G05B2219/50393

ROBOT WITH LINEAR 7TH AXIS

The present application discloses a robotic control system, and a method and a computer system for controlling a robot. The robotic control system includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The memory is configured to store configured to store a model of a robot having a plurality of axes of control including at least a linear axis and one or more rotational axes. The one or more processors are configured to use the model to control the robot to perform a task, including by sending to the robot a set of control signals to cause the robot to move with respect to two or more of said axes of control including at least the linear axis.

Mounting system and reporting control device
11449043 · 2022-09-20 · ·

A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line having multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement and configured to mount a component on a board, a supply device configured to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines by traveling in the arrangement direction, and a reporting section configured to issue a warning when the members are not supplied to the mounting machines by the supply device.

Systems and methods for generating a mission for a self-driving material-transport vehicle

Systems and methods for generating a mission for a self-driving material-transport vehicle are presented. The system comprises at least one self-driving material-transport vehicle, at least one programmable logic controller, at least one field instrument, and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium in communication with at least one processor. An application signal is received from the programmable logic controller based on an activation signal from the field instrument. A mission is generated by the application signal and a mission template, and the mission is transmitted to the self-driving material-transport vehicle. In some cases, the application signal may be based on OPC-UA, and the mission and/or mission template may be based on a REST protocol.

Vehicle transport apparatus

A vehicle transport apparatus is formed by a first robot and a second robot that enter underneath a vehicle, lift up wheels of the vehicle, and travel. The first robot and the second robot each include a distance sensor that detects a distance between the corresponding robot and an object near the corresponding robot, and a robot computing section that controls a travel operation and a loading operation of the corresponding robot. When the vehicle is to be lowered in a parking region, the robot computing section adjusts a parking position of the vehicle based on information detected by the distance sensor.

Vehicle transport system

When it is detected that the charging of a battery is finished, a server transmits transport-out instructions for a vehicle to a vehicle transport apparatus, and when receiving the transport-out instructions transmitted from the server, the vehicle transport apparatus transports the vehicle, for which the charging of the battery is finished, out of a charging space.

Automated Warehouse System, Method for Correcting Misalignment of Placement Position of Article in Automated Warehouse System, Computer Program, and Recording Medium
20220315335 · 2022-10-06 ·

A control unit provided in an automated warehouse system includes a misalignment determination unit that, after storage of an article in a storage rack, determines whether or not an article is estimated to have been subjected to vibration exceeding a predetermined threshold value, and a misalignment correction instruction unit that, if the misalignment determination unit determined that the article is estimated to have been subjected to vibration exceeding the predetermined threshold value, outputs a control signal to a transport device to drive the transport device to execute a misalignment correction operation with respect to the placement position of the article.

SORTING APPARATUS AND SORTING METHOD
20220219201 · 2022-07-14 ·

A sorting apparatus, comprising: transportation vehicles for moving, on the basis of a control instruction, along a direction of a transportation row to a target position indicated by the control instruction, such that an object to be sorted is transferred from the current transportation vehicle on which the object is currently placed to a next-row transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation row where the next-row transportation vehicle is located is adjacent to the transportation row where the current transportation vehicle is located in a direction. away from a feed. inlet. The sorting apparatus occupies a small space, has low requirements on sites, and can be widely applied. Also comprised are a sorting method for a control module of the sorting apparatus, and ac electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. for implementing the sorting method.

Automated transporting, storage and retrieval system and method using the same
11390462 · 2022-07-19 · ·

An automated transporting, storage and retrieval system is provided and includes a control center, and an automated guided mobile unit, a picking spot and a delivery spot in an area; the automated guided mobile unit is connected to the control center; plural storage and retrieval shelves deployed within the area with one of them located on the picking spot containing an inventory item; the control center is configured to: transmit a task command including the inventory item and the delivery spot to the automated guided mobile unit; the automated guided mobile unit is configured to: determine whether it is engaged with the shelf; if yes, the automated guided mobile unit receives the task command and approaches the shelf located on the picking spot to retrieve the inventory item to deliver it to the delivery spot; if no, the automated guided mobile unit approaches one of the shelves and engages therewith.

DETECTION SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND DETECTION PROGRAM

An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a detection system used in a case where a transport robot transports a package in a state where the package in which an opening portion of a container is closed by a lid is placed on a placing portion of the transport robot. The detection system is configured to detect that the lid is opened.

ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

A robot control system according to the present embodiment is a robot control system that controls a plurality of mobile robots that can autonomously move in a facility. The robot control system acquires error information indicating that an error has occurred in a first transport robot, acquires transported object information related to a transported object of the first transport robot, determines a second transport robot able to transport the transported object of the first transport robot among the transport robots based on the transported object information and the error information, and moves the second transport robot to a transfer location of the transported object of the first transport robot.