Abstract: A power tool includes a working portion with a motor housing enclosing a motor, a handle portion including a handle housing, a connecting member having a first end coupled to the handle housing and a second end coupled to the motor housing, and a vibration damping structure configured to reduce transmission of vibration from the motor housing to the handle housing.

Abstract: According to some aspects of the disclosure, a potting boat comprises a base plate, a plurality of sidewalls extending from the base plate to define an internal area, an arm extending in a first direction from a first end that is coupled to a first sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls to a second end positioned away from the first sidewall, and a finger extending in a second direction from the arm, the second direction being at a non-zero angle relative to the first direction to define a first gap between the first sidewall and the finger.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing enclosing a motor and a sensor. The sensor is configured to control operation of the motor. The power tool includes an output device driven by the motor, a mount coupled to the sensor, and an actuator removably coupled to the mount. The actuator is slidable along the mount to couple the actuator to the mount.

Abstract: A power tool including a housing, at least one handle mountable to the housing, a motor mounted in the housing and electrically connected to a power source, and at least one component with at least one electrical connection electrically connected to the power source. The handle includes an internal cavity, and the component is mountable within the cavity. The handle also features a handle slot configured to receive the electrical connection when the component is mounted within the handle. This design allows for easier assembly and attachment of power cables and electronic components within the handle of the power tool.

Abstract: An ergonomic manual driver includes a handle having ergonomic recesses. A manual driver includes an elongated shank and a handle. The elongated shank extends along a shank axis. The handle includes a handle body attached to the elongated shank. The handle body includes a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion. The middle portion includes middle portion pyramid-shaped recesses, distal portion faceted recesses, and/or proximal portion faceted recesses.

Abstract: Tool support devices are provided. In some embodiments, the tool support device includes a storage tray and an adjustable mounting mechanism configured to engage and support the tool support device from a wall, such as a utility bucket wall. In other embodiments, the tool support device is a corner mounted device with a plurality of openings for support tools of different sizes.

Abstract: A Mechanic's Creeper with Lights is a mechanic's creeper equipped with integrated task lighting powered by a rechargeable battery pack. The device is provided with multiple light emitting diode (LED) lights on either side of the headrest. The lights are low profile and do not interfere with use of the creeper. The lights, held in place via magnets, are wired together to a common switch located at the top of the creeper that is easily reached when laying on the creeper. The lights are powered by a typical removable battery pack used to power portable tools such as those from DeWalt®, Milwaukee®, or the like. Various adapters to utilize different battery systems and voltages could be provided. The battery pack is located on the underside of the device near the user's head for easy access should removal of the battery for recharging be necessary.

Abstract: A robotic crawler is provided. The robotic crawler includes a first crawler system configured to engage and selectively couple with a surface. A second crawler system is spaced apart from the first crawler system and configured to engage and selectively couple with the surface. A linkage is coupled between the first crawler system and the second crawler system, the linkage having an actuator and a bar member. A controller is operably coupled to the first crawler system, the second crawler system and the actuator, the controller being configured to selectively operate the actuator and move one of the first crawler system or the second crawler system from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A robot includes a base section that is installed on an installation surface; a first arm that is connected to the base section so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis with respect to the base section; a second arm that is connected to the first arm so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the first arm; a shaft that is connected to the second arm so as to be pivotable about a third pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the second arm and so as to be movable along an axial direction of the third pivot axis, and that includes an end section on a first arm side; and a vibration detection section that is provided on the base section, wherein a length of the shaft from the second arm to the end section of the shaft is shorter than a distance along the axial direction of the third pivot axis between the second arm and the first arm.

Abstract: A manipulator arm includes a parallel link, an actuator, and first and second covers. The parallel link includes first and second end members spaced apart from each other, a first link attached to the first end member at a first position and to the second end member at a second position, and a second link attached to the first end member at a first position and attached to the second end member at a second position, the first link being parallel to the second link. The actuator is attached to the first end member at a first actuator position and attached to the second end member at a second actuator position. The first cover is on the first link and covers at least the actuator, and the second cover is on the first link and covers at least the second link and the actuator.

Abstract: A tendon-driven robotic gripper is disclosed for performing fingertip and enveloping grasps. One embodiment comprises two fingers, each with two links, and is actuated using a single active tendon. During unobstructed closing, the distal links remain parallel, creating exact fingertip grasps. Conversely, if the proximal links are stopped by contact with an object, the distal links start flexing, creating a stable enveloping grasp. The route of the active tendon and the parameters of the springs providing passive extension forces are optimized in order to achieve this behavior. An additional passive tendon is disclosed that may be used as a constraint preventing the gripper from entering undesirable parts of the joint workspace. A method for optimizing the dimensions of the links in order to achieve enveloping grasps of a large range of objects is disclosed and applied to a set of common household objects.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, an attraction pad, a sensor, and a controller. The robot includes a hand whose orientation is changeable. The attraction pad is attached to the hand, attracts a workpiece, and holds the workpiece. The sensor is attached to the hand, includes a detection surface, and detects contact between the detection surface and the workpiece. The controller can determine whether the workpiece has been brought into surface contact with the detection surface based on a result of detection made by the sensor and changes the orientation of the hand, until the workpiece makes surface contact with the detection surface, and then makes the attraction pad hold the workpiece.

Abstract: One embodiment of a method for controlling a robot includes generating, via a first trained machine learning model, a robot motion and a predicted force associated with the robot motion, determining, via a second trained machine learning model, a gain associated with the predicted force, generating one or more robot commands based on the robot motion and the gain, and causing a robot to move based on the one or more robot commands.

Abstract: A data collection system collects data required to generate an automated work program that causes a control target to automatically perform predetermined work. The data collection system instructs presentation of a work guide that indicates a work process for work elements. The data collection system acquires an operation log of a log collection system during execution of the work element. The data collection system acquires an image log of the log collection system during execution of the work element. The data collection system acquires time data indicating time required to execute the work element. The data collection system acquires evaluation data indicating evaluation of an execution result of the work element. The data collection system causes a data storage unit to store therein a work element log in work element units in association with the operation log, the image log, the time data, and the evaluation data.

Abstract: A method includes performing a substrate processing process by carrying a substrate into a chamber, and disposing the substrate in a loading region of the chamber, capturing an image of a lower surface of the substrate to acquire a first image, identifying particle patterns formed on the lower surface of the substrate in the substrate processing process, and an edge of the substrate, from the first image, calculating a first alignment error value of a deviation between an approximate position value for the center of the loading region calculated from the particle patterns and an approximate position value for a center of the substrate calculated from the edge of the substrate, and determining a point in time for teaching a transfer robot that deposits the substrate into the chamber, based on the first alignment error value.

Abstract: Disclosed techniques for decreasing teach times of robot systems may obtain a first set of parameters of a first trained robot-control model of a first robot trained to perform a task and determine, based on the first set of parameters, a second set of parameters of a second robot-control model of a second robot before the second robot is trained to perform the task. In some cases, a plurality of sets of parameters from trained robot-control models of respective robots trained to perform a task may be obtained. Thus, for example, a convergence of values of those parameters on a value, or range of potential values, may be determined. Embodiments may determine values for parameters of the control model of the (e.g., second) robot to be trained within a range, or a threshold, based on values of corresponding parameters of the trained robot(s).

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, and a moving stand including a plurality of legs configured to contact a floor or a ground, and an installation portion on which the robot is installed. At least one of the plurality of legs includes a holding-force changing portion configured to change fixing holding-force between the at least one of the plurality of legs and the floor or the ground in accordance with state of the robot.

Abstract: A teaching device for performing program creation using an icon representing a function constituting a control program for an industrial machine is provided, the teaching device including: a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating whether or not the icon constituting the control program can execute an anticipated action, or has performed execution thereof or not; and an information display creating unit that creates a display relating to the icon, so that whether or not the icon making can execute the anticipated action or has performed execution thereof or not can be visually recognized on the program creating screen, on the basis of the state information.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to determine a grasp and placement of an object in an environment. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to identify one or more grasping and placement masks used to manipulate an object.

Abstract: A computing system and method for estimating friction and/or center of mass (CoM) are presented. The system may perform the method by selecting at least one of: (i) a first joint from among a plurality of joints, or (ii) a first arm segment from among a plurality of arm segments. The computing system further outputs a set of one or more movement commands for causing robot arm movement that includes relative movement between the first arm segment and a second arm segment via the first joint, and receiving a set of actuation data and a set of movement data associated with the first joint or the first arm segment. The computing system further determines, based on the set of actuation data and the set of movement data, at least one of: (i) a friction parameter estimate or (ii) a CoM estimate.

Abstract: This application relates to a robot position determination method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining laser point cloud data by using a laser sensor carried by a robot; obtaining pose data of the robot by using a motion sensor carried by the robot; performing calculation according to a navigation QR code and the pose data of the robot obtained by the motion sensor and based on an extended Kalman filter, to obtain a prior pose of the robot; matching the laser point cloud data with a robot map based on the prior pose of the robot, to obtain a first pose of the robot; and fusing the first pose of the robot with a second pose currently outputted by the extended Kalman filter, to obtain a final pose of the robot.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a robot control method, a robot and a storage medium. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the robot determines a position when the robot is released from being hijacked based on relocalization operation; determines a task execution area according to environmental information around the position when the robot is released from being hijacked; and afterwards executes a task within the task execution area. Thus, the robot may flexibly determine the task execution area according to the environment in which the robot is released from being hijacked, without returning to the position when the robot is hijacked, to continue to execute the task, then acting according to local conditions is realized and the user requirements may be met as much as possible.

Abstract: A robot includes a housing, at least one manipulator, a control system for controlling the manipulator, a safety volume enclosed at least by a surface set including at least one boundary surface, a boundary sensor system including at least one photoelectric sensor, and a mobile base. The safety volume is enclosed by at least one portion of the housing and the surface set. The housing includes at least one opening, wherein each boundary surface is associated with an opening. The boundary sensor system monitors at least one boundary surface and is configured to sense an object intersecting with at least one boundary surface. The control system includes a safety supervision system and a non-redundant control system. In a first state, the safety supervision system decelerates an operation of the manipulator if the boundary sensor system senses an object intersecting with at least one monitored boundary surface.

Abstract: A robotic system to control multiple robots to perform a task cooperatively is disclosed. A first robot determines to perform a task cooperatively with a second robot, moves independently to a first grasp position to grasp an object associated with the task, receives an indication that the second robot is prepared to perform the task cooperatively, and moves the object independently of the second robot in a leader mode along a trajectory determined by the first robot. The second robot assists the first robot in performing the task cooperatively, at least in part by moving independently to a second grasp position, grasping the object, and cooperating with the first robot to move the object, at least in part by operating in a follower mode of operation to maintain engagement with the object as the first robot moves the object along the trajectory.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of logistics and robotics. It turns a passive, “dumb” container into an active, smart container that uses advanced Robotics to create major new efficiencies and major cost reductions in the supply chains of the world including ecommerce. Traditional prior art containers made valuable contributions to the efficiency of port operations by loading cargo ships about 20 times faster than before, but they didn't address the issue of loading the container itself before sending it to the port, which remains an expensive manual process. They also didn't address the issue of unloading the container when it arrives at its final destination, which is still an expensive manual process. The present invention resolves those issues, because the new active smart container can load and off-load itself automatically at unprecedented speed and accuracy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for robotic teleoperation are provided. The system receives motion input and gaze data of a human operator performing a robotic teleoperation task, and a plurality of features are extracted from the received data. A recurrent neural network determines latent actions from the extracted features and generates temporally associated action inferences. A model determines inferred intention from a sequenced pair of action inferences, an intention hierarchy, and a probabilistic uncertainty function. A teleoperated robotic element performs a task associated with the inferred intention without a corresponding control signal from the human operator. The recurrent neural network is trained using extracted features and contrastive learning. The intention hierarchy is generated from action inferences. The probabilistic uncertainty function is generated using Bayesian hierarchical modeling. The system and method improves robotic teleoperation by estimating the intention of the human operator.

Abstract: A control circuit for a joint module includes a filter and fuser device, a first controller, and a second controller that are electrically connected in sequence. The filter and fuser device is electrically connected to the joint module and is configured to perform a filtering and fusing process on a first position signal and a second position signal to acquire a third position signal. The first controller is configured to generate a first speed signal based on the third position signal and a target position signal; and the second controller is configured to control the joint module based on the first speed signal, a second speed signal, and a current signal.

Abstract: Systems for automatic labeling and methods for using automatic labeling systems are disclosed. A system can include a camera, and a controller including one or more processors coupled to one or more memories. The system can acquire an image of a sample object via the camera, and identify first and second tokens depicted in the image or positioned over the image of the sample object. The system can designate a location of the first token as a target label location at which a label is to be applied to the sample object, and designate a location of the second token as an identifying information location that is identifiable to determine an orientation of the sample object.

Abstract: Existing works on surveillance robots in indoor scenarios focus only on specific event detections and fail to detect most indoor objects due to lack of proper training. The present disclosure receives and pre-processes stream of input images specific to plurality of scenes related to indoor space from robot mounted camera. Pre-processed stream of input images is passed to a first trained model to obtain plurality of bounding boxes and masks pertaining to objects. An object property detector algorithm is run on masks to detect properties of objects. Classify signages comprised in masks as text signage by passing through optical character recognition or symbol by passing through second trained model. Convert output of optical character recognition and second trained model into facts and infer new facts using steam reasoning. Matching patterns comprised in form of an adaptable business logic with inferred new facts and trigger alerts, if pattern is matched.

Abstract: A system for providing medication to a customer includes a movable structure with a robotic arm including one or more joints, actuators, and segments, each of which is structured to move a robotic manipulator coupled to an end of the robotic arm. The robotic manipulator is configured to retrieve and release a container containing the medication. The robotic arm further includes a camera and microphone, as well as a computing system that includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the memory causes the computing system to capture identifying data regarding a customer; identify the customer based on the identifying data; associate the customer with a medication order; and retrieve.

Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for preparing a robotic system for surgery. In one aspect, the method includes a robotic arm, a sensor configured to generate information indicative of a location of the robotic arm, a processor, and at least one computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions. The instructions are configured to cause the processor to receive the information from the sensor, determine that the robotic arm is located at a first position in which a first axis associated with the robotic arm is not in alignment with a second axis associated with a port installed in a patient, and provide a command to move the robotic arm to a second position in which the first axis associated with the robotic arm is in alignment with the second axis.

Abstract: A perception mast for mobile robot is provided. The mobile robot comprises a mobile base, a turntable operatively coupled to the mobile base, the turntable configured to rotate about a first axis, an arm operatively coupled to a first location on the turntable, and the perception mast operatively coupled to a second location on the turntable, the perception mast configured to rotate about a second axis parallel to the first axis, wherein the perception mast includes disposed thereon, a first perception module and a second perception module arranged between the first imaging module and the turntable.

Abstract: A system for companion robot with 3D display device and a method are disclosed. In the system, a companion robot continuously senses a user behavior status and an input speech, converts the input speech to a text, transmits the text and the user behavior status to finite state machines of a server-end host to perform parsing and transition, so that the server-end host generates a chat message having an emotion label, transmits the chat message to an AI device, receives and stores the companion conversation message to a companion conversation list; the companion robot selects companion conversation message from the companion conversation list as an output message, and convert the output message to speech which is broadcasted by a speaker; while broadcasting the output message, the companion robot continuously obtains image data from a multi-source image and outputs the image data to a 3D display device for displaying.

Abstract: A humanoid robot includes an upper region includes a head and neck assembly having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion. Said head portion includes: a frontal shell having a rear edge, a rear shell having a frontal edge, and an illumination assembly. The illumination assembly is configured to illuminate a region that: (i) extends between a rear edge of the frontal shell and an extent of the frontal edge of the rear shell, (ii) is positioned adjacent to the extent of the rear edge of the frontal shell, and (iii) is positioned adjacent to the extent of the frontal edge of the rear shell.

Abstract: Provided is a delivery robot including a body housing including a storage defined therein and a body opening defined in a front surface thereof, a door that operates in a closed state to cover the body opening or an open state to open the body opening, a detachable partition partitioning the inside of the storage in a left and right direction, an internal camera disposed inside the storage overlapping the partition and facing rearwards, and a controller that determines whether an item exists inside the storage based on an image collected from the internal camera. The controller determines whether the item exists by separating the image of the internal camera into a left image and a right image when the partition is mounted, and determines whether the item exists by analyzing the image of the internal camera as a whole when the partition is detached.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated experimentation can include: determining experimental constraints, constructing a computational representation of the experiment, optimizing the computational representation subject to the experimental constraints, determining instructions for a laboratory robot (e.g., a liquid handling robot) based on the optimized computational representation, and/or any other suitable steps.

Abstract: A tactile sensing system of a robot may include: a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed at an object, and including a transmission (TX) piezoelectric element and a reception (RX) piezoelectric element; and at least one processor configured to: control the TX piezoelectric element to generate an acoustic wave having a chirp spread spectrum (CSS) at every preset time interval, along a surface of the object; receive, via the RX piezoelectric element, an acoustic wave signal corresponding to the generated acoustic wave; select frequency bands from a plurality of frequency bands of the acoustic wave signal; and estimate a location of a touch input on the surface of the object by inputting the acoustic wave signal of the selected frequency bands into a neural network configured to provide a touch prediction score for each of a plurality of predetermined locations on the surface of the object.

Abstract: A driving apparatus is configured to displace a second link with respect to a first link. The driving apparatus includes a driving portion including an output portion configured to output a driving force that displaces the second link, a sensor configured to obtain information on force, a connection member configured to connect the output portion and the sensor, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The sensor is connected between the second link and the connection member. The first bearing and the second bearing are connected to the connection member for displacing the second link with respect to the first link.

Abstract: A mobile robot having a body; a winding member carried by the body; a traction arrangement configured to move the body over a surface with a translational motion along a path; and an elongated line wound around the winding member, wherein the mobile robot is capable of performing a rotational motion of the winding member relative to the surface independently of the translational motion the body. A method and a control system for controlling a mobile robot are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a hole gripper which has a pressurized air connection, an elastically deformable bellows portion which can be inflated by the application of pressurized air for clamping in a component hole of a component, and a connecting portion with a connecting channel which connects the pressurized air connection and the bellows portion for supplying pressurized air from the pressurized air connection to the bellows portion. The pressurized air connection, the connecting portion, and the bellows portion are integrally connected to one another in one piece.

Abstract: A robot hand including: a first finger member; an intermediate member that is rotatably connected to the first finger member; a second finger member that is rotatably connected to the intermediate member; and a guide member that is rotatably connected to the second finger member and includes a first guider. The first finger member includes a first guide follower that is rotatably and movably disposed in the first guider.

Abstract: A robot according to this disclosure includes a vertical multi-joint robot arm including a plurality of joints each of which rotates about a rotation axis; and a tube including at least one of an electric cable and a fluid hose. The tube overlaps a circular area(s) that centers/center the rotation axis/axes of the predetermined joint(s) and has/have a radius(radii) of a distance(s) between the rotation axis/axes of the predetermined joint(s) and an exterior surface(s) of the predetermined joint(s) as viewed in an extension direction(s) of the rotation axis/axes, arranged inside an exterior shape(s) of the predetermined joint(s) as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis/axes of the predetermined joint(s).

Abstract: This wire body fixing structure comprises an actuator that is provided with a through hole through which a wire body passes, and a fixing part that fixes, in the space inside the through hole, the wire body between the axis of the actuator and the inner surface of the through hole.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for connecting a gripper to a handling device. The apparatus has at least one compensating element for the purpose of compensating for position inaccuracies, with a toolholder for holding the gripper, a frame for connecting the compensating element to the handling device, and a plurality of elastically deformable connectors which connect the toolholder inside the frame to the frame in an elastically movable manner. The toolholder, the frame and the plurality of connectors are integrally connected as a single piece to one another.

Abstract: An easy-to-maintain and elasticity-adjustable knife comprises a blade, a pair of liners and a pair of pull rod springs. The liners are connected by means of spacer sleeves, a stop rod is arranged in a first mounting clearance, an end, opposite to a blade tip, of the blade is connected to the liners by means of a spindle, sliding slots are formed in corresponding positions of the liners, and a pull rod is mounted in the sliding slots. An arc tip is arranged at the end, where the spindle is arranged, of the blade, a first clamping groove is formed in one side of the arc tip, and a second clamping groove is formed in the other side of the arc tip. The force of the pull rod can be easily adjusted without disassembling the whole knife, and the knife is easy to maintain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hair cutter that comprises a cutter head assembly and a main body. The cutter head assembly has a cutting type and is configured to be removably coupled to the main body. The cutter head assembly includes an identification part associated with the cutting type of the cutter head assembly. The main body comprises a detection assembly, a drive assembly and a control board. The detection assembly is configured to transmit a signal indicative of the cutting type based on the identification part. The drive assembly is disposed inside the main body and includes an output shaft configured to be detachable from the cutter head assembly. The control board is disposed inside the main body and is in communication with the drive assembly and the detection assembly. The control board is configured to drive the cutter head assembly based on the cutting type of the cutter head assembly.

Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage based on time duration and shave event status. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define shaving stroke(s) based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes and timer intervals thereof, a total duration can be tracked. In addition, a shaving event can be determined based on the shaving stroke(s). An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that each of a predetermined duration threshold value and a predetermined shave event threshold value has been met or exceeded, the output comprising an indication that the each of the thresholds has been met or exceeded.

Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage based on time duration. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define one or more shaving strokes based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes and timer intervals thereof, a total duration can be tracked. The total duration can be determined to meet or exceed a predetermined threshold value. An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that the total duration meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the output comprising an indication that the total duration meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define one or more shaving strokes based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes, a shaving event can be detected and a shave event count value can be an incremented. The shave event count can be determined to meet or exceed a predetermined threshold value. An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that the shave event count value meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the output comprising an indication that the shave event count value meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A cutting tool is disclosed for permitting a user to selectively chop and saw fibrous material. The cutting tool includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end disposed spaced from the first end. The elongate body defines a handle which is held by the user to hold the cutting tool during use thereof. The elongate body defines a slot and a channel cooperating with the slot. The slot and channel extend between the first end and the second end of the elongate body. A hatchet head is rigidly secured to the first end of the elongate body for selectively permitting chopping of the fibrous material during use of the cutting tool. A saw slidably cooperates with the channel such that in a stowed disposition of the saw, the saw is disposed within the slot and the channel. However, in an operative disposition of the saw, the saw is slidably moved relative to the channel away from the hatchet head for selectively permitting the user to saw the fibrous material.