公开(公告)号：US20190184572A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16283818

申请日：2019-02-25

申请人： GROOVE X, Inc.

发明人： Kaname HAYASHI

IPC分类号： B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00

CPC分类号： B25J9/1697 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/1653 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J13/08 ,  G05D1/02

摘要： A robot includes a filming unit that films a periphery, and a movement control unit that controls a distance from a filmed target object in accordance with a size of the target object. The robot may further include an operation control unit that controls an operation of a head portion, and a recognizing unit that recognizes a face of the filmed target object. The operation control unit may control the operation of the head portion so that a line of sight of the head portion reaches an angle of looking up directed at the face of the target object. The movement control unit may control the distance from the target object in accordance with a height of the target object.

公开(公告)号：US20180281552A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15524582

申请日：2015-10-29

申请人： TAS GLOBAL CO., LTD.

发明人： Dong Wook LEE

IPC分类号： B60G21/067 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B63B59/06 ,  B60G3/01 ,  B60G15/12

CPC分类号： B60G21/067 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B19/006 ,  B60G3/01 ,  B60G15/12 ,  B60G21/06 ,  B60G2300/00 ,  B60G2400/61 ,  B63B59/06 ,  B63B2059/065 ,  F16F9/3214 ,  F16F9/3221 ,  F16F9/585

摘要： A load distribution apparatus of magnetic wheel, includes: a plurality of cylinder parts including one sides respectively connected to a plurality of magnetic wheels and an upper space portion and a lower space portion whose interiors do not communicate to each other; and a passage part which serves as a moving path of fluid and interconnects the plurality of cylinder parts. The passage part is configured to evenly distribute a load applied to the magnetic wheels by moving fluids in the upper space portion and the lower space portion in such a manner that the fluids are not mixed.

公开(公告)号：US20180215037A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15880708

申请日：2018-01-26

申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

发明人： Donald High ,  David Winkle ,  Brian Gerard McHale ,  Todd Davenport Mattingly

IPC分类号： B25J9/16 ,  G05B19/12 ,  G05B23/02 ,  G05B19/418 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC分类号： B25J9/163 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/1612 ,  G05B19/124 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  G05B19/4189 ,  G05B23/0289 ,  G05B2219/23363 ,  G05B2219/31006 ,  G05B2219/31454 ,  G05B2219/32037 ,  G05B2219/40507 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  Y02P90/02 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/47

摘要： Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

公开(公告)号：US20180154513A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15888171

申请日：2018-02-05

申请人： Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

发明人： SHIKI KOU ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  MASAHIRO ISHII ,  KENTO OGAWA ,  YUJI KUNITAKE ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI

IPC分类号： B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G10L15/22

CPC分类号： B25J5/00 ,  A63H11/00 ,  A63H33/005 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J11/0015 ,  B25J13/003 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L2015/223 ,  H04R1/028 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/47

摘要： A robot having a spherical casing, a control circuit and a communication circuit configured to connect to an external server is provided. The robot further includes a set of wheels included in the spherical casing, which comes into contact with an inner surface of the spherical casing and configured to rotate the spherical casing when the driving wheels are driven. The control circuit is configured to, when determining that performing a predetermined processing in response to an input instruction received from a user requires a predetermined amount of time or more, causes each of the set of driving wheels to rotate in opposite directions from each other to rotate the spherical casing during the predetermined processing. When the predetermined processing is complete and a response is to be output, the control circuit stops rotation of the spherical casing with the set of wheels facing toward the user.

公开(公告)号：US09983571B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14518978

申请日：2014-10-20

申请人： INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： Yulun Wang ,  Marco Pinter ,  Kevin Hanrahan ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  David Bjorn Roe ,  James Rosenthal ,  Derek Walters

IPC分类号： G05B19/414 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/35

CPC分类号： G05B19/414 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/361 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/161 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J19/022 ,  Y10S901/01

摘要： A remote control station that accesses one of at least two different robots that each have at least one unique robot feature. The remote control station receives information that identifies the robot feature of the accessed robot. The remote station displays a display user interface that includes at least one field that corresponds to the robot feature of the accessed robot. The robot may have a laser pointer and/or a projector.

公开(公告)号：US20180126514A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15347485

申请日：2016-11-09

申请人： The Boeing Company

发明人： Bennett M. Moriarty ,  Phillip J. Crothers ,  Shane E. Arthur ,  Brian W. Smith

IPC分类号： B24B51/00 ,  B24B19/26

CPC分类号： B24B51/00 ,  B05B13/005 ,  B05B13/0431 ,  B05B13/0436 ,  B24B19/26 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B64F5/10

摘要： A finishing apparatus for performing an automated finishing operation on a surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The finishing apparatus may include a platen fabricated from a magnetic material and having a platen surface, and a finishing module disposed on the platen surface and having a finishing operation end effector. The finishing module may generate a magnetic field that biases the finishing module toward the platen, and may be operable to generate a magnetic flux to control movement of the finishing module over the platen surface to perform the automated finishing operation on the surface of the workpiece.

公开(公告)号：US20180111769A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15481969

申请日：2017-04-07

申请人： Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC

发明人： Karthikeyan Yuvaraj ,  Sriram Pavan Tankasala ,  Benjamin E. Nilson ,  Feng Zhang ,  Matthew R. Wicks

IPC分类号： B65G67/02 ,  B25J9/00

CPC分类号： B65G67/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/0093 ,  B25J9/1687 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J19/021

摘要： Robotic carton loader or unloader incorporates three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) sensors to detect respectively a 3D point cloud and a 2D image of a carton pile within transportation carrier such as a truck trailer or shipping container. Edge detection is performed using the 3D point cloud, discarding segments that are two small to be part of a product such as a carton. Segments that are too large to correspond to a carton are 2D image processed to detect additional edges. Results from 3D and 2D edge detection are converted in a calibrated 3D space of the material carton loader or unloader to perform one of loading or unloading of the transportation carrier. Image processing can also detect jamming of products sequence from individually controllable zones of a conveyor of the robotic carton loader or unloader for singulated unloading.

公开(公告)号：US09937621B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US15685500

申请日：2017-08-24

申请人： X Development LLC

发明人： John William Zevenbergen ,  Ethan Rublee

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/00

CPC分类号： B25J9/1674 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J19/005 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D2201/0216 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/50

摘要： An example method includes receiving, by a mobile robotic device, power from a battery of a first battery pack in order to operate within an environment. The method further includes establishing a first data channel between the mobile robotic device and the first battery pack. The method also includes using the first data channel to transfer sensor data acquired by the mobile robotic device during operation to a local data storage component of the first battery pack. The method additionally includes navigating, by the mobile robotic device, to a battery exchange station to transfer the first battery pack containing the battery and the local data storage component with the sensor data to the battery exchange station. The method further includes after transferring the first battery pack to the battery exchange station, receiving a second battery pack from the battery exchange station to continue operation within the environment.

公开(公告)号：US20180092304A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15706512

申请日：2017-09-15

申请人： Francis Wilson Moore

发明人： Francis Wilson Moore

IPC分类号： A01D46/30 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J15/00 ,  A01D46/253 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A01G3/08

CPC分类号： A01D46/30 ,  A01D46/24 ,  A01D46/253 ,  A01G3/08 ,  A01G3/085 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/046 ,  B25J9/1679 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J15/0019 ,  G05B2219/45105 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  G05D2201/0201 ,  G06T17/00 ,  Y10S901/01

摘要： This disclosure includes a method for pruning a fruit plant. An exemplary method step includes obtaining an image of the fruit plant that has branches. Next, creating exclusion zones surrounding the branches. Then pruning the fruit plant based upon the exclusion zones.

公开(公告)号：US20180004219A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15685825

申请日：2017-08-24

申请人： Dyson Technology Limited

发明人： Michael David ALDRED ,  Simon EDWARDS-PARTON

IPC分类号： G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T7/73 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L15/20 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60L1/00

CPC分类号： G05D1/0225 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L15/2036 ,  B60L50/52 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L2200/40 ,  B60L2220/44 ,  B60L2240/62 ,  B60L2250/12 ,  B60L2250/16 ,  B60L2260/32 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  G06T2207/30252 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T10/72 ,  Y02T10/7275 ,  Y02T10/7291 ,  Y02T90/121 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/16 ,  Y02T90/162 ,  Y10S901/01

摘要： An apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station including an autonomous vehicle with a camera-based sensing system, a drive system for driving the autonomous vehicle, and a control system for controlling the drive system. The apparatus includes a docking station including a first fiducial marker and a second fiducial marker, wherein the second fiducial marker is positioned on the docking station to define a predetermined relative spacing with the first fiducial marker, wherein the control system is operable to receive an image provided by the camera-based sensing system, the image including a representation of the first and second fiducial markers, and to control the drive system so as to guide the autonomous vehicle towards the base station based on a difference between the representation of the first and second fiducial markers in the received image and the predetermined relative spacing between the first and second fiducial markers.