Abstract: This invention relates to an attachment for a pole sander tool designed to enable dustless sanding. The attachment includes a shroud with magnetic means for quickly attaching and detaching it from the tool, forming an enclosure to capture dust particles, a port tube for connecting to the sander shaft, and a flexible bellows to provide a vacuum seal between the shroud and the port tube, allowing angular movement of the sander shaft and port tube while maintaining the seal. The port tube is connected to a vacuum source to extract dust particles.

Abstract: An enclosed booth is provided with a low pressure, high volume air pump that outputs a stream of air for sandblast cleaning. A venturi nozzle having a venturi restriction at the end is positioned at the distal end of a first flexible tube. A second flexible tube has an outlet positioned adjacent to the venturi restriction which therefore creates a vacuum to pull sand media from the reservoir into the airflow and eject it out of the outlet nozzle of the first hose. This provides a low pressure stream of sandblast media for cleaning various parts. A reservoir is positioned at the bottom of the booth which is filled with the sandblast media. After the sandblasting media is output from the outlet nozzle, it falls through a substrate having apertures therein and enters the reservoir again.

Abstract: A processing tool for removing a chamfer of a wafer that is formed on its front surface with a central region and a peripheral surplus region, the chamfer being formed in the peripheral surplus region. The processing tool includes an annular grinding grindstone with an opening into which a spindle is inserted and having first and second side surfaces and a polishing grindstone formed on at least one of the first side surface or the second side surface. The processing tool is formed in such a manner as to satisfy both the following conditions (1) and (2): H + h > L ( 1 ) L / 3 > h > L / 100 ( 2 ) where L is a length in a radial direction from a peripheral end of the chamfer to be removed, H is a width of the grinding grindstone, and h is a width of the polishing grindstone.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to assemblies for forming polycrystalline diamond compacts and methods for forming the polycrystalline diamond compacts with the assemblies. An example assembly includes a substrate and a diamond material positioned adjacent to an interfacial surface of the substrate. The assembly also includes an enclosure defining a chamber. The substrate and the diamond material are disposed in the chamber. In an embodiment, the assembly includes a sealant and the sealant includes at least one of cobalt or a copper-nickel alloy. In an embodiment, the substrate includes a concave bottom surface that is opposite the interfacial surface.

Abstract: A portable handheld cleaning device is provided capable of cleaning the surface of the substrate table without damaging the surface. The portable handheld cleaning device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a base having a first side and a second side (the first side and the second side overlapping each other), a hollow structure on the first side of the base, and a weight holding space within the hollow structure. A grinding pad is provided on the second side of the base. The grinding pad includes a cleaning surface, the cleaning surface having a plurality of substantial pyramid shaped grits.

Abstract: A clamping device is provided. The clamping device includes a first lever arm including a first handle portion and a first clamping portion, and a second lever arm pivotably coupled to the first lever arm, the second lever arm including a second handle portion and a second clamping portion, wherein the first and second clamping portions are biased towards one another. The clamping device further includes a locking mechanism pivotably coupled to the second handle portion, wherein the locking mechanism includes an engagement arm configured to selectively engage the first handle portion, and a release arm fixedly coupled to the engagement arm, wherein the engagement arm is biased towards the first handle portion.

Abstract: The clamp assembly includes a mount ring with a first portion including a first passage extending along a first longitudinal axis, a second portion including extending along a second longitudinal axis spaced transversely apart from the first longitudinal passage, and third portion including a third passage extending along a transverse axis between the first and second longitudinal axes, and a clamp movably carried in the third passage of the third portion of the mount ring, and a cam engageable with the clamp to move the clamp toward the first portion of the mount ring. Also disclosed are related clamps and mounting rings.

Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle assembly, a jaw assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The handle assembly may include a top handle and a bottom handle. The jaw assembly may include a top jaw and a bottom jaw. The adjustment assembly may be adjustable to change a bite size defined by the jaw assembly. The adjustment assembly may include a first adjuster disposed at a distal end of the top handle, a second adjuster disposed at a point between a middle portion and proximal end of the top handle, an adjustment rod operably coupled to each of the first and second adjusters, and a cross link extending between a portion of the bottom jaw or bottom handle and the adjustment rod.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using vehicle door jigs with a door jig press. A vehicle door jig can be inserted into a press, and the press can be activated by simultaneously pressing and holding down two or more actuation mechanisms. The press can tighten one or more hooks of the vehicle door jig by pressing the one or more hooks against a base of the vehicle door jig. Releasing the two or more actuation mechanisms can complete pressing of the vehicle door jig.

Abstract: Drive tools having with gear trains that may be used to drive a plurality of fasteners simultaneously. The gear train may include a driving gear that drives a plurality of fastener driver gears, each of which is connected to a fastener driver. Each of the plurality of fastener drivers may be turned simultaneously by rotation of the driving gear, which may be used to turn a similar plurality of fasteners a desired number of turns so that a desired preload is achieved simultaneously.

Abstract: The disclosure is a power tool. The adaptor head includes a seat, a connecting sleeve, an inserting hole and a rolling ball trench. The inserting hole is disposed in the connecting sleeve. The rolling ball trench communicates with the inserting hole. The rolling balls are movably accommodated in the rolling ball trench and include a lower rolling ball which may partially fall in the inserting hole and upper rolling balls. The upper rolling balls include a front rolling ball and a rear rolling ball. The sleeve includes a blocking block and a buffering trench and moves relative to the seat to make the front rolling ball blocked by the blocking block or fall in the buffering trench. The flexible ring flexibly presses the rear rolling ball.

Abstract: A hex wrench structure includes a main body and a laser body. An operation end is provided on the main body. The operation end has six faces and an end face. The six faces surround the end face. The operation end is provided with a chamfered corner located between the six faces and the end face. The operation end is provided with an axis. The six faces are arranged in an annular shape around the axis. The laser body is formed on a whole surface or a partial surface of the operation end by a working machine during a laser process. The whole surface or partial surface of the operation end is provided with a friction face formed by the laser process. The friction face increases a contact friction force between the operation end and the workpiece.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of screwdrivers. Specifically, the torque screwdriver includes a screwdriver handle and an auxiliary scale ring; a screw rod is arranged inside the screwdriver handle; a bearing is arranged on a side surface of the screw rod; a main scale pipe is connected to an outer side of the bearing; an outer side of the main scale pipe is connected with the auxiliary scale ring; and a nut is arranged on an outer side of the auxiliary scale ring. During use of the device, when the screwdriver reaches a fixed torque, the device will slip if the device is continued to be rotated, so as to protect a screw and avoid the screw from being damaged.

Abstract: A power tool including a housing with a motor housing portion, a front housing portion, a rear housing portion, and a handle portion extending from the motor housing portion. The power tool including a motor disposed within the motor housing portion. The power tool including a trigger located on a front side of the handle portion. The power tool including a torque adjustment interface for changing a torque setting of the power tool. The power tool including a torque setting indicator disposed on a side of the power tool and configured to indicate the torque setting of the power tool.

Abstract: A nailing gun includes an inner shell and a firing pin capable of moving relative to the inner shell and used for nailing. The inner shell is further provided with a locking member used for indirectly or directly locking the firing pin, the inner shell is further provided with a driving mechanism and a top shaft capable of moving in a vertical direction of the inner shell under driving of the driving mechanism, the top shaft is connected with the locking member, and when the firing pin is unlocked, the top shaft and the locking member are capable of moving in the vertical direction of the inner shell and away from the firing pin.

Abstract: A portable electric device comprising a cylinder in which at least one movable piston slides between a start position and an end position, said piston comprising a mechanism configured to come into contact with an element to be operated once the piston is in the end position or is between the start position and the end position. More specifically, the portable electric device comprises: a power supply intended to supply power to a first fixed coil, the first fixed coil being positioned facing an expulsion mechanism for expelling the piston when the piston is in the start position, the expulsion mechanism being secured to a first face of the movable piston; and at least one braking mechanism for braking the piston that are configured to brake the piston when the piston is in the end position or approaching the end position.

Abstract: A portable electric device comprising a cylinder in which at least one movable piston slides between a start position corresponding to the top of the cylinder and an end position corresponding to the bottom of the cylinder, said piston comprising a mechanism configured to come into contact with an element to be operated once the piston is in the end position or is between the start position and the end position. More particularly, the portable electric device comprises: a power supply mechanism intended to supply power to a first fixed coil, the first fixed coil being positioned facing an expulsion mechanism for expelling the piston when the piston is in the start position, the expulsion mechanism being secured to a first face of the movable piston; and at least one braking mechanism for braking the piston that are configured to brake the piston when the piston is in the end position or approaching the end position.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool receiving area which has an inner receiving area that is designed to receive an insert tool and also includes a striking mechanism for applying striking pulses to the insert tool. A locking bolt is provided in order to lock the insert tool, wherein the locking bolt is connected to an operating element which is designed to position the locking bolt such that the insert tool is locked in a locked position and is unlocked in an unlocked position in order to be removed from the inner receiving area, and the locking bolt is paired with at least one damping element for at least partly damping a force acting on the insert tool in an idle running state of the hand-held power tool. The tool receiving area is paired with a receiving chamber in which the locking bolt and the at least one damping element are arranged.

Abstract: A power tool attachment is configured to connect to a power tool at a static interface and a dynamic interface. The static interface statically fixes the power tool and power tool attachment together. The dynamic interface provides rotational motion generated by the power tool to the power tool attachment. The rotational motion is provided to a drive of the power tool attachment that converts the rotational motion to a linear reciprocating output.

Abstract: An oscillating tool including a housing, a motor in the housing, a multitool shaft driven by the motor, a clamp assembly operatively driven by the motor through the multitool shaft in an oscillating motion, the clamp assembly configured to selectively hold a power tool accessory and a fan on the multitool shaft. The fan is operatively driven by the motor with the multi-tool shaft and the fan is a double side blade fan.

Abstract: An oscillating tool including a housing, a motor in the housing, a multitool shaft driven by the motor, a clamp assembly operatively driven by the motor through the multitool shaft in an oscillating motion, the clamp assembly configured to selectively hold a power tool accessory and a fan on the multitool shaft. The fan is operatively driven by the motor with the multi-tool shaft and the fan is a double side blade fan.

Abstract: An oscillating tool including a housing, a motor in the housing, a multitool shaft driven by the motor, a clamp assembly operatively driven by the motor through the multitool shaft in an oscillating motion, the clamp assembly configured to selectively hold a power tool accessory and a fan on the multitool shaft. The fan is operatively driven by the motor with the multi-tool shaft and the fan is a double side blade fan.

Abstract: A trigger switch includes a trigger that receives a push-in operation of an operator, and a shaft member that supports the trigger. The trigger moves in an operation direction in which the trigger is pushed in by the push-in operation. The trigger includes a trigger cap including a finger hooking part onto which a finger of the operator is hooked, and a holding member that holds the trigger cap and is supported by the shaft member. The trigger cap is attachable and removable to and from the holding member. An electric device includes the trigger switch, and a body device that is driven in response to a push-in operation on the trigger switch. The body device includes a visual check part that allows visual checking of an attachment state of the trigger cap in the trigger switch.

Abstract: A handheld processing tool includes (i) a housing, (ii) at least one handle connected to the housing for guiding the processing tool, and (iii) a suspension mechanism configured to suspend the processing tool. The suspension mechanism is arranged, with an axial displacement region and a suspension region extending substantially transversely thereto, around at least part of a contour of the handle such that the suspension mechanism, in a first locking position, is inserted into the housing in a largely surface-neutral manner and, in at least one second locking position, is ejected out of the housing. The suspension region, in the at least one second locking position, can be rotated by at least one opening angle of at least 90° with respect to the first locking position in a tangentially locking manner.

Abstract: Provided is a robot including: a main body that includes a base and a top plate; and a cart that is coupleable to the main body. The main body includes a detector, which detects an object that exists around the robot, in a space provided between the base and the top plate, and a body-side support that couples the base to the top plate is included in a detection range of the detector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile robot for a laboratory system, the mobile robot being adapted for transporting sample container carriers and for docking to at least one interface module of the laboratory system, the mobile robot comprising a driving base which is adapted to move the mobile robot over a laboratory floor on which the at least one interface module is to be placed, and a transport module mounted to the driving base, the transport module comprising a transport surface for carrying sample container carriers placed thereon, a sensor unit for detecting misalignment in positioning of the transport surface relative to the interface module upon docking, and an alignment drive unit for adjusting the transport surface relative to the driving base to compensate for detected misalignment.

Abstract: A substrate transfer device includes a shaft member rotationally movable about a rotation axis, a first swing member coupled to a holder for holding a substrate, a first support member supporting the first swing member to be linearly displaced, a second swing member having a linearly moving part linearly displaceable, and a second support member supporting the second swing member to be linearly displaced The first support member is rotationally moved about the rotation axis integrally with the second support member together with the second swing member being linearly displaced with respect to the second support member in a manner interlocked with a linear movement of the linearly moving part, and the first swing member is linearly displaced with respect to the first support member via the shaft member, such that the holder is linearly displaced.

Abstract: Provided is an industrial robot with a cable wiring structure that improves the degree of freedom in disposing objects to be connected with a cable. The industrial robot has: a first arm; a second arm pivotally attached to the first arm; and at least one cable arranged between the first arm and the second arm. The robot further has a groove formed on a side surface of the second arm. The groove is configured to store the cable. The groove has: a first wide part formed to expand in a width direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of the second arm, and to allow the cable to be pulled out; and a second wide part formed to expand in a direction different from the first wide part, and to allow the cable to be pulled out.

Abstract: When a plurality of tools that are different are inserted into and extracted from a tool channel after a bending portion of a continuum robot has been inserted to an inside of a test body, a control device acquires, for each of the plurality of tools, a maximum value of bending angle at which the tool is capable of passing through a tool channel, sets a smallest of a plurality of the acquired maximum values of bending angle as a maximum bending angle, and controls a driving unit so that the bending portion bends within a range of the set maximum bending angle.

Abstract: The present inventive concept provides for a method of battery pack thermal and gaseous stress mitigation. The method includes obtaining data related to batteries within a battery pack. Features are extracted from the obtained data related to the batteries. The extracted features include effected batteries, battery positions, gas and temperature measurements, and gas and temperature thresholds. The extracted features are mapped. Effected battery patterns are identified. Space is created between the effected batteries and adjacent batteries based on the identified effected battery patterns.

Abstract: An intelligent construction robot system having a learning module that performs machine learning based on point cloud data and building information data during a machine learning phase to generate a building model and store it; and a judging module that evaluates the similarity between the point cloud data and each of the building models during a machine interpretation phase to determine whether to use the building model with the highest similarity or to generate another building model, and the judging module generates a construction schedule corresponding to the building model.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described herein for operating an apparatus having a geometric algebra transformer. A computing device can receive, at a geometric algebra transformer, multivector inputs processed from raw data associated with a three-dimensional space. The computing device can process, via the geometric algebra transformer, the multivector inputs to generate multivector outputs. The geometric algebra transformer is trained to process geometric algebra representations associated with the multivector inputs and to be equivariant with respect to translations and rotations.

Abstract: Computer implemented system (C-SYS) and related methods for controlling one or more devices in a procedure performed in relation to a patient. A shape sensing system is used to acquire shape measurement data. A predictor logic (PL) predicts based on this shape measurements an anatomical location, procedure type, or phase of such a procedure. The System may support navigation of a device in the patient. No imagery need to be acquired during the procedure for navigation. The predictor logic (PL) may be based on a machine learning model. Systems (TS, TDS) and methods for training such as model and for generating training data are also described herein.

Abstract: A teaching device is used in an industrial machine system in which information is acquired using a sensor and a task is performed with respect to a workpiece. The teaching device includes: an execution history screen display unit for displaying an execution history screen that presents one or more pieces of execution history pertaining to an execution result of a program performing sensor-based processing, and for accepting an operation to select a single piece of execution history; and a modification screen display unit for restoring the selected single piece of execution history to a program and displaying a modification screen for modifying a configuration parameter of the program in which the execution history is restored.

Abstract: A collaborative robot system includes: an each-axis position calculator that calculates a position of each of axes in order from one of the axes closest to an installation surface of a multi-axis robot; and an external force estimation device. The external force estimation device decomposes torque at each of the axes detected by a torque sensor into axial rotation components in three dimensions, based on the position of each of the axes calculated by the each-axis position calculator and, by creating, for each of the axial rotation components, equations in which the position and the magnitude of the external force for each of the axes are assumed to be unknowns and solving the equations as simultaneous equations, estimates the position and the magnitude of the external force applied to the multi-axis robot.

Abstract: A method for estimating one or more process forces associated with a tool center point of a machine tool includes determining a first set of axis torques along the one or more axes of the machine tool based on a model associated with the machine tool or a first machining run without performing a machining operation, measuring a second set of axis torques along the one or more axes of the machine tool during machining, and determining the one or more process forces associated with the tool center point of the machine tool based on the first set and second set of axis torques. Accordingly, the current disclosure describes a method for estimating the process forces acting on the tool center point of the machine tool without using a forcing measuring cell or sensor at the tool center point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compensating for positioning inaccuracies of a linear robot, which has a supporting and guiding structure having at least one a support rail with at least one linear guide and a carriage which can be moved on this rail by means of a motor, using a mathematical model of the supporting and guiding structure, which calculates geometric changes to the supporting and guiding structure on the basis of one or more parameters.

Abstract: [Problem]To provide a robot control system that can easily obtain an appropriate moving part control law even when there are many combinations of arm states and moving part states to achieve a target motion. [Solution]A robot control system includes: a robot including an arm and a moving part; and a control device that controls the robot. The control device includes; a motion planning part that outputs a target motion associated with a motion of the arm and an allowable range for the motion of the moving part corresponding to the target motion; an arm control part that outputs an arm control instruction associated with the target motion and an arm state transition; and a movement control part that generates a movement control instruction associated with a motion of the moving part to fall within the allowable range using the arm state transition. The robot has the arm controlled by the arm control instruction and has the moving part controlled by the movement control instruction.

Abstract: A system may transport a first set of mobile storage units from a storage area to an active picking bay of a robotic picking station, the robotic picking station including a robotic arm, the active picking bay being within a range of motion of the robotic arm. A system may transport a carton to the robotic picking station, for example, using one or more conveyors. A system may instruct the robotic arm to move a first item from the first set of mobile storage units into the carton. A system may transport the carton out of the robotic picking station.

Abstract: Arrangements for dynamic coordination of multiple robotic manipulator arms are provided. Image data of a real-world environment associated with a plurality of tasks to be performed in coordination by multiple robotic manipulator arms may be acquired. Objects in the image data may be identified and parametric representations thereof may be generated. A parametric model of the real-world environment may be generated using the parametric representations. Based on the parametric model, a planned trajectory of a first robotic manipulator arm over a predetermined time horizon may be determined. The first robotic manipulator arm may be controlled to execute the planned trajectory according to a first task, including manipulating a first object to reveal a second object in the real-world environment. The parametric model may be dynamically updated, and a second robotic manipulator arm may be controlled to perform a second task on the second object in coordination with the first task.

Abstract: CLEAN COPY OF THE ABSTRACT A method to control a closed robotised system comprises a learning step and a reproduction step, wherein, during the learning step, an operator exerts a force and/or a torque (Fc) on a driving assembly, whose sensor detects an applied force and/or torque (Fext); and wherein a processing system carries out an admittance control obtaining, depending on the data detected by the sensor, indications (Xref, X*ref) of movement for the robot manipulator in the Cartesian space; the processing system, following the admittance control, delivers the indications (Xref, X*ref) of movement in the Cartesian space to a trajectory interpolation unit of the robotised system so as to generate a desired trajectory through interpolation.

Abstract: A robot system includes: a first link that is a part of a robotic arm; a first motor that moves according to a rotation of the first link; a first sensor having a fixed location with respect to the first motor; and a memory configured to store first position information indicating a relative position of the first sensor with respect to a first reference position of the first motor.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for improved machine learning. Sensor data depicting a physical environment is accessed, and a set of output affordance maps is generated based on processing the sensor data using an ensemble machine learning model, where each respective output affordance map of the set of output affordance maps indicates a respective probability that a first action can be performed at at least a first location in the physical environment using a respective set of action parameters. Based on the set of output affordance maps, a first set of action parameters and the first location are selected. The first action is performed at the first location in accordance with the first set of action parameters.

Abstract: An apparatus including computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a command defining a desired pose of an end effector of a robotic instrument; determine, based on the command, joint parameters for each joint of the robotic instrument using an inverse kinematics algorithm to enable the end effector to mimic the desired pose as closely as possible, wherein the algorithm is configured to reiteratively calculate a pose of the end effector and identify the calculated pose with the smallest tracking error as a global solution if the tracking error is smaller than that associated with a current pose of the end effector, otherwise identify the current pose as the global solution; and wherein the apparatus is configured to generate a motor command to reconfigure the joints according to the global solution if the calculated pose with the smallest tracking error is identified as the global solution.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer readable media for managing a tool in a robot system. In a method, a plurality of arm positions of a robot arm of the robot system are obtained when the tool is placed under a posture on a surface of a calibration object for calibrating the tool, where the posture represents rotation parameters of the robot arm. A center of the calibration object is determined based on the plurality of arm positions. A reference position of the robot arm is generated for calibrating the tool based a position of the center and the posture.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar (12a) located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means (14) located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar (12a) detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means (3) synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means (14) and the images created with four cameras (7a-7d) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (40b). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar (12a) is included within a region of the bird's-eye image (40b) on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means (14).

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling an underwater robot, an underwater robot and a storage medium. The method includes: in response to switching a display visual angle of a control terminal, determining an orientation of a current display visual angle relative to a controlled underwater robot; determining a current control coordinate system of the underwater robot according to the orientation, a main direction of the control coordinate system is consistent with the orientation; and controlling the underwater robot based on a received control instruction and the control coordinate system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a robot and a method for controlling same. The robot according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a light source unit including a plurality of light-emitting elements; a sensing unit which senses information related to a space from which light is output in the light source unit; and a control unit which makes the light source unit emit light so that an object existing in the space is recognized through the sensing unit, wherein the control unit makes at least one of the plurality of light-emitting elements emit light such that a light pattern that causes a recognition rate for recognizing the object, to be greater than or equal to a preset value, is irradiated to the space.

Abstract: An in-vehicle robot includes a base member, an outer member, an inner member, and first, second, and third power transmission units. The base member is rotatably mounted to a mounting object. The outer member is supported by the base member. The inner member is positioned inside the outer member and supported by the outer member. The first power transmission unit allows the inner member to rotate around a first axis with respect to the outer member. The first axis passes through a portion of the inner member supported by the outer member. The second power transmission unit allows the outer member to rotate around a second axis. The second axis passes through a portion of the outer member supported by the base member. The third power transmission unit allows the outer member to rotate around a third axis that is non-parallel to both the first axis and the second axis.

Abstract: A dispense robot for applying a sealant layer on an inner surface of a tire as the tire rotates about a horizontal axis of rotation includes an articulating arm assembly including a distal arm member. A sealant nozzle may be carried by the distal arm member and configured to dispense a bead of sealant material from a nozzle tip of the sealant nozzle as the sealant nozzle moves in a traversing direction across a width of the inner surface of the rotating tire. First and second distance sensors may be located on opposite sides of the sealant nozzle and configured to view along a length of the sealant nozzle such that a distance of the nozzle tip from the inner surface of the tire is detected by the distance sensors.