A system for controlling the position of an articulated robotic arm includes a robotic catheter procedure system having the articulated robotic arm and a controller coupled to the articulated robotic arm. The system further includes a patient table positioned proximate to and separate from the articulated robotic arm and a tracking system coupled to the controller and configured to measure a change in a position of the patient table. The controller is configured to adjust the position of the articulated robotic arm based on the measured change in position of the patient table.

An object of the present invention is to provide an assembly manufacturing device and an assembly manufacturing method capable of reducing error when the actual position of a long member is detected, and precisely setting a reference point and a coordinates system. The long member assembly apparatus provides a plurality of hand parts for gripping a long member, a touch plate for securing the first end of the long member and restricting the movement of the long member in the longitudinal direction, a laser tracker for detecting the installation position of the touch plate, and a reference determining part for determining reference coordinates or reference point to be used in for adjusting the position of the hand parts, based on the installation position of the touch plate detected by the laser tracker.

A system for controlling the position of an articulated robotic arm includes a robotic catheter procedure system having the articulated robotic arm and a controller coupled to the articulated robotic arm. The system further includes a patient table positioned proximate to and separate from the articulated robotic arm and a tracking system coupled to the controller and configured to measure a change in a position of the patient table. The controller is configured to adjust the position of the articulated robotic arm based on the measured change in position of the patient table.

Pre-plating systems and related methods are disclosed. A pre-plating system includes a press, an infeed robot configured to deliver a structural member to the press, and an outfeed robot configured to remove the structural member from the press. The press is configured to secure a plate to the structural member while the structural member is held in position by at least one of the infeed robot or the outfeed robot. A pre-plating system includes a press, a transfer pedestal, a plate picking robot, and a press loading robot. The plate picking robot is configured to pick a plate from a container and position the plate on the transfer pedestal. The press loading robot is configured to transfer the plate to the press. The press is configured to press the plate into a structural member positioned within the press.

An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be described herein. For example, an apparatus may include a first robotic arm having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end may be configured for movement and the proximal end may secure the first robotic arm. The apparatus may further include a camera connected with the distal end of the first robotic arm. The camera may be configured to capture image data of a marker connected with a second robotic arm and provide the image data to a computer. The computer may generate a set of instructions for the first robotic arm based on the image data of the marker. The movement of the first robotic arm may be caused by the computer according to the generated set of instructions.

In order to hold a long member without using a fixing jig and without deforming the long member in holding the long member, a long member assembling device is provided with: multiple hand parts for gripping a long member; and arm parts and trunk parts for moving the hand parts to adjust the positions of the hand parts gripping the long member. The hand parts have a configuration such that, when the positions thereof are adjusted by the arm parts and the trunk parts, the hand parts are capable of moving in the longitudinal direction of the long member while gripping the long member.

The invention relates to a device for the electrical testing of an electrical component (BT), which has a first electromechanical interface (S1), wherein the electrical component (BT) is provided with the first electromechanical interface (S1) thereof at a target position (POS.sub.S1) and a target orientation (O.sub.S1), the device including: a force-regulated and/or impedance-regulated and/or admittance-regulated first robot manipulator having a first effector, a control unit for controlling/regulating the first robot manipulator, the control unit being designed and constructed to execute the following first control program: controlling the first robot manipulator in such a manner that the first robot manipulator guides the second electromechanical interface (S2) along a predefined trajectory m with a predefined target orientation (O.sub.target,S2(R.sub.T)) to the first electromechanical interface (S1) of the electrical component (BT) provided at the position (POS.sub.S1), wherein, upon the mechanical connection of the first electromechanical interface (S1) to the second electromechanical interface (S2), executing force-regulated and/or impedance-regulated and/or admittance-regulated tilting motions about the target orientation (O.sub.target,S2(R.sub.T)) and/or rotary motions and/or translational motions of the second electromechanical interface (S2) by the first robot manipulator; and an analysis means connected to the second electromechanical interface (S2), the analysis means being designed and constructed to execute an analysis program for the electrical testing of the electrical component (BT) electromechanically connected to the analysis means via the first and second electromechanical interfaces.

A long member assembling device has hand parts configured to grip a long member, arm parts and trunk parts configured to adjust a position of each of the hand parts, a hand part configured to grip the long member, the hand part numbering less than the hand parts, an arm part and a trunk part configured to move the hand part and adjust a position of the hand part gripping the long member, the arm part and the trunk part having higher positioning accuracy than the hand parts, and a control unit configured to, on the basis of an original shape of the long member stored in a memory, drive the arm parts and the trunk parts to adjust the positions of the hand parts and the hand part such that the shape of the long member gripped by the hand parts matches the original shape.

The invention relates to a device and method for electrical testing of an electrical component, the component including at least one electrical contact point. The device includes: an interface for providing the electrical component; a first robot manipulator having an effector, which is configured and constructed for picking up, handling and releasing the electrical component; a mechanical receiving interface into which the electrical component is insertable; a contacting device having at least one electrical counter contact, the contacting device being positioned in a first state in such a manner that space is available for the first robot manipulator to be able to insert/remove the electrical component into/from the receiving interface, and the contacting device being positioned in a second condition in such a manner that the at least one counter contact is connected to the at least one contact point of the electrical component which has been inserted into the receiving interface; an analysis unit connected to the at least one counter contact, the analysis unit being configured and constructed to perform electrical testing of the electrical component using the electrical connection of the at least one counter contact and the at least one contact point in the second state and to provide and/or output a test result; and a control unit for automated control of the first robot manipulator and the contacting device.

A robot machining system including: a robot in which a hand is attached to a distal end of an arm thereof; a force sensor provided in one of the robot and the machining device and detecting a force acting therebetween when a workpiece is being machined; and a control device that controls the robot or the machining device according to the detected force, wherein one of the machining device and the hand is provided with guide surfaces that extend along a direction in which the machining device and the hand are relatively moved when the workpiece is machined; the other of the machining device and the hand is provided with guided portions that are brought into contact with the guide surfaces when the workpiece is machined; and the control device performs control for maintaining a contact state between the guide surfaces and the guided portions during machining of the workpiece.