The present disclosure relates to positioning technology, and particularly to a positioning method a positioning device, and a robot. In which, the method includes: obtaining first location information of the target object at a current moment being predicted by an extended Kalman filter model at a last moment; obtaining second location information of the target object at the current moment being collected by a sensor; predicting third location information of the target object at the current moment through the extended Kalman filter model based on the first location information and the second location information; and determining an error value of the third location information under a preset constraint condition, and correcting the third location information according, to the error value to obtain final location information of the target object at the current moment.

A computer-implemented method executed by a robotic system for performing a positional search process in an assembly task is presented. The method includes decomposing, by the robotic system, a perturbation motion into a plurality of actions, the perturbation motion being a motion for an assembly position searched by the robotic system, each action of the plurality of actions related to a specific direction. The method further includes performing reinforcement learning by selecting an action among decomposed actions and assembly movement actions at each step of the positional search process based on corresponding force-torque data received from at least one sensor associated with the robotic system. The method also includes outputting a best action at each step for completion of the assembly task as a result of the reinforcement learning.

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring event information and determining a target user from among a plurality of users to receive the event information, based on stored user information. Additionally, the method includes acquiring device information about at least one of the electronic device and at least one external electronic device corresponding to the target user, determining a target device to provide the event information, based on the device information, and then providing an event output signal for outputting the event information, to the target device. Further, the method includes determining a method for outputting the event information through the target device, based on an event output scheme of the target device, and a privacy level of the event information.

An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.

Example implementations relate to generating instructions for robotic tasks. A method may involve determining task information of a path-based task by an end-effector on an object, where the task information includes (i) at least one task parameter, and (ii) a nominal representation of the object. The method also involves based on the task information, determining one or more parametric instructions for the end-effector to perform the task, where the one or more parametric instructions indicate a toolpath for the end-effector to follow when performing the task. The method also involves generating, based on sensor data, an observed representation of the object, and comparing the observed and the nominal representations. The method further involves based on the comparison, mapping the parametric instructions to the observed representation of the object. The method yet further involves sending the mapped instructions to the end-effector to cause the robotic device to perform the task.

An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.

An image processing system which can execute various image processings in an operation process of a robot is provided. The image processing system includes: a robot for performing a predetermined operation on a workpiece; a photographing unit for photographing the workpiece; an acquisition unit for acquiring a position of the robot; a field programmable gate array (FPGA) for reconfiguring an internal circuit configuration; a storage unit for storing area information where circuit information for implementing predetermined image processing on an image obtained from the photographing unit as information for defining the circuit configuration of the FPGA is defined for each operation area of the robot; and a reconfiguration unit for reconfiguring the circuit configuration of the FPGA with the circuit information associated with the operation area based on that a position of the robot sequentially acquired by the acquisition unit belongs to one operation area defined in the area information.

A robot control system of the present invention includes: a control device for controlling a machine; a portable wireless operation panel that can perform wireless communication with the control device to control the machine; a distance measuring unit that measures the distance between the machine and the portable wireless operation panel; a communication monitoring unit that monitors the communication quality of wireless communication between the control device and the portable wireless operation panel; a warning generator that emits a warning to the operator or stops the machine when the communication quality becomes lower than a predetermined criterion; and, a criterion changing unit that changes the predetermined criterion in accordance with the distance between the machine and the portable wireless operation panel.

An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring event information and determining a target user from among a plurality of users to receive the event information, based on stored user information. Additionally, the method includes acquiring device information about at least one of the electronic device and at least one external electronic device corresponding to the target user, determining a target device to provide the event information, based on the device information, and then providing an event output signal for outputting the event information, to the target device. Further, the method includes determining a method for outputting the event information through the target device, based on an event output scheme of the target device, and a privacy level of the event information.

Provided are a device and a method for efficiently creating a following path of the target to be followed by a mobile device to enable reliable follow-up. A movement path creation unit is included that creates a path that is a following path on which a target is to be followed by a mobile device. The movement path creation unit sequentially sets a piece of path position information (waypoint) near the target, and sequentially connects the set pieces of path position information to create the path. The movement path creation unit sets the piece of path position information at a position determined in accordance with a predetermined rule based on a position and a travel direction of the target. When the target has moved a predetermined distance, a new piece of path position information is set.