A semi-automatic precision positioning robot apparatus and method for use of the same to hold, position, orient and/or move a workpiece are provided. The positioning apparatus utilizes an actuator system of a given configuration to manipulate a workpiece holding unit with multiple degrees of freedom to achieve various positions and orientations. An associated tool may further be provided to interact with the workpiece in various positions and orientations. The positioning apparatus enables an operator to obtain high degrees of maneuverability while maintaining precision and consistency in the manufacture and production of various products and components.

A manufacturing system manufactures a rotating assembly by attaching a plurality of attached target members in a circumferential direction of a rotating main body portion. A storage member capable of storing the plurality of attached target members is placed on a stand. A measurement device measures a physical amount of the attached target member An attachment device attaches one attached target member to a predetermined position in the circumferential direction of the rotating main body portion based on the physical amount measured by the measurement device A transfer device transfers the attached target member.

A robot apparatus is provided on a stand and includes a control apparatus that controls the robot apparatus. The control apparatus calculates vibration generated on the stand based on model data of the stand and trajectory data of an operation of the robot apparatus and corrects the trajectory data based on the vibration.

A fiber includes M primary cores and N redundant cores, where M an integer is greater than two and N is an integer greater than one. Interferometric circuitry detects interferometric pattern data associated with the M primary cores and the N redundant cores when the optical fiber is placed into a sensing position. Data processing circuitry calculates a primary core fiber bend value for the M primary cores and a redundant core fiber bend value for the N redundant cores based on a predetermined geometry of the M primary cores and the N redundant cores in the fiber and detected interferometric pattern data associated with the M primary cores and the N redundant cores. The primary core fiber bend value and the redundant core fiber bend value are compared in a comparison. The detected data for the M primary cores is determined reliable or unreliable based on the comparison. A signal is generated in response to an unreliable determination.

A vibration generating device includes: a trough where a workpiece is placed; a first vibration motor and a second vibration motor whose rotary shafts are laid along a horizontal direction and parallel to each other; a transmission unit where the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor are arranged and that transmits a vibration of the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor to the trough; a first sensor detecting a rotating position of the rotary shaft of the first vibration motor; and a second sensor detecting a rotating position of the rotary shaft of the second vibration motor.

This box assembling and packing system is provided: a first jig which is fixed at a predetermined position and against which a side part of a body of a packing box is thrust; a second jig which is fixed at a predetermined position and against which a flap part and a tuck part of the packing box are thrust; and a robot having two articulated arms. A first articulated arm of the two articulated arms holds and moves the packing box in a flatly collapsed form by a packing box holding mechanism, folds and raises the body of the flatly collapsed packing box into a rectangular tubular shape in cooperation with the first jig, and maintains the folded and raised body of the packing box in the rectangular tubular shape by a packing box rectangular tubular shape maintaining mechanism. The second articulated arm moves a folding member into contact with the flap part and the tuck part of the packing box being held by the packing box holding mechanism of the first articulated arm, forms each of a bottom and a lid of the packing box in cooperation with the second jig, and moves an object-to-be-packed being grasped by an object-to-be-packed grasping mechanism and inserts it into the body from an end portion at a timing between forming the bottom and forming the lid.

A part assembling system of an automation line includes: a station frame in which a part assembling tool is installed and that includes at least one mounting part; at least one positioner mounted on the at least one mounting part; a part conveying pallet including at least one positioning pin coupled to the at least one positioner; and a moving carriage that transports the part conveying pallet to a predetermined position on a floor of a process work area.

A food preparation system arranged in a kitchen includes a gantry fixed with the kitchen, at least one robot arm having an end effector supported on a base in the kitchen, where the base is movably mounted on the gantry, defining a reaching distance of the robot from the end effector to the base, along a travel path of the base on the gantry, a storage container arranged in the kitchen, within the reaching distance of the at least one robot arm, and configured for storing a food item, at least one ingredient distribution device arranged in the kitchen, within the reaching distance of the at least one robot arm, and configured for dispensing at least one ingredient on the food item, and an oven arranged in the kitchen, within the reaching distance of the at least one robot arm, and configured for baking the food item.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for container transporters and related item manipulation devices. In one embodiment, an example item manipulation device may include a support platform, and a conveyance surface attached to the support platform and configured to convey a container at least a portion of a distance from a first side of the support platform to a second side of the support platform, where the conveyance surface defines at least a portion of a container passage through which a container can be conveyed. The item manipulation device may include a manipulator comprising a first arm disposed along a longitudinal axis of the item manipulation device and a second arm disposed along the longitudinal axis of the item manipulation device, where the manipulator is engageable with the container to move the container at least partially onto the conveyance surface.

A radar system controls accesses to an environment where a machinery can be present. Radar devices are placed along an access path to the environment. The radar devices check the presence of targets in passage regions, arranged to be sequentially met along the access path. A control unit has stored predetermined ordered entry and exit sequences of events, given by changes of the passage regions between occupied and clear. If the registered sequence matches the entry sequence, that is the passage regions are occupied in the correct order, the environment is classified as occupied, and the machinery stops working. The machinery restarts when the environment is classified again as clear, based on the registered sequence matching the exit sequence, that is the passage regions being cleared in order.