Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Messung der Abscheiderate eines Reinraumfiltersystems, mittels eines Sensors (5), welcher Sensor (5) in einer Ebene (BE) parallel zu einer Filterfläche des zu vermessenden Filtersystems bewegt wird. Wesentlich ist, dass die Bewegung des Sensors (5) in der Ebene (BE) parallel zu dem zu vermessenden Filtersystem von einem Robotermesssystem (1) durchgeführt wird, wobei der Sensor (5) an einem Roboterarm (3) des Robotermesssystems (1) montiert ist. Weiter betrifft die Erfindung ein entsprechendes Robotermesssystems (1) sowie eine Steuereinheit für ein solches Robotermesssystems (1).
Abstract:
A method for characterising the environment of a robot, the robot having a base, a flexible arm extending from the base and having a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, a datum carried by the arm, a plurality of drivers arranged to drive the joints to move and a plurality of position sensors for sensing the position of each of the joints, the method comprising: contacting the datum carried by the arm with a first datum on a second robot in the environment of the first robot, wherein the second robot has a base, a flexible arm extending from the base and having a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, and a plurality of drivers arranged to drive those joints to move; calculating in dependence on the outputs of the position sensors a distance between a reference location defined in a frame of reference local to the robot and the first datum; and controlling the drivers to reconfigure the first arm in dependence on at least the calculated distance.
Abstract:
A method for robotic adaptive production includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities in response to detecting a change in the production environment. A robotic adaptive production method includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities to minimize a production task cycle time or improve a production task quality. A robotic adaptive production method includes estimating a relationship between a control parameter and a sensor input; and modifying the control parameter online to achieve an updated parameter based on the estimating. A robotic adaptive production method includes receiving sensor input relating to robotic performance during the performance of production tasks and online optimizing a process parameter based on robotic performance during the performance of the production tasks. A robotic adaptive production method includes determining the position and/or orientation of a feature based on a learned position and/or orientation of another feature and on a geometric relationship.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device and method for sowing seeds. The invention relates more particularly to a device and method for sowing seeds as part of a plant breeding process. The system according to the invention comprises a separating device for separating a single seed relative to a remainder of the plurality of seeds, an optical recognition system for recognizing the separated seed, a robot arm device for picking up the separated seed and for sowing the picked-up seed, and a control unit for controlling the separating device, the optical recognition system and the robot arm device. With this system it is possible to sow seeds in a more accurate and less error-prone manner.
Abstract:
A 3D printer incorporating two angular axes as an inverted SCARA arm and a vertical, linear Z-axis, is described. A platter on which a 3D object is built is rotated around lambda axis and revolved around a lambda axis. Embodiments are described that: (i) are free of belts, pulleys, cables and other soft drive mechanisms; (ii) are free of any lead-screw compensating devices; (iii) are free of rectangular box frame; (iv) translate X-Y-Z voxel coordinates into an angular coordinate system, optionally in real-time; (v) optimize non-sinusoidal drive waveforms for stepping motors; (vi) deal with special cases at or near the lambda axis; (vii) measure and compensate for non-orthogonal platter skew. Both device and method embodiments are claimed.
Abstract:
An eating aid robot and a method performed thereby are provided. The robot comprises an arm capable of engaging an eating tool at an end of the arm. The arm is moveable to move the eating tool horizontally and vertically, wherein the arm is configured to be positioned with the eating tool in at least two vertical levels, a first vertical level and a second vertical level at a vertical height above the first vertical level. The robot is connectable to a manoeuvre device which sends a signal to the robot at various time instances during operation, wherein the arm follows a cycle of different vertical and horizontal movements and pauses when the arm is kept still with the eating tool in at least one of the vertical levels. The method comprises receiving (110)the signal from the manoeuvre device, and selecting (120)a subsequent movement and/or pause of the cycle for the arm based on in which of the movements or pauses of the cycle the arm currently is when receiving the signal. The method comprises executing (130)the selected subsequent movement and/or pause of the cycle until the signal is received anew from the manoeuvre device.