To provide a robot controller and a robot control method that do not need a logic command to be associated with a teaching position for a robot, and that are thus capable of executing the logic command at a desired position and a desired timing. A robot controller includes: an operation command interpretation unit that interprets an operation command program describing a teaching operation and a teaching position for a robot, and that generates an operation command; a logic command interpretation unit that interprets a logic command program describing a logic command instructing a machining process to be performed by the robot and an execution position for the logic command, independently from the teaching operation and the teaching position, and that generates the logic command that includes the execution position; and a command execution unit that executes the operation command and the logic command.

The present disclosure provides a humanoid robot and its control method and computer readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current torque of a sole of the humanoid robot, an inclination angle of the sole, an inclination angle of a first joint of the humanoid robot, and an inclination angle of a second joint of the humanoid robot; calculating current feedforward angular velocities of motors of the first and second joints through the obtained information; calculating feedback angular velocities of the motors of the first and second joints; and obtaining inclination angles of the joints based on the feedforward angular velocities of the motors and the feedback angular velocities of the motors, and performing, through the motor of the second joint, a deviation control on the joints according to the inclination angles of the joints.

One embodiment can provide a robotic system. The robotic system can include a robotic arm comprising an end-effector, a robotic controller configured to control movements of the robotic arm, and a dual-resolution computer-vision system. The dual-resolution computer-vision system can include a low-resolution three-dimensional (3D) camera module and a high-resolution 3D camera module. The low-resolution 3D camera module and the high-resolution 3D camera module can be arranged in such a way that a viewing region of the high-resolution 3D camera module is located inside a viewing region of the low-resolution 3D camera module, thereby allowing the dual-resolution computer-vision system to provide 3D visual information associated with the end-effector in two different resolutions when at least a portion of the end-effector enters the viewing region of the high-resolution camera module.

An apparatus state data structure for controlling a technical apparatus includes at least one capability data field and at least one associated data field. Each capability data field indicates a respective functionality of the technical apparatus. Each associated data field is associated with a respective capability data field. The at least one associated data field includes at least one required component state data field and at least one required diagnostic data field. Each required component state data field indicates a configuration of a respective component required for the functionality of the capability data field associated with the respective required component state data field. Each required diagnostic data field indicates a respective operational state of a component of the technical apparatus required for the functionality of the capability data field associated with the respective required diagnostic data field.

According to one embodiment, a control system controls a robot. The control system includes a first system and a second system. The first system transmits a first command and supplementary data. The first command is represented using a specification different from a control command specification used by a controller of the robot. The supplementary data corresponds to the first command. The second system generates a second command based on the first command, attaches the supplementary data to the second command, and transmits the second command to the controller. The second command corresponds to the control command specification.

A safety system is disclosed for failsafe servicing of areas within an order fulfillment facility. During normal operation, a number of battery-powered robots receive wireless instructions from a management control system (MCS) to transfer items to/from workstations or storage shelves in a multi-level storage structure. The order fulfillment facility may be divided into dynamically configurable service zones. When service is required in a service zone, different safety protocols may be employed based on a determination as to the priority level of service required and/or the estimated length of time service will take. One safety protocol involves physically blocking all access points to a service area with mechanical guards, so that order fulfillment operations may be proceed around the service zone while service is performed.

A plurality of robotic posts each include at least one processor, a memory and at least one divider panel secured to the post through a securable latch controlled through the at least one processor. A robotic post may move to a divider location to enforce access control between a first region and a second region divided, at least partially, by its at least one divider panel.

A control system for a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a remote surgeon console having a surgeon input device, and a surgical robot arm comprising a series of joints extending from a base to a terminal end for attaching to a surgical instrument, the surgical robot arm operable in a full power mode in which the joints of the surgical robot arm are powered by a first power source and a reduced power mode in which the joints of the surgical robot arm are powered by a second power source, the control system configured to: whilst the surgical robot arm is operating in the full power mode, control the surgical robot arm in a surgical mode by converting movements of the surgeon input device to control signals for moving joints of the surgical robot arm; detect power failure of the first power source; in response to detecting the power failure, enable the reduced power mode, and transition control of the surgical robot arm from the surgical mode to a standby mode; whilst in the reduced power mode, receive a command from a user input located on or adjacent to the surgical robot arm or on the surgeon console; and in response to receiving the command, transition control of the surgical robot arm from the standby mode to a calibration mode.

The controller includes a program storage that stores programs specifying a plurality of operations associated with at least one operable unit; a program executor that executes the programs; an operation executor that causes the operable unit to operate according to the programs; and an operable unit manager that manages control of the programs. When a program is called from one of the programs, the operable unit manager obtains control of a group associated with the operable unit and specified in the called program, and releases control of a group other than the group associated with the operable unit and specified in the called program.

An information processing system according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether or not processing related to an object disposed in an environment is appropriate based on information related to the object. When determining that the processing is not appropriate, the processing circuitry adds label information designated by a user to data on the object.