A transmission actuator unit (131) configured by combination of a selecting actuator (133) and a shifting actuator (134) is mounted on an upper surface of a connection box unit (101). A connection box frame (102) is slidably supported along guide rails (20) between a pair of main beams (15a) of a slanting frame (11). By sliding the connection box unit (101), it is possible to adjust a height position of the transmission actuator unit (131) to a height position of a shift lever.

The present invention relates to a static compliance performance testing device applied to an industrial robot, comprising a loading direction adjusting component and a loading force adjusting component, wherein the force applying end of the loading direction adjusting component is connected with an end mechanical interface of the industrial robot, and is configured to adjust a force bearing direction of the end mechanical interface. The loading force adjusting component comprises a lever, a first-stage weight and a second-stage weight, the lever is provided with a fixing part and is rotatable around the fixing part, the force bearing end of the loading direction adjusting component is connected with the lever, the first-stage weight is suspended on the lever, the second-stage weight is suspended on the lever and is movable along the lever, the weight of the first-stage weight is larger than the weight of the second-stage weight.

Learning to effectively imitate human teleoperators, even in unseen, dynamic environments is a promising path to greater autonomy, enabling robots to steadily acquire complex skills from supervision. Various motion generation techniques are described herein that are rooted in contraction theory and sum-of-squares programming for learning a dynamical systems control policy in the form of a polynomial vector field from a given set of demonstrations. Notably, this vector field is provably optimal for the problem of minimizing imitation loss while providing certain continuous-time guarantees on the induced imitation behavior. Techniques herein generalize to new initial and goal poses of the robot and can adapt in real time to dynamic obstacles during execution, with convergence to teleoperator behavior within a well-defined safety tube.

A cable terminal end detection method includes a gripping step for gripping, using a hand including a first gripping section and a second gripping section disposed to be separated on an X axis and configured to open and close in a direction along a Z axis, a cable in two places separated in a longitudinal direction with the first gripping section and the second gripping section, a moving step for, in a state in which the cable is gripped by the hand, moving the cable to the first gripping section side in a direction along the X axis relatively to the hand, and a detecting step for detecting, with a tactile sensor disposed in the second gripping section to be in contact with the cable, that the cable has slipped out from the second gripping section and detecting that a terminal end of the cable is located between the first gripping section and the second gripping section.

A machine (10) to automatically transport, from and to one or more working stations (12), one or more components (11) to make a package, comprises a reference surface (13), with which electric energizing members (14) are associated to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields, and at least a pair of support members (15) each provided with magnetic means (16) configured to interact with the magnetic fields. The machine (10) comprises control means (17) configured to energize selectively and in a coordinated manner the electric energizing members (14) to cause the selective movement of each support member (15) from one point to another of the reference surface (13). Each support member (15) is also provided with respective gripping means (18) comprising at least one support arm (19), wherein the support arm (19) of the first support member (15) is configured to cooperate with the support arm (19) of the second support member (15) to selectively temporarily grip and support at least one or more components (11).

A robotic arm system includes first robotic arm, second robotic arm and main controller. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm are configured to grab object. The main controller is configured to: determine whether first force vector of first force applied by the first robotic arm to the object is equal to second force vector of second force applied by the second robotic arm to the object; when the first force vector and the second force vector are not equal, obtain a first difference between the first force vector and the second force vector; and according to the first difference, change at least one of the first force applied by the first robotic arm to the object and the second force applied by the second robotic arm to the object so that the first force vector and the second force vector are equal.

An actuator system that picks up workpieces aims to shorten tact time and to reduce damages to workpieces. The actuator system includes an actuator that picks up a workpiece, an external force detection sensor that detects a physical quantity that is correlated with an external force that is applied to the workpiece, a head unit that is connected to the actuator and the external force detection sensor without a communication network, the head unit being configured to control the actuator based on a sensing result from the external force detection sensor when a pickup request signal that is a signal requesting pickup of the workpiece is received, and a control device that is connected to the head unit over the communication network, the control device being configured to transmit the pickup request signal to the head unit.

Embodiments provide measurement systems having a coordinate measuring machine, a workpiece storage apparatus, and a robot for delivering workpieces from the workpiece storage apparatus to the coordinate measuring machine, and methods for orienting and operating such systems. Illustrative embodiments employ a reference geometry tool on the robotic arm, and kinematic locators on the coordinate measuring machine and/or on the workpiece storage apparatus to define a coordinate system common to the coordinate measuring machine, the workpiece storage apparatus, and the robot.

A coordinate calibration method of a manipulator is provided and includes steps of: (a) controlling the manipulator to move in accordance with a movement command, and acquiring the reference anchor points reached by the manipulator; (b) acquiring a rotation matrix and a translation vector according to the reference anchor points, and acquiring a reference coordinate system accordingly; (c) when the manipulator returning to the work space after temporarily leaving, controlling the manipulator to move in accordance with the movement command, and acquiring the actual anchor points reached by the manipulator; (d) acquiring a rotation matrix and a translation vector according to the actual anchor points, acquiring a corresponding actual coordinate system accordingly, and acquiring a coordinate compensation information by comparing the rotation matrixes and the translation vectors; and (e) adjusting the manipulator according to the coordinate compensation information, and maintaining the manipulator to operate in the reference coordinate system.

A robotic arm assembly having an arm with at least one end effector pivotally connected to the end of the arm. The robotic arm assembly has a continuous belt driven by two motors. Manipulation of the speed and direction of the two motors controls the length of the arm and the tilt of the end effector. A third motor controls the tilt of the arm.