An omnidirectional treadmill platform includes a splicing floor, an omnidirectional driving base and a floor removing/splicing actuator. A plurality of omnidirectional wheels are arranged in the driving base. The splicing floor is placed on the omnidirectional wheels. A user moves on the splicing floor, and the omnidirectional wheels of the driving base cause the splicing floor to move in a direction Opposite to the movement direction of the user thus enabling the user to experience unlimited free movement, while in reality remaining in place. The splicing floor is formed by splicing a plurality of splicing blocks. The floor removing/splicing actuator removes and splices the splicing blocks at right positions, recycling splicing blocks and achieving the unlimited extension of the splicing floor. The new platform provides unrestricted movement and variable ground surface simulation irrespective of turn radius with near-negligible inertia force without the use of special footwear.

A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a sound-generating speaker. The robotic mount is moveable in multiple degrees of freedom, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a system of entertainment elements are made to move and operate synchronously with each other, such via multiple robotic mounts.

The present invention relates to a novel robotic pin setter device. The device is a robotic pin setter that performs all functions of typical pin setters for standard bowling operations on two lanes simultaneously. The device comprises a housing component with a plurality of robotic arms that act to reset all ten pins quickly on both lanes. The plurality of robotic arms are each attached to a base component secured within the housing component via a mechanical linkage or rotational center pin or any other suitable securing means as is known in the art. The housing component further comprises an object recognition device and a control unit.

A reactive media system includes a motion control system having an animated figure with a body and actuators configured to adjust a figure portion of the body in response to interactive data received from one or more interactive data sources. The reactive media system includes a media control system having a tracking camera configured to generate signals indicative of a current position and orientation of the figure portion based on a set of trackers coupled to the figure portion. The media control system includes a media controller configured to receive the signals, determine the current position and orientation based on the signals, and generate data indicative of images to be projected onto an external surface of the figure portion having the current position and orientation. The media control system also includes a projector configured to receive the data from the media controller and project the images onto the external surface.

A robot includes a propulsion system configured to move the robot within an operations venue, a wireless interface configured to communicatively connect the robot with a wireless network, a touchscreen display device, a contactless reader device, a memory device, a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a robot management system (RMS) and via the wireless interface, a relocation request identifying a service location within the operations venue and at which the robot is to provide a service, control the propulsion system to navigate the robot to the service location in response to receiving the relocation request, receive, from a user, an authorization request to add funds to a digital wallet of the user, and transmit, via the wireless interface, an authorization request message to a funds transfer data center associated with the user, the authorization request message configured to request adding the funds to the digital wallet of the user.

A human-computer interface system having an exoskeleton including a plurality of structural members coupled to one another by at least one articulation configured to apply a force to a body segment of a user, the exoskeleton comprising a body-borne portion and a point-of-use portion; the body-borne portion configured to be operatively coupled to the point-of-use portion; and at least one locomotor module including at least one actuator configured to actuate the at least one articulation, the at least one actuator being in operative communication with the exoskeleton.

An animatronics system uses a camera for detecting a person, and an enhanced interaction controller, operably connectable with an animatronics character, for providing entertainment to persons nearby. A tracking program utilizes human presence detection, via input from the camera, to detect and recognize the person for tracking the person and determining when the person enters a predetermined range. The enhanced control program performs, in response to the tracking program determining that the person entered within the predetermined range of the animatronic character, an entertainment routine directed to the person.

A robot of one aspect includes a first base configuring a trunk portion, a second base configuring a head region, a connecting mechanism that connects the first base and the second base, and a drive unit that drives the connecting mechanism. The drive unit includes motors disposed on the first base. The connecting mechanism includes linking mechanisms that are disposed in parallel to each other and are driven by the motors respectively. Each linking mechanism includes a drive link fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor and a driven link that is connected to the drive link via a first joint and connected to the second base via a second joint. The first joint is a single axis hinge joint, and the second joint is a universal joint.

A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector, a video projector screen or a camera. The robotic mount is moveable in multiple degrees of freedom, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a system of entertainment elements are made to move and operate in synchronicity with each other, such as to move a single camera via multiple robotic mounts to one or more positions or along one or more paths.

A companion robot is disclosed. In some embodiments, the companion robot may include a head having a facemask and a projector configured to project facial images onto the facemask; a facial camera; a microphone configured to receive audio signals from the environment; a speaker configured to output audio signals; and a processor electrically coupled with the projector, the facial camera, the microphone, and the speaker. In some embodiments, the processor may be configured to receive facial images from the facial camera; receive speech input from the microphone; determine an audio output based on the facial images and/or the speech input; determine a facial projection output based the facial images and/or the speech input; output the audio output via the speaker; and project the facial projection output on the facemask via the projector.