241 |
VIRTUAL PHOTOREALISTIC DIGITAL ACTOR SYSTEM FOR REMOTE SERVICE OF CUSTOMERS |
US15274150 |
2016-09-23 |
US20170032377A1 |
2017-02-02 |
Ratnakumar Navaratnam |
A system for remote servicing of customers includes an interactive display unit at the customer location providing two-way audio/visual communication with a remote service/sales agent, wherein communication inputted by the agent is delivered to customers via a virtual Digital Actor on the display. The system also provides for remote customer service using physical mannequins with interactive capability having two-way audio visual communication ability with the remote agent, wherein communication inputted by the remote service or sales agent is delivered to customers using the physical mannequin. A web solution integrates the virtual Digital Actor system into a business website. A smart phone solution provides the remote service to customers via an App. In another embodiment, the Digital Actor is instead displayed as a 3D hologram. The Digital Actor is also used in an e-learning solution, in a movie studio suite, and as a presenter on TV, online, or other broadcasting applications. |
242 |
ENHANCED CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL OF ROBOTS |
US14824019 |
2015-08-11 |
US20160311115A1 |
2016-10-27 |
David M. Hill; Jeffrey J. Evertt; Alan M. Jones; Richard C. Roesler; Andrew William Jean; Emiko V. Charbonneau |
Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing enhanced configuration and control of robots. Configurations disclosed herein augment a mobile computing device, such as a robot, with resources for understanding and navigation of an environment surrounding the computing device. The resources can include sensors of a separate computing device, which may be in the form of a head-mounted display. Data produced by the resources can be used to generate instructions for the mobile computing device. The sensors of the separate computing device can also detect a change in an environment or a conflict in the actions of the mobile computing device, and dynamically modify the generated instructions. By the use of the techniques disclosed herein, a simple, low-cost robot can understand and navigate through a complex environment and appropriately interact with obstacles and other objects. |
243 |
REMOTE PRESENCE ROBOTIC SYSTEM |
US15099314 |
2016-04-14 |
US20160303735A1 |
2016-10-20 |
John C. Nappo; Daleroy Sibanda; Emre Tanirgan; Peter A. Zachares |
A remote presence system includes a robot, a headset, and a computer system. The robot includes a camera mounted on a motorized manipulator and a control system. The headset includes a head position sensor and a display. The computer system configured to perform operations including: receiving head movement data indicative of head movements of a user wearing the headset from the head position sensor; causing, using the head movement data, the control system of the robot to move the motorized manipulator so that the camera mimics the head movements of the user; and establishing a video feed from the camera to the display. |
244 |
Motor control device, robot hand, robot, and motor control method |
US13648435 |
2012-10-10 |
US09461569B2 |
2016-10-04 |
Isamu Sejimo; Daisuke Sato |
A motor control device controls a motor using an angle data signal and a rotational speed signal output from a rotation detector detecting a rotation state of a rotating shaft of the motor. The motor control device includes a speed control unit that outputs a torque instruction signal corresponding to a difference between the rotational speed of the rotating shaft and a speed instruction using the speed instruction of the rotating shaft and the rotational speed signal, a limit value setting unit that sets a torque limit value indicating the maximum value of the torque applied to the rotating shaft, and a torque limit control unit that limits the torque of the rotating shaft driven by the torque instruction signal to the torque limit value or less. |
245 |
Balanced pneumatic manipulator |
US14350964 |
2013-05-10 |
US09457481B2 |
2016-10-04 |
Giovanni Lorengo |
The manipulator comprises a supporting device (11) having an assembly (13) rotatable about a vertical axis and an articulated parallelogram (21) with a swing arm (24). A pneumatic linear actuator (22), acts between the rotatable assembly (13) and the articulated parallelogram (21), for causing the arm (24) to rotate about a horizontal axis of oscillation. A slide (23) is connected to the actuator (22) and slidably mounted on the rotatable assembly (13) by means of a first vertical guide (30). The slide has a second horizontal guide (31) in which is engaged an element (32, 33) mounted on the swing arm (24). |
246 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATION |
US15001003 |
2016-01-19 |
US20160129590A1 |
2016-05-12 |
KELLEHER GUERIN; GREGORY D. HAGER; SEBASTIAN RIEDEL |
Methods and systems for enabling human-machine collaborations include a generalizable framework that supports dynamic adaptation and reuse of robotic capability representations and human-machine collaborative behaviors. Specifically, a method of enabling user-robot collaboration includes providing a composition of a robot capability that models a robot's functionality for performing a type of task action and user interaction capabilities; specializing the robot capability with an information kernel to provide a specialized robot capability, the information kernel encapsulating a set of task-related parameters associated with the type of task action; providing an instance of the specialized robot capability as a robot capability element that controls the robot's functionality based on the set of task-related parameters; providing instances of the user interaction capabilities as interaction capability elements; executing the robot capability element to receive user input via the user interaction capability elements; and controlling, based on the user input and the set of task-related parameters, the robot's functionality to perform a task action of the type of task action in collaboration with the user input. |
247 |
System and method for instructing a device |
US14062973 |
2013-10-25 |
US09211644B1 |
2015-12-15 |
Neal Checka |
A system and method of instructing a device is disclosed. The system includes a signal source for providing at least one visual signal where the at least one visual signal is substantially indicative of at least one activity to be performed by the device. A visual signal capturing element captures the at least one visual signal and communicates the at least one visual signal to the device where the device interprets the at least one visual signal and performs the activity autonomously and without requiring any additional signals or other information from the signal source. |
248 |
PERSONAL ROBOT |
US14758200 |
2013-08-28 |
US20150336276A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Se Kyong SONG; Sang Ki LEE |
A personal robot including a first smart device, a robot main body, and a second smart device is implemented as a first type where the first smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body, as a second type where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner, or as a third type where the second smart device is wirelessly connected to the robot main body where the first smart device is mounted on and connected to the robot main body in a wired manner. In the third type, the robot main body is connected to the first smart device in a wired manner and wirelessly connected to the second smart device, and a robot main body control unit controls the robot main body according to simultaneously processed data from the first and second smart devices. |
249 |
Multi-joint robot having gas spring, and method for estimating inner pressure of the gas spring |
US14228560 |
2014-03-28 |
US09193074B2 |
2015-11-24 |
Yu Hayashi |
A multi-joint robot having a function for estimating an amount of decrease in inner pressure of a gas spring, by means of a simple and low-cost structure, and a method for estimating the amount of decrease in inner pressure of the gas spring. The gas pressure within a cylinder of the gas spring decreases in connection with the motion of a lower arm associated with the gas spring. In the present invention, an amount of decrease in inner pressure within the gas spring is estimated by using a current value of a servomotor, in view of the finding that the amount of decrease in inner pressure is generally proportional to an amount of decrease in torque, and the torque generated by the servomotor can be calculated based on the current value of the servomotor. |
250 |
Robotic System and Method for Reorienting a Surgical Instrument Moving Along a Tool Path |
US14739146 |
2015-06-15 |
US20150289941A1 |
2015-10-15 |
David Gene Bowling; John Michael Stuart; Jerry A. Culp; Donald W. Malackowski; José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera; Patrick Roessler; Joel N. Beer; John Ketchel |
Robotic system and method for positioning an energy applicator extending from a surgical instrument. The robotic system includes a surgical manipulator operable in a manual mode or a semi-autonomous mode. The surgical manipulator moves the energy applicator along a tool path in the semi-autonomous mode, monitors output of a force/torque sensor as the energy applicator moves along the tool path, and reorients the surgical instrument based on the output in response to a user applying reorienting forces and torques to the surgical instrument. |
251 |
Arm control apparatus, arm control method, arm control program, robot, and integrated electronic circuit for arm control |
US14446945 |
2014-07-30 |
US09102057B2 |
2015-08-11 |
Yudai Fudaba; Yuko Tsusaka; Jun Ozawa |
In a touch panel display with an arm, a torque calculating unit calculates a torque to be loaded on a touch panel display based on a position acquired by a touch position information acquiring unit and a force acquired by a touch force information acquiring unit, and a stiffness parameter information generating unit generates information about a stiffness parameter for controlling an arm so that the position and the orientation of the touch panel display do not change based on the calculated torque. An arm control unit controls the arm based on the generated information about the stiffness parameter. |
252 |
Robot, medical work station, and method for projecting an image onto the surface of an object |
US12743688 |
2008-11-18 |
US08965583B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Tobias Ortmaier; Dirk Jacob; Georg Passig |
The invention relates to a robot (R), a medical work station, and a method for projecting an image (20) onto the surface of an object (P). The robot (R) comprises a robot arm (A) and a device (18) for projecting the image (20) onto the surface of the object (P), said device (18) being mounted on or integrated into the robot arm (A). |
253 |
Autonomous mobile body and control method of same |
US13510396 |
2010-11-10 |
US08948956B2 |
2015-02-03 |
Masaki Takahashi; Takafumi Suzuki; Toshiki Moriguchi |
An autonomous mobile body is configured to flexibly avoid obstacles. The mobile body has a movement mechanism configured to translate in a horizontal plane and rotate around a vertical axis, and the distance to an obstacle is derived for each directional angle using an obstacle sensor. A translational potential of the mobile body and a rotational potential of the mobile body for avoiding interference with the obstacle are generated, based on the distance from the autonomous mobile body to the obstacle at each directional angle. An amount of control relating to a translational direction and a translational velocity of the mobile body and an amount of control relating to a rotational direction and an angular velocity of the mobile body are generated based on the generated potentials, and the movement mechanism is driven. |
254 |
LOAD AND TORQUE RESISTANT CALIPER EXOSKELETON |
US14371334 |
2013-01-10 |
US20150016923A1 |
2015-01-15 |
Garrett W. Brown |
An exoskeleton assembly having an upper body support assembly pivotally connected to a lower body support assembly. A caliper assembly is connected to the lower and upper body support assemblies and includes a load arm attached to a differential strut. The caliper assembly has links pivotally attached to the upper and lower body assemblies. Pistons attached to the load arm substantially maintain a mounting component in an upright position. |
255 |
ARM CONTROL APPARATUS, ARM CONTROL METHOD, ARM CONTROL PROGRAM, ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR ARM CONTROL |
US14446945 |
2014-07-30 |
US20140343729A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Yudai FUDABA; Yuko TSUSAKA; Jun OZAWA |
In a touch panel display with an arm, a torque calculating unit calculates a torque to be loaded on a touch panel display based on a position acquired by a touch position information acquiring unit and a force acquired by a touch force information acquiring unit, and a stiffness parameter information generating unit generates information about a stiffness parameter for controlling an arm so that the position and the orientation of the touch panel display do not change based on the calculated torque. An arm control unit controls the arm based on the generated information about the stiffness parameter. |
256 |
A BALANCED PNEUMATIC MANIPULATOR |
US14350964 |
2013-05-10 |
US20140251057A1 |
2014-09-11 |
Giovanni Lorengo |
The manipulator comprises a supporting device (11) having an assembly (13) rotatable about a vertical axis and an articulated parallelogram (21) with a swing arm (24). A pneumatic linear actuator (22), acts between the rotatable assembly (13) and the articulated parallelogram (21), for causing the arm (24) to rotate about a horizontal axis of oscillation. A slide (23) is connected to the actuator (22) and slidably mounted on the rotatable assembly (13) by means of a first vertical guide (30). The slide has a second horizontal guide (31) in which is engaged an element (32, 33) mounted on the swing arm (24). |
257 |
Surgical Manipulator Capable of Controlling a Surgical Instrument in Multiple Modes |
US13958070 |
2013-08-02 |
US20140039681A1 |
2014-02-06 |
David Gene Bowling; John Michael Stuart; Jerry A. Culp; Donald W. Malackowski; Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera; Patrick Roessler; Joel N. Beer; John Ketchel |
A surgical manipulator for manipulating a surgical instrument and an energy applicator extending from the surgical instrument. The surgical manipulator further includes at least one controller configured to determine a commanded pose to which the energy applicator is advanced, wherein the commanded pose is determined based on a summation of a plurality of force and torque signals. |
258 |
REMOTE-CONTROLLED ACTUATOR |
US14045387 |
2013-10-03 |
US20140026704A1 |
2014-01-30 |
Hiroshi ISOBE; Takayoshi OZAKI |
A remote controlled actuator includes a spindle for holding a tool, a spindle guide section of an elongated configuration, a distal end member rotatably supporting the spindle, and a drive unit housing connected to a base end of the spindle guide section. The distal end member is fitted to the spindle guide section for alteration in attitude. The spindle guide section includes an outer shell pipe, a rotary shaft, and guide pipe. Within the guide pipe, an attitude altering member is inserted to alter the attitude of the distal end member. A connection device detachably connects the spindle guide section with the drive unit housing. |
259 |
Remote-controlled actuator |
US13200942 |
2011-10-05 |
US08573090B2 |
2013-11-05 |
Hiroshi Isobe; Takayoshi Ozaki |
A remote controlled actuator includes a spindle for holding a tool, a spindle guide section of an elongated configuration, a distal end member rotatably supporting the spindle, and a drive unit housing connected to a base end of the spindle guide section. The distal end member is fitted to the spindle guide section for alteration in attitude. The spindle guide section includes an outer shell pipe, a rotary shaft, and guide pipe. Within the guide pipe, an attitude altering member is inserted to alter the attitude of the distal end member. A connection device detachably connects the spindle guide section with the drive unit housing. |
260 |
TELE-OPERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF |
US13766886 |
2013-02-14 |
US20130211592A1 |
2013-08-15 |
Kyung Rock KIM |
A tele-operation system enabling a robot arm to move by following a motion of a motion of a hand of a user without an additional mechanical apparatus, the tele-operation system including a slave robot having a robot arm, a master console configured to detect a gesture of a user, and to control the slave robot from a remote place so that the slave robot moves by following the gesture of the user. |