Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for using minimum sensors to estimate a centroid angle in both an inverted state and an auxiliary-wheel-ground state (a resultant centroid angle of an occupant or an embarkation and an inverted-wheel-type traveling body), in the inverted-wheel-type traveling body.SOLUTION: The boardable inverted-wheel-type traveling body includes: the inverted state where the auxiliary wheel inverts only using a drive wheel without contacting the ground; and the auxiliary-wheel-ground state where the auxiliary wheel contacts the ground. The method includes steps of: designing state observers on the basis of respective equations of motion between the inverted state and the auxiliary-wheel-ground state; introducing an affine term into a state equation of the state observer in the auxiliary-wheel-ground state; and using the respective state observers between the inverted state and the auxiliary-wheel-ground state to estimate a fluctuation portion and disturbance of the centroid angle in the entire inverted-wheel-type traveling body caused by the occupant or the embarkation in both of the states, and a floor reaction force in the auxiliary-wheel-ground state.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot capable of smoothly conveying an object while keeping holding the object even a slave arm is behind movements of a master arm, a control method of the robot, and a control system of the robot. SOLUTION: The robot 1 grips the object 20 with gripping part respectively provided for the two arms and moves the object 20 to a target position and a target attitude. One arm is made to be the master arm and the other arm is made to be the slave arm. The robot is equipped with a master arm control part for controlling the master arm to move along a track toward the target position and the target attitude of the object 20, and a slave arm control part for detecting external force acting on the gripping part 13S of the slave arm via the object 20 and controlling the slave arm to follow the master arm based on the external force. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot arm and a control method therefore capable of shortening a driving time to a target position. SOLUTION: The robot arm drives a plurality of joints to move a robot hand to the target position. The arm includes: a hand track generating unit which generates a hand track; a hand speed computing unit 33 which computes hand speed when a hand moves on the hand track; a driving speed calculating unit 34 which calculates the driving speed of the joints based on the hand speed; a driving speed estimating unit 35 which estimates whether the driving speed of the joints exceeds a limit value of the driving speed or not; a hand speed correcting unit which corrects the hand speed when the driving speed exceeds the limit value; and an actuator 28 which drives the joints corresponding to the driving speed calculated based on the modified hand speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the success rate of grip operation without causing a problem such as cost increase. SOLUTION: A robot control device includes a photographing device 2 mounted on a robot body trunk part and obtaining image information of a working area, an object position recognizing part 3 recognizing a position of the object based on the image information obtained by the photographing device 2, an arm control part 4 operating an arm part based on the object position recognized by the object position recognizing part 3, a hand position determination part 5 recognizing relative position relation of the hand part, the object and the photographing device based on the image information obtained by the photographing device 3 and determining whether the hand part is at the proper position based on the position relation, a hand control part 6 operating the hand part to grip the object when the hand part is determined to be at the proper position, and an arm correction operation part 7 operating the arm part to move the hand part to the proper position when the hand part is determined not to be at the proper position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an articulated robot capable of controlling its joints so as to continue working as long as possible while moderating an overload state when a load working on the joints is excessive. SOLUTION: The load working on each of the joints is estimated by a load estimation part 32, and the overload joint the estimated load of which is larger than a threshold value is specified by an overload specification part 34. An order of precedence previously set against a target value vector of a head end link of the robot and elements of the vector is memorized in a memory device 40. A target value element extraction part 42 extracts elements of the same number as non-overload joints from the target value vector in order of the order of precedence in height. Target driving quantity to drive the joints in the same direction as the load is decided against the overload joints by a force control computation part 36. The target driving quantity to realize the extracted target value elements is decided against the non-overload joints by an inverse conversion part. It is possible to control the non-overload joints so as to follow the target vector as much as possible while controlling the overload joints in the direction to moderate the load. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for ordinarily recognizing all surrounding environmental regions by eliminating an unknown environment generated due to coming into sight of a part of a body such as a connecting portion when a robot is operated by providing a camera separate from a camera provided in a body trunk at the connecting portion connected to the body trunk via a joint. SOLUTION: This robot has the body trunk 103 constituted of head part and the body, at least one connecting portion 104 connected to the body trunk 103 via a driven shoulder joint 203, at least a body trunk side camera 105 provided in the body trunk 103, and at least a connecting portion side camera 106 provided at the connecting portion. The robot is provided with a synthetic image preparation means for preparing a synthetic image by synthesizing a body trunk side image imaged by the body trunk side camera 105 and a connecting portion side image imaged by the connecting portion side camera 106, and a recognition means for recognizing the position of a surrounding object by the synthetic image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an art capable of guiding an arm to a target object on an appropriate route without handling large data more than necessary when guiding both of a moving body and an arm movably connected to the body. SOLUTION: This moving body is provided with a movable body and the arm movably connected to the body, and guides the arm to the target object. In the moving object, the moving route of the body is formed based on a global map and the moving route of the arm is formed based on a local map. The local map is updated based on the shape of surrounding environment and the position of the arm. The shape of the surrounding environment is recognized by measuring the distance from the body of the moving object to the surrounding environment. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot control system, a robot control method and a robot facilitating description of a model, reducing calculation amount and easily coping with changes of a task and a partial portion. SOLUTION: This robot control system is provided corresponding to each function of the robot 1. The robot control system is provided with a plurality of control parts 23-27 capable of controlling the corresponding functions and task control parts 20 and 21 for converting a requested main operation task into subdivided tasks subdivided corresponding to the plurality of control parts 23-27 and making the plurality of control parts 23-27 execute the subdivided tasks. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce effect on an inverted control due to differences of weight and shapes of gripped heavy articles in a carriage robot capable of gripping multiple kinds of heavy articles. SOLUTION: This carriage robot is provided with a carriage 1 to be controlled based on an inverted pendulum type control model, a heavy article gripping device 80 mounted on the carriage 1, and slide mechanisms 100a and 100b for guiding the heavy article gripping device 80 to be slidable and movable in a front and rear direction of a carriage advancing direction in relation to the carriage 1. The heavy article gripping device 80 is slid and moved in the front and rear direction of the carriage advancing direction according to the kind of the gripped heavy article and is positioned at a proper position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of always recognizing the whole area of a surrounding environment by eliminating an unknown environment generated by entering a part of a body such as a connection section at the operation of a robot into a visual field while a camera different from a camera prepared at a body core is arranged on the body core via a joint. SOLUTION: The robot has the body core 103 made from a head and a body, at least one connection section 104 connected with the body core 103 via the driving shoulder joint 203, the body core-side cameras 105 in which at least one is arranged on the body core, and the connection section-side cameras 106 in which at least one is arranged on the connection section. Further, the robot has a composed image creating means for creating a composed image by composing both a body core-side image photographed by the body core-side camera 105 and a connection section-side image photographed by the connection section-side camera 106; and a recognition means for recognizing positions of peripheral objects by the composed image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT