公开(公告)号：US20210197909A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17134202

申请日：2020-12-25

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD.

Inventor： Liang Huang ,  Hongyu Ding ,  Jianxin Pang ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: B62D57/032 ,  B25J17/00 ,  B25J13/08

Abstract: A leg mechanism of a humanoid robot includes: an upper leg, a lower leg rotatably coupled to the upper leg, a knee module actuator mounted to the upper leg, a foot rotatably connected to the lower leg, a knee transmission mechanism connected to the knee module actuator and the lower leg and configured to transmit rotary motion from the knee module actuator to the lower leg, at least one ankle module actuator mounted to the upper leg, at least one ankle transmission mechanism connected to the at least one ankle module actuator and the foot and configured to transmit rotary motion from the at least one ankle module actuator to the foot.

公开(公告)号：US20210187731A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US16817576

申请日：2020-03-12

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： ZECAI LIN ,  Zhaohui An ,  Yizhang Liu ,  Mekhui Zhang ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/06

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robotic arm control method as well as an apparatus and a terminal device using the same. The method includes: obtaining a current joint angle of each of M joints of the robotic arm; obtaining a reference included angle based on the current joint angle of each of the M joints of the robotic arm; determining an expected included angle corresponding to the robotic arm within a target angle range based on the reference included angle and the preset included angle related evaluation function; and controlling the robotic arm based on the target joint angles of the M joints.

公开(公告)号：US20210183116A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17075727

申请日：2020-10-21

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Rui Guo ,  Zhichao Liu ,  Jianxin Pang ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G01C21/00

Abstract: A method for building a map includes: acquiring an original grayscale map, preprocessing the original grayscale map to obtain a preprocessed map, binarizing the preprocessed map to obtain a binarized map, performing a boundary filling to the preprocessed map and the binarized map to obtain a boundary-filled preprocessed map and a boundary-filled binarized map, performing a boundary thinning to the boundary-filled binarized map to obtain a thinned binarized map, and performing a boundary thinning to the boundary-filled preprocessed map, according to the thinned binarized map, to obtain a thinned preprocessed map.

公开(公告)号：US20210181765A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17114526

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Ubtech Robotics Corp Ltd

Inventor： Jie Bai ,  Ligang Ge ,  Yizhang Liu ,  Hongge Wang ,  Jianxin Pang ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B62D57/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05B19/4155

Abstract: A computer-implemented gait planning method includes: determining a pitch angle between a foot of the robot and a support surface where the robot stands; determining a support point on a sole of the foot according to the pitch angle; calculating an ankle-foot position vector according to the support point, wherein the ankle-foot position vector is a position vector from an ankle of the robot to a support point on a sole of the foot; calculating a magnitude of change of an ankle position according to the pitch angle and the ankle-foot position vector; and obtaining a compensated ankle position by compensating the ankle position according to the magnitude of change of the ankle position.

公开(公告)号：US20210178587A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17120225

申请日：2020-12-13

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Chunyu Chen ,  Yizhang Liu ,  Ligang Ge ,  Zheng Xie ,  Hongge Wang ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B62D57/032

Abstract: A robot control method includes: obtaining force information associated with a left foot and a right foot of the robot; calculating a zero moment point of a COM of a body of the robot based on the force information; updating a motion trajectory of the robot according to the zero moment point of the COM of the body to obtain an updated position of the COM of the body; performing inverse kinematics analysis on the updated position of the COM of the body to obtain joint angles of a left leg and a right leg of the robot; and controlling the robot to move according to the joint angles.

公开(公告)号：US20210166416A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17107860

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Shuping Hu ,  Jun Cheng ,  Jingtao Zhang ,  Miaochen Guo ,  Dong Wang ,  Jianxin Pang ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/50

Abstract: A robot climbing control method is disclosed. The method obtains an RGB color image and a depth image of stairs, extracts an outline of a target object of a target step on the stairs from the RGB color image, determines relative position information of the robot and the target step according to the depth image and the outline of the target object, and controls the robot to climb the target step according to the relative position information. The embodiment of the present disclosure allows the robot to effectively adjust postures and forward directions on any size of and non-standardized stairs and avoids the deviation of the walking direction, thereby improving the effectiveness and safety of the stair climbing of the robot.

公开(公告)号：US10942502B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16581791

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Youjun Xiong ,  Xi Bai ,  Wenhua Fan ,  Malin Wang ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: G05B19/23 ,  G05B19/4062

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for an electronically controlled servo mechanism as well as an apparatus and a robot thereof. The method is for an electronically controlled servo mechanism including a servo having a PI controller, which includes: obtaining related parameter(s) of the PI controller before tuning, where the related parameters includes a proportional coefficient and an integral coefficient; obtaining a current rotational angle of an output shaft of the servo, and calculating an angular deviation between the obtained current rotational angle and an expected rotational angle of an output shaft of the servo; and tuning the related parameter(s) of the PI controller based on the proportional coefficient, the integral coefficient, and the angular deviation. In such a manner, the parameter(s) of the PI controller are tuned to make it equivalent to a P controller, thereby avoiding the large oscillation caused by external interference.

公开(公告)号：US20200208691A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16368879

申请日：2019-03-29

Applicant: UBTECH Robotics Corp.

Inventor： Youjun Xiong ,  Youpeng Li ,  Hongyu Ding ,  Meichun Liu ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: F16D55/226 ,  F16D65/12

Abstract: A brake assembly for a servo including a motor includes: a brake disk fixed to and rotatable together with the output shaft of the motor of the servo, the brake disk having a lateral wall defining at least one opening; and a linear motion actuator including a plunger and an elastic member. The plunger sides from a first position where a first end of the plunger is received in the at least one opening to a second position where the first end of the plunger is disengaged from the brake disk when the linear motion actuator is energized. The elastic member applies an elastic force to cause the plunger to slide from the second position to the first position when the linear motion actuator is deenergized so as to stop rotation of the output shaft of the motor.

公开(公告)号：US20200206936A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16535108

申请日：2019-08-08

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： YOUJUN XIONG ,  Hanyu Sun ,  Lifu Zhang ,  Wenhua Fan ,  Zhongliang Wang ,  Yongping Zeng ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a servo output shaft angle calibration method and a robot using the same. In the method, when a servo output shaft rotational angle calibration instruction is obtained, an output shaft of a servo is controlled to move in a preset rotational direction, a current angle of the output shaft of the servo is obtained when it detects that the output shaft of the servo has rotated to an end point and has a stalling, and then a preset end point angle is updated as the current angle of the output shaft of the servo, so as to take the current angle of the output shaft of the servo as the new end point angle, thereby realizing the calibration of the end point angle of the output shaft of the servo. In this manner, the entire calibration process requires no manual intervention.

公开(公告)号：US20200206927A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16427349

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Longbiao Bai ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Zhichao Liu ,  Jian Zhang ,  Yongsheng Zhao ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a relocalization method including: obtaining submap boundary points; drawing a first submap based on the submap boundary points; extracting a second submap from the first submap; performing a template matching on a known map based on the second submap to obtain first matching results; obtaining second matching result each corresponding to each of the first matching results based on a positional relationship of the second submap in the first submap: matching boundary points in each of the second matching results with the submap boundary points to filter out third matching results from the second matching results; and selecting one of the third matching results as a relocal i/at ion result. The present disclosure further provides a robot. In the above-mentioned manner, it is capable of realizing a re localization with high accuracy, high preciseness, and low error rate while there are environmental changes.