A robotic post includes a processor and a memory. The robotic post may include a manipulation arm and a swiveling or otherwise movable trunk or base. One or more sensors provided on the robotic post enable the robotic post to determine the position and location of a piece of luggage. The processor, based on the sensor input, causes the robotic post to rotate, tilt or move toward the luggage to orient and secure a hook or gripper onto the handle of the luggage. The post may move, under control of the processor, to another location. When presented with authorization by a user, the luggage is released at the second location.

The present disclosure provides a prompt method and system for building a modular apparatus. The method comprises: S1: obtaining configuration information of a target modular apparatus which comprises M unit-modules connected to each other by a docking part; S2: obtaining configuration information of a currently constructed entity which comprises N unit-modules connected to each other by a docking part, N being less than M; S3: calculating at least a position of the docking part where the (N+1).sup.th unit-module should be connected to the constructed entity; and S4: sending out prompt information according to at least the position of the docking part where the (N+1).sup.th unit-module should be connected to the constructed entity calculated in step S3, so as to prompt at least the position of the docking part where the (N+1).sup.th unit-module should be connected.

A modular configurable robot, comprising robot modules comprising a coupling mechanism including an electrical coupling member comprising a network communication signal connection, an arrangement forming upon coupling an orientation signal, an integrated circuit comprising a microcontroller circuit with unique identification code and I/O ports coupled to said electrical coupling to receive orientation electrical signal, a communication slave module comprising ports and registers storing state values of the ports, one port pre-designated as input, the ports being open or closed depending on the port state, the robot comprising a master communication module forming with said slave modules a master slave communication network topology, a server hosting a database of robot module parameters, accessible by unique identification code, said master module retrieving from said communication slave module the unique identification code, and from the database robot module parameters, and from said microcontroller circuit said information of a relative orientation.

An action control device includes a compression process processing unit that envisages a first virtual plane and a second virtual plane, pushes control subjects that are arranged or control subjects that were arranged in a set of starting positions and that abut the second virtual plane in a movement direction of the second virtual plane, thereby compressing the control subjects such that none of the control subjects exceeds the first virtual plane and such that the coordinate values thereof in a first direction remain at or below Xthresh, envisages a third virtual plane and a fourth virtual plane, pushes the control subjects that are included in the compressed shaped acquired using the first and second virtual planes and that abut the fourth virtual plane in a movement direction of the fourth virtual plane, thereby compressing the control subjects such that none of the control subjects exceeds the third virtual plane and such that the coordinate values thereof in a second direction remain at or below Ythresh, and determines the positions of the control subjects included in the compressed shape as a set of intermediate positions M1.

A robotic post system includes one or more composable robotic posts each having a processor and a memory. At least one composable post includes a set of modules including one or more pairable latches which is configured to couple and lock with another pairable latch from among another set of modules included on another of the composable posts, such that the composable robotic posts form a composable surface supported by the composable robotic posts.

Provided is a robot including: a chassis; wheels; electric motors; a network card; sensors; a processor; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: capturing, with at least one exteroceptive sensor, a first image and a second image; determining, with the processor, an overlapping area of the first image and the second image by comparing the raw pixel intensity values of the first image to the raw pixel intensity values of the second image; combining, with the processor, the first image and the second image at the overlapping area to generate a digital spatial representation of the environment; and estimating, with the processor using a statistical ensemble of simulated positions of the robot, a corrected position of the robot to replace a last known position of the robot within the digital spatial representation of the environment.

A modular frame for an intelligent robot includes a base and one or more devices for performing specified functions. The base controls the actions and functions of the robot and contains a memory of operating instructions for a plurality of modules, each module performing unique functions. The base has a smart connector. The devices for performing specified functions have a smart connector which contains a unique code for that device or module and firmware for operation of the module. When a module is affixed on the modular frame, the smart connector of the module electronically communicates with the smart connector of the base, thereby providing the base with sufficient operating information to operate the intelligent robot.

The present disclosure relates to the field of robots, and particularly relates to a robot control method, a robot control system and a modular robot. The robot control method includes the steps of: T1: providing a robot, with at least one wheel and at least one motion posture; T2: regulating the robot to a motion posture, saving motion-posture information corresponding to the motion posture, and generating preset action control information based on the speed of the wheel and the motion-posture information; T3: constructing and forming an operating model based on the preset action control information; and T4: outputting, by the operating model, actual motion control information of a motion according to user's input to control the robot to perform the motion. Thus, it is convenient to set motion modes to meet the diverse needs of users, and the design space of the robot suitable for more scenarios is increased.

A transport control device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: deciding whether to form a group of a plurality of transport devices according to whether a load of transport processing for transporting a transport object from a transport source to a transport destination satisfies a criterion for deciding necessity of implementation of group transport in which the plurality of transport devices transports the transport object in cooperation; and instructing the plurality of transport devices to move to form the group in a case where formation of the group has been decided.

A mobile robot includes a position distance calculation command transmission unit 1, a position distance calculation command transfer unit 2, a reply position distance calculation command transmission unit 3, a direction storage unit 4, a reply position distance calculation command transfer unit 5, a first head robot unit determination command transmission unit 6, a robot unit determination unit 7, a first movement unit 8, a second movement unit 9, a next head robot unit selection command transmission unit 10 and a second head robot unit determination command transmission unit 11, for example.