A method of operating a robot includes acquiring a first condition that defines a given model work, acquiring for the model work, conversion information for acquiring first corrected operation information based on first temporary operation information of the robot, acquiring a second condition that defines a given target work, and acquiring second corrected operation information indicative of corrected operation of the robot for the target work based on the first condition, the second condition, and the conversion information.

Methods of operating a robotic breaker-racking apparatus are provided. A method of operating a robotic breaker-racking apparatus includes controlling a motor to drive the robotic breaker-racking apparatus to a first circuit breaker. The method includes accessing the first circuit breaker via remote or autonomous control of the robotic breaker-racking apparatus. Moreover, the method includes visually inspecting, via a camera of the robotic breaker-racking apparatus, a first relay of the first circuit breaker and/or a second relay of a second circuit breaker. Related robotic breaker-racking apparatuses are also provided.

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.

A robot control apparatus controls a robot having six drive axes and a drive axis as an additional axis. The control apparatus includes a display control part which controls a display of a display part. The display control part displays, on the display part, a first picture which displays an operation program including an operation statement and a second picture which displays a state of the drive axes included in the operation statement. The display control part displays the operation statement including a state of the additional axis without including a state of the six drive axes in the first picture.

[Object] To provide an agent robot control system, an agent robot system, an agent robot control method, and a storage medium that can support optimum shopping in a physical shop and an online shop. [Solution] An agent robot control system including: an acquisition section configured to acquire a purchase master list indicating a candidate of a purchase commercial product of a user; and a control section configured to generate a purchase execution list for recommending purchase in a physical shop for a partial commercial product of the purchase master list, and recommending purchase in an online shop for another commercial product.

A robot control device includes: a measuring unit to measure a robot control state indicative of a position and a posture of the robot; a work area setting unit to store, for each of work processes, a work area that is defined by work movement of the worker between a start and an end of each of the work processes and includes a space a body of the worker occupies and to set the work area corresponding to the work process currently carried out by the worker based on a signal specifying the work process currently carried out by the worker; and a robot command generator to generate a motion command for the robot based on the work area and the robot control state. The generator varies the command for the robot based on whether the robot is present in the work area.

A robot operation evaluation device includes: an operational state calculator for calculating an operational state of an evaluation region that is a movable region of a robot, based on an operational state of the robot; a shape-feature quantity calculator for calculating a shape-feature quantity depending on an operation direction of the evaluation region corresponding to the operational state calculated; and an evaluation value calculator for calculating an evaluation value representing a risk degree of the operational state of the evaluation region with respect to the operation direction, based on the shape-feature quantity.

An object recognizer recognizes a position and an attitude of a target object based on data measured by a sensor. A safe distance calculator calculates a distance from the target object to a certain object which is other than an object manipulation apparatus and the target object. A manipulation controller controls the pickup device based on the position and the attitude of the target object, and based on the distance from the target object to the certain object. When there are a plurality of target objects to be selected by the object manipulation apparatus, the manipulation controller selects one of the target objects having distances to the certain object longer than a predetermined threshold, and manipulates the selected target object using the pickup device.

A method includes controlling a robot body performed by a controller. The robot body includes a finger, a driving unit, and a detection unit. The driving unit is configured to move the finger. The detection unit is configured to output a signal corresponding to a state of the finger moved by the driving unit. The method includes causing the finger to hold a workpiece, causing the robot body to start a predetermined operation while causing the finger to keep holding the workpiece, if a detected value based on the signal outputted from the detection unit is within a first range, and causing the robot body to continue to perform the predetermined operation until completion of the predetermined operation, if the detected value is within a second range in the predetermined operation. The second range is different from the first range.

A system includes a controller to provide at least one control output to an automated system in response to a control command received at a control input of the controller. The control output controls the operation of the automated system based on the control command. A signature analyzer generates the control command to the controller and receives an impedance signature related to a property of a material or object encountered by the automated system. The signature analyzer compares the impedance signature to at least one comparison signature to determine the property of the material or object. The signature analyzer adjusts the control command to the controller to control the operation of the automated system based on the determined property.