A scheduling system includes first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry stores, in a memory, information on a plurality of tasks to be executed by at least one mobile device. The information on the plurality of tasks includes information on an estimated amount of battery consumption of the at least one mobile device in executing each of the plurality of tasks. The second circuitry receives designation of the plurality of tasks to be executed by the at least one mobile device. The second circuitry further causes a display to display a screen having a schedule in which the plurality of tasks is arranged for the at least one mobile device based on the information on the estimated amount of battery consumption.

A system includes a robot arm with multiple joints and one or more end effector to carry a substrate. A processing device determines, within joint space of the robot arm, start/end points of the one or more end effector for a complete movement. The processing device builds, in joint space for the multiple joints and the one or more end effector, a graph of reachable positions and sub-paths between the reachable positions that satisfy Cartesian limits. The reachable positions are identified at a granularity that divides the complete movement into multiple sub-movements. The processing device executes a graph optimization algorithm on the graph to determine multiple paths, each a group of the sub-paths, that have one of shortest distances or lowest costs between the start/end points, and selects a path thereof that minimizes move time of the one or more end effector between the start/end points.

A motion generation device may be for generating a movement for changing the robot from a first orientation to a second orientation, and include a first acquisition unit that acquires first orientation information that specifies the first orientation and second orientation information that specifies the second orientation, a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one priority item regarding the movement for changing from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a movement generation unit that generates a motion of the robot that includes a movement path along which the robot moves from the first orientation to the second orientation, based on the first orientation information, the second orientation information, and the priority item that were acquired.

A control system for an energy storage system located behind a utility meter uses a unique, feedback-based, communication and control method to reliably and efficiently maximize economic return of the energy storage system. Operating parameters for the energy storage system are calculated at an external, centralized data center, and are selected to prevent electrical power demand of an electric load location from exceeding a specified set-point by discharging energy storage devices, such as DC batteries, through a bidirectional energy converter during peak demand events. The control system can operate autonomously in the case of a communications failure.

A control system for an energy storage system located behind a utility meter uses a unique, feedback-based, communication and control method to reliably and efficiently maximize economic return of the energy storage system. Operating parameters for the energy storage system are calculated at an external, centralized data center, and are selected to prevent electrical power demand of an electric load location from exceeding a specified set-point by discharging energy storage devices, such as DC batteries, through a bidirectional energy converter during peak demand events. The control system can operate autonomously in the case of a communications failure.

A system including a power plant having thermal generating units that operate according to multiple possible operating modes, which are differentiated by a unique operational or maintenance schedule. The system further includes a hardware processor and machine readable storage medium on which is stored instructions that cause the hardware processor to execute a process related to optimizing the operational or maintenance schedule during a selected operating period. The process may include: receiving the selected operating period; selecting competing operating modes for the power plant during the selected operating period according to a selection criteria; simulating the operation of the power plant during the selected operating period for each of the competing operating modes and deriving simulation results therefrom; evaluating each of the simulation results pursuant to a cost function and, based thereupon, designating at least one of the competing operating modes as an optimized operating mode.

A method of controlling a non-productive movement of a tool from a starting position to an end position in a travel envelope of a machine tool includes the steps of a) providing a collision-free first trajectory for the non-productive movement of the tool, b) determining a second trajectory that is improved over the first trajectory with regard to a selectable target parameter using an algorithm, and c) checking the second trajectory for collisions and, if the second trajectory is free of collisions, providing an instruction corresponding to the second trajectory. The first trajectory in step a) includes plural rectilinear segments and the second trajectory in step b) includes a polynomial segment and, if the second trajectory is not free of collisions in step c), steps b) to c) are repeated so that the algorithm is provided with a modified model of the travel envelope in a repeat of step b).

A robot system includes circuitry and a robot. The circuitry is configured to set, based on a plurality of workpieces that move along a conveying surface, a window corresponding to n workpieces of the plurality of workpieces, according to an inflow order that is an order in which the plurality of workpieces have moved along the conveying surface, where n>1. The circuitry is further configured to determine a picking order by an optimization algorithm, based on a position of each of the n workpieces. The picking order is an order of picking one or more of the workpieces from the conveying surface and is different from the inflow order. The circuitry is further configured to select m workpieces from the window based on the picking order, where n>m. The robot is configured to pick the selected m workpieces from the conveying surface in the picking order.

The invention relates to a system for generating sets of control data for networked robots, comprising a plurality of robots (R.sub.i), wherein i=1, 2, 3, . . . , n, and n2, an optimizer (OE) and a database (DB), which are networked via a data network, wherein each robot (R.sub.i) includes at least: a control unit (SE.sub.i) for controlling and/or regulating the robot (R.sub.i); a storage unit (SPE.sub.i) for controlling sets of control data SD.sub.i(A.sub.k), which in each case enable the control of the robot (R.sub.i) in accordance with a predetermined task (A.sub.k), wherein k=1, 2, 3, . . . , m; a unit (EE.sub.i) for specifying a new task A.sub.m+1 for the robot (R.sub.i), wherein A.sub.m+1A.sub.k; a unit (EH.sub.i) for determining a set of control data SD.sub.i(A.sub.m+1) for execution of the task (A.sub.m+1) by the robot (R.sub.i), an evaluation unit (BE.sub.i), which evaluates the set of control data SD.sub.i(A.sub.m+1) determined by the unit (EH.sub.i), with regard to at least one parameter (P1) with the characteristic number K.sub.P1(SD.sub.i(A.sub.m+1)), and a communication unit (KE.sub.i) for communication with the optimizer (OE) and/or the database (DB) and/or other robots (R.sub.ji), the optimizer (OE), which is designed and configured in order to determine, upon request by a robot (R.sub.i), at least one optimized set of control data SD.sub.i,P2(A.sub.m+1) with regard to at least one predetermined parameter (P2), wherein the request by the robot (R.sub.i) occurs when the characteristic number K.sub.P1(SD.sub.i(A.sub.m+1)) does not meet a predetermined condition, and the data base (DB) stores the set of control data SD.sub.i,P2(A.sub.m+1) optimized by the optimizer (OE) and provides it to the robot (R.sub.i) for execution of the task (A.sub.m+1).

The invention relates to a method (100) for orientation of a workpiece (20) to be processed, comprising the steps of: a) providing a processing path (27) fixed on the workpiece for processing the workpiece (20); b) selecting a rigid transformation (30) of the positioning of the workpiece (20); c) simulating the processing path (27) taking account of the rigid transformation (30) of the positioning of the workpiece (20); d) determining at least one process variable (40) of the machining of the workpiece (20); wherein the steps b) to d) are repeated by modifying the at least one rigid transformation (30) of the positioning of the workpiece (20) until the at least one process variable (40) reaches a target value (43).