A robotic device including one or more proximity sensing systems coupled to various portions of a robot body. The proximity sensing systems detect a distance of an object about the robot body and the robotic device reacts based on the detected distance. The proximity sensing systems obtain a three-dimensional (3D) profile of the object to determine a category of the object. The distance of the object is detected multiple times in a sequence to determine a movement path of the object.

Examples provide a system for system for customized item decanting. A robotic picker device is configured to remove a selected item from a selected case in an open configuration on a conveyor device. A decan manager, implemented on a processor, is configured to identify a destination tote in a set of totes for placement of the selected item, The robotic picker device places the selected item into the destination tote and the decant manager analyzes sensor data and item data associated with the selected item to confirm an identification of the selected item placed into the destination tote for inventory update

Provided is a control system that can control the operation of a robot with high accuracy. A control system 1 is provided with a sensor 44 that detects an acceleration that is based on the vibration of a robot 3, an interpolation unit 222 that interpolates a plurality of pieces of sensor data detected by the sensor 44, and a data generation unit 223 that generates combined data having a short sampling period on the basis of a plurality of pieces of interpolation data obtained through interpolation by the interpolation unit 222.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a robot to perform a custom real-time action. One of the methods comprises receiving, by a real-time robotics control framework, a definition of a custom real-time control function, wherein the definition specifies a plurality of actions and one or more custom reactions; repeatedly executing, by the real-time robotics control framework, the custom real-time control function at each tick of a real-time robotics system driving one or more physical robots, including: obtaining current values of one or more state variables, evaluating the one or more custom reactions specified by the custom real-time control function according to the current values of the one or more state variables, and whenever a custom reaction is satisfied, updating a current action in real time according to the custom reaction that is satisfied, and executing a next tick of the current action.

A robot control device includes the following: a main control unit; a servo control unit, which receives a position command θc from the main control unit; and a bending correction block (24), which corrects the bending of the reduction gear connected to the servo motor. The bending correction block (24) includes the following: a first position-correction-value calculation means (63), which finds a first position-command correction value θsgc based on the position command θc; and a second position-command-correction-value calculation means (64), which finds a second position-command correction value θskc based on the interference torque τa. The servo control unit drives the servo motor based on a new position command obtained by adding the first position-command correction value θsgc and the second position-command correction value θskc to the position command θc.

A robotic system with an arm assembly that includes: a pedestal, a first member operatively coupled to an opposing end of the pedestal, and a second member operatively coupled to an opposing end of the first member. The robotic system further includes a joint operatively coupled to an opposing end of the second member and at least one phalange assembly operatively coupled to the joint. The at least one phalange assembly includes: a third member operatively coupled to the joint, a fourth member operatively coupled to an opposing end of the third member, and a fifth member operatively coupled to an opposing end of the fourth member. The robotic system further includes an interchangeable manipulator is operatively coupled to the opposing end of the fifth member.

A robotic arm system comprising an artificial intelligence (AI) processor system, a transceiver electrically coupled to the AI processor system, and a robotic arm having an optical data communication network that communicates with the transceiver. The robotic arm further comprises a transmitter, a plurality of sensors electrically coupled to the transmitter, a receiver, and a plurality of motion actuators electrically coupled to the receiver. The optical data communication network comprises gigabit plastic optical fiber (GbPOF) having a graded-index core made of a transparent carbon-hydrogen bond-free perfluorinated polymer with dopant. In one embodiment, one GbPOF optically couples the transmitter to the transceiver and another GbPOF optically couples the transceiver to the receiver. The flexible high-data-rate GbPOF enables robotic arm control using artificial intelligence.

A mobile robot includes a body, a propulsion module, an ultrasound sensor module that is configured to detect a boundary of a cleaning area using a sound wave, and a controller configured to control the propulsion module based on the determined boundary. The ultrasound sensor module may include an ultrasonic sensor unit and a boundary detector. The sensor unit may emit the sound wave, receive the reflected sound wave from a target, and output a sound wave signal. And, the boundary detector may analyze the sound wave signal to detect the boundary of the cleaning area.

The present invention relates to a working robot. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the working robot comprises: a body; a plurality of traveling units connected to the body, having supporting members and traveling members rotatably connected to the supporting members, and provided so as to be travelable with respect to the ground; and a plurality of adjusting units connecting the body and the traveling units, and provided to enable the relative positions of the traveling units to the body to be adjusted, wherein the plurality of traveling units are traveled and the plurality of adjusting units are adjusted so as to maintain the horizontal state of the body.

A fastener feeding system and method for automatically delivering fasteners to a plurality of different manufacturing cells in a manufacturing line from a single load point. The fastener feeding system includes a fastener distribution assembly and a transport assembly for selecting and delivering fasteners to the manufacturing cells. Individual fasteners are selected from a fastener reservoir by a robotic manipulator of the fastener distribution assembly, and are placed on a fastener carrier supported on conveying structure extending between the fastener distribution assembly and the manufacturing cells for movement therealong. The fastener carrier is controlled to move along the track to deliver one or more fasteners to a manufacturing cell.