined surface, and the fourth inclined surface contacts the second inclined surface.

Abstract: A surgical instrument and method of operating same includes an end effector and a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly has proximal and distal shaft portions respectively extending along proximal and distal axes, a first elongate member, and an articulation section. The articulation section extends between the proximal and distal shaft portions and is configured to articulate about a first articulation axis and about a second articulation axis to thereby respectively deflect the end effector along a first plane and a second plane. The articulation section has a first lumen radially offset from the proximal and distal axes that longitudinally intersects the first and second articulation axes. The first lumen movably supports the first elongate member such that the radial spacing of the first elongate member is maintained relative to the proximal and distal axes at each of the first and second articulation axes during deflection of the end effector.

Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a base, a strut unit, and a linear expansion mechanism 1 rotatably supported on the strut unit. The linear expansion mechanism includes: a plurality of cylindrical bodies assembled in series to each other; a block train including a plurality of blocks coupled to each other in a row, the block at the leading end being connected to the cylindrical body at the leading end; and a housing part that houses the block train along an arc-shaped trajectory, the housing part being arranged below the cylindrical body at the trailing end and above the strut unit.

Abstract: A linear motion mechanism includes: a plurality of linear motion elements that are cascaded in a mutually movable manner; a shaft fixed to one of adjacent linear motion elements among the plurality of linear motion elements; and a slider movably engaged with the shaft and fixed to the other of adjacent linear motion elements.

Abstract: An industrial robot system includes a manipulator with a drive chain including a motor unit. A controller in the industrial robot system is electrically connected to the drive chain by a set of power transmission lines and is operable to transmit electrical power on the set of power transmission lines so as to impart a controlled movement of the manipulator. A supervision sensor is arranged in the manipulator and configured to sense a property of the manipulator. The supervision sensor is electrically connected to at least a subset of the power transmission lines for transmission of sensor data representing the property to the controller.

Abstract: A surgical clipper blade assembly includes a stationary blade and a moveable blade adjacent the stationary blade. The moveable blade is configured to reciprocate relative to the stationary blade to remove hair from a skin area. A blade housing houses the stationary blade and the moveable blade. The blade housing has a guide surface that faces the skin area during a hair removal process. A skin conditioning member in the form of a pad that extends along at least one of a skin facing surface of the stationary blade and the guide surface of the blade housing. The skin conditioning member includes a skin preparation composition. Reciprocating motion of the moveable blade vibrates the skin conditioning member against the skin area as the skin preparation composition is released onto the skin area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a releasable attachment comb for a blade set of a cutting head of a hair cutting appliance, said attachment comb comprising a supporting frame comprising a first lateral grip bar, a second lateral grip bar, and at least one laterally extending supporting bar arranged between the first lateral grip bar and the second lateral grip bar, a plurality of guide teeth that define a skin contact front face; a plurality of snap-on mounting elements; wherein the snap-on mounting elements are spaced away from the first lateral grip bar and the second lateral grip bar; wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements is configured as a proximal snap-on mounting element that is arranged on a first, proximal side; wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements is configured as a distal snap-on mounting element that is arranged on a second, distal side; and wherein the at least one proximal snap-on mounting element and the at least one distal snap-on mounting element are arranged

Abstract: The haircutter according to the invention serves for trimming and styling hair and comprises a grip and a blade head connected with the grip. A working section is disposed at one longitudinal face of the blade head and recessed from an alignment line of the longitudinal face. A haircutting blade having at least one cutting edge is accommodated in the blade head and disposed so as to expose at least part of its cutting edge in the working section and to not protrude beyond the alignment line. The blade head comprises a guiding device having at least one placing surface for the hair to be trimmed so that the hair to be trimmed lies at a defined angle to the cutting edge as the placing surface is placed against the hair.

Abstract: A guard for a hair removal device is disclosed and includes opposing first and second lateral end members each defining a lateral surface extending between first and second lateral ends; at least one longitudinally-extending member arranged between the opposing first and second lateral end members; and a retaining element arranged on the opposing first and second lateral end members or the at least one longitudinally-extending member to removably retain the guard about a portion of a blade of the hair removal device.

Abstract: A shaving device comprising a handle and a removable cartridge, the handle comprising a gripping portion extending along an axis and a first coupling portion arranged at an axial end of the gripping portion, the removable cartridge comprising a shaving head and a second coupling portion, the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion being configured to be removably coupled together for assembling the removable cartridge with the handle, a first element among the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion comprising an auto-tightening spring device configured to lock a second element among the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion with the first element when the second coupling portion is moved axially toward the gripping portion and cooperates with the first coupling portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of automated food preparation. Specifically, the present is a system and method for depositing slices of an ingredient onto a bread or other media. Additionally, the present invention can be used to selectively slice a plurality of ingredients onto a sandwich based on customer inputs and the apparatus can be used for slicing meats, cheeses, vegetables and other deli products.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a punching apparatus of chip-on-film, including: a rotary axis that is configured to be sleeved with a workpiece tray that is wrapped with a chip-on-film material strip, the workpiece tray being configured to include a mark structure having model information of a chip-on-film and rotate along with the rotary axis; a punching structure configured to pull and punch the chip-on film material strip; an identification structure configured to identify the mark structure to identify the model information of the chip-on-film. The disclosure also relates to a assembly system of display apparatus that includes the punching apparatus of chip-on-film.

Abstract: Disclosed is a line catcher-type waterjet cutting apparatus in which a workpiece is subjected to the waterjet processing in a state of being clamped by a workpiece edge clamping device and a separate driving unit for the workpiece edge clamping device is provided, and in which the workpiece is clamped by the workpiece edge clamping device during the waterjet processing, while the workpiece is easily decoupled from the workpiece edge clamping device after the waterjet processing is completed, so that the waterjet processing is carried out while reciprocally conveying the workpiece in an X-direction, thereby increasing the processing accuracy of the waterjet processing and easily automating the waterjet processing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of automated food preparation. Specifically, the present is a system and method for depositing slices of an ingredient onto a bread or other media. Additionally, the present invention can be used to selectively slice a plurality of ingredients onto a sandwich based on customer inputs and the apparatus can be used for slicing meats, cheeses, vegetables and other deli products.

Abstract: A saw assembly for cutting a workpiece is disclosed. The saw assembly includes a platform for supporting the saw assembly on a surface. The saw assembly further includes a table assembly having a saw for cutting the workpiece and a table surface for supporting the workpiece during cutting. The table assembly is pivotably coupled to the platform and is adapted to pivot relative to the platform to position the table surface at an inclination relative to the surface.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a motor saw arrangement comprising a support plate attached to the motor saw chassis or motor saw motor, a detachable clamping plate and a detachable guide bar arranged between the support plate and the clamping plate. The sup-port plate is provided with two first recesses and at least one threaded hole, while the clamping plate is provided with two protrusions adapted to fit inside the respective two first recesses when the clamping plates is attached to the support plate and the protrusions each have a height that exceeds a corresponding height of the guide bar. The guide bar is pro-vided with two keyhole-shaped slots and with a longitudinal slit between the two keyhole-shaped slots and the support plate is further provided with an alignment means. The invention further relates to a method to remove and/or replace a saw chain from a guide bar and to a guide bar intended and adapted for the motor saw arrangement described herein.

Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a horizontal table supported by the base, an arm pivotably coupled to the base at a rear pivot point configured to permit the arm to pivot about a horizontal axis, a circular saw blade arbor supported by the arm at a location spaced forward from the rear pivot point, and a circular saw blade supported by and concentric with the arbor. The saw blade is configured to be driven to cut a workpiece on the horizontal table. The rear pivot point permits the blade to move along an arc in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal table. Between a rear edge of the arbor and a rear edge of the blade, the arm extends substantially above the height of the blade to allow substantially the entire blade area rearward of the rear edge of the arbor to be available for cutting the workpiece.

Abstract: A method for producing a veneer in the form of a veneer sheet, wherein the method includes the following method steps: a) providing a plurality of rattan rods having tubules extending longitudinally, b) producing profiles from the plurality of rattan rods, the tubules extending in the longitudinal direction of the profiles, c) connecting the profiles to form a main body, wherein the profiles are arranged within the main body in such a way that the tubules extend in the longitudinal direction and/or transversely to the longitudinal direction and/or at a predefinable angle to the longitudinal direction of the main body, and d) cutting the main body produced in step c), the veneer sheet being obtained. A moulded component is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for adjusting and setting a fixed position of an axially displaceable shaft and rotary chipper disc combination, without requiring an attachment to or obstruction of an end face of either end of the axially displaceable shaft. A rotary chipper disc recoil mechanism is also provided for the purpose of detection of unwanted axial forces placed upon the rotating shaft caused by unintentional chipping of metal, and for limiting consequential damage caused by the unintentional chipping of metal and other non-wood materials.

Abstract: Binders, methods for making same, and methods for making composite lignocellulose products therefrom. The binder can include about 30 wt % to about 40 wt % of solids that include a urea-modified aldehyde-based resin; about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt % of solids that include an isocyanate-based resin; about 0.1 wt % to about 12 wt % of an extender; and about 50 wt % to about 62 wt % of water, where all weight percent values are based on a total weight of the binder. The binder can have a sodium hydroxide equivalent weight alkalinity of about 3 wt % to about 9 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing isocyanate based lignocellulose materials in the presence of caprolactam, oligomers of caprolactam or mixtures thereof. The present invention also relates to the lignocellulose materials thus obtained and their use in furniture construction, housing construction, interior design and exhibition construction.

Abstract: A 4-dimensional printing system and method for printing reinforced concrete may allow reinforced concrete elements to be printed freeform and/or fully automated without the need for formwork, molding, or labor. The printing system may include software and hardware systems. The software system may process 3D models of the reinforced concrete element desired into multiple layers. The software system may utilize the individual layer to control operation of the hardware system to print the desired reinforced concrete element layer-by-layer. The hardware system may provide a concrete nozzle, a reinforcement material nozzle, as well as dispensing mechanisms for printing the materials at the desired locations and/or at desired times for the individual layer being printed. The hardware system may also include motion control mechanism(s) that allow the position of the nozzles to be moved side-to-side, up and down, and towards or away relative to the element being printed as desired during the printing process.

Abstract: Methods and systems for form an omnidirectional drainage plane integral to a surface of a fiber cement panel. A felt belt used in a Hatscheck process for forming the fiber cement panel includes a belt adaptation that imprints a panel adaptation on the felt surface of the fiber cement panel. The belt adaptation may span the entire felt belt, or may be configured only on a portion, or portions, thereof.

Abstract: The instant invention describes an extruder for shaping clay or similarly pliable materials into desired shapes. The extruder comprises an operational section, a cassette, and a die. The operational section comprises a plunger, a means for controlling movement of the plunger, a means for supplying electricity, and a body to provide an exterior housing. The cassette, which is removably attached to the operational section, comprises a cavity for holding extrusion material through which the plunger will pass. The die comprises an aperture used to shape the extrusion material and is able to he attached to the cassette.

Abstract: A dividing device divides a wafer from an ingot by slicing the ingot by using a dividing layer which is formed by relatively moving a laser beam to a predetermined depth of the ingot from one of both end faces of the ingot. The dividing device for a wafer includes: first fixing part that fixes the other of the both end faces of the ingot; second fixing part that is arranged on a first central axis line of the ingot so as to face the first fixing part and fixes the one of the both end faces of the ingot; and tension part that apply a tensile force to the ingot via the first and second fixing parts. The tension part rotates one end of the dividing layer with another end as a fulcrum so as to generate moments for slicing the ingot with the dividing layer as a boundary.

Abstract: A system for reducing dust when flush-cutting concrete is described, and may include a first vacuum with a first vacuum line, a second vacuum with a second vacuum line, and a saw connected to a third vacuum line, with each of the vacuum lines fluidly connected through a Y-shaped manifold. The system may also include a cart to attach the vacuums to, the cart having an upper shelf for the first vacuum and a lower shelf for the second vacuum.

Abstract: There are provided a resin pellet having high transportability in a solid state in a feeder and a method of producing the same. A resin pellet has a recess, and when a height of the resin pellet in a case in which the resin pellet is disposed on a horizontal plane in such a manner that the recess faces the horizontal plane is defined as T1, and a maximum diameter of the resin pellet as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane is defined as L, an aspect ratio defined by L/T1 is 1.2 to 1.8.

Abstract: A method for producing a powder comprising at least one polymer for use in a method for the additive manufacture of a three-dimensional object is described. The method includes the step of mechanically treating the powder in a mixer with at least one rotating mixing blade, wherein the powder is exposed to a temperature TB and TB is at least 30° C. and is below the melting point Tm of the polymer (determined according to DIN EN ISO 11357) if the polymer is a semi-crystalline polymer, or wherein TB is at least 30° C. and wherein TB is at most 50° C. above the glass transition temperature Tg of the polymer (determined according to DIN EN ISO 11357) if the polymer is a melt-amorphous polymer.

Abstract: A preform can be made from two different materials that do not bond together by a bi-injection process, using the same mold. First an outer preform can be fashioned first, then an inner preform molded through a center hole in the outer preform, and the preforms connected. Inner/outer preform materials can be different, e.g., PET/polyolefin or polyamide, or the same, e.g., PET/PET. To prevent mutual bonding during molding of the second, a non-stick coating can be sprayed on a surface portion of the first preform prior to molding, the second. Manufacturing order can be either outer/inner, or inner/outer, and the non-stick coating sprayed on the inside/outside of the perform first molded.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an injection molding method for fabricating a transparent device, and belongs to the technical field of material processing. The method comprises: preparing a nano-microsphere structural polymer material from a long-chain polymer material; obtaining a glass transition temperature and a viscous flow transition temperature of the nano-microsphere structural polymer material; obtaining a processing temperature of the nano-microsphere structural polymer material according to the glass transition temperature and the viscous flow transition temperature; drying the nano-microsphere structural polymer material; plasticizing the dried nano-microsphere structural polymer material according to the processing temperature; filling the plasticized nano-microsphere structural polymer material; cooling the filled nano-microsphere structural polymer material; and demolding the cooled nano-microsphere structural polymer material to form a transparent device.

Abstract: An improved method of grinding polyaryletherketones, providing very good yields and the production of powders of polyaryletherketones with an average diameter below 100 ?m having a narrow size distribution with few fine particles (Dv10>15 ?m). Method of grinding polyaryletherketones of apparent density below 0.9 carried out in a temperature range between 0° C. and the glass transition temperature of the polymer measured by DSC, in order to obtain powders having a particle size distribution (diameters by volume) of d10>15 ?m, 50<d50<70 ?m, 120<d90<180 ?m.

Abstract: A method of separating carbon fiber tows. The method includes separating two or more first carbon fiber tows from a first tow band onto a second elevation to form two or more second carbon fiber tows from a second tow band. The two or more second carbon fiber tows from the second tow band leave gaps next to first adjacent tows of the two or more first carbon fiber tows remaining from the first tow band after the separating step. The first adjacent tows from the first tow band leave gaps next to second adjacent tows of the two or more second carbon fiber tows from the second tow band.

Abstract: A method of recycling a thermosetting polymer object of arbitrary shape includes: operating a fixture device to hold and rotate the thermosetting polymer object; operating a smart and modularized water jet cutter device to shatter the thermosetting polymer object outside-in into a wet polymer powder; drying the wet polymer powder; flattening the partially dried wet polymer powder; completely drying the flattened wet polymer powder; and separating the dried polymer powder into first and second groups, the particle size of the first group dried polymer powder being greater than a predetermined value, the particle size of the second group fried polymer powder being not greater than the predetermined value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing system for sealing adjacent machine parts, in particular molding tool parts for foaming vehicle parts. The sealing system comprises a sealing device for sealing adjacent machine parts and a light output device which is arranged in such a way that the light output device can illuminate a portion of the sealing device.