A robotic cutting device includes a cutting tool responsive to a mobile actuator adapted to apply a cutting force in a 3-dimensional (3D) space, and scanning logic configured to identify a cutting path denoted on an article for cutting. Using the cutting path, a mobile actuator is responsive to positioning logic for disposing the cutting tool along the cutting path for performing a prescribed cut on the article. The mobile actuator is a robotic arm responsive to an independent coordinate frame based on a position and orientation of a mobility vehicle supporting the mobile actuator. The mobility vehicle is typically a tracked or all-terrain capable chassis adapted to be disposed adjacent to the article such that the article is within range of the actuator. The mobility vehicle transports the robotic cutting device adjacent to the article to be cut, such that the cutting path is within reach.

A robotic object handling system comprises a robot arm, a non-contact sensor, a first station, and a computing device. The computing device is to cause the robot arm to pick up an object on an end effector, cause the robot arm to position the object within a detection area of the non-contact sensor, cause the non-contact sensor to generate sensor data of the object, determine at least one of a rotational error of the object relative to a target orientation or a positional error of the object relative to a target position based on the sensor data, cause an adjustment to the robot arm to approximately remove at least one of the rotational error or the positional error from the object, and cause the robot arm to place the object at the first station, wherein the placed object lacks at least one of the rotational error or the positional error.

Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously packing folded laundry articles into a container are described. A packing system includes a refillable cartridge, a queue conveyor having one or more folded laundry articles and stacks of folded laundry articles disposed thereon, at least one retractable conveyor loading end between the refillable cartridge and the queue conveyor for loading the folded laundry articles into the refillable cartridge, a driven lifter for selectively raising and lowering the into and out of the container, and a controller in operative configuration with processors and drives of all of the foregoing and one or more sensors detecting a fill height of the refillable cartridge. The refillable cartridge includes a removable receiving surface that moves from a closed position to an open position during loading of the folded laundry by the retractable conveyor and unloading of the folded laundry into the container.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a charging infrastructure comprising a charging station for charging a vehicle having a vehicle-side charging interface, wherein the charging station comprises a robot that carries a robot-side charging interface for establishing a charging connection with the vehicle-side charging interface, wherein the robot comprises a main base and a compliance assembly that is arranged kinematically between the main base and the robot-side charging interface for providing a compliance, wherein the method comprises in series a positioning phase in which the robot-side charging interface is moved to an initial connecting position, and a connecting phase in which the robot-side charging interface establishes a charging connection with the vehicle-side charging interface, wherein in the positioning phase a compliance value is compared with a positioning intervention value and a positioning instruction is changed when the compliance value exceeds a positioning intervention value, and in the connecting phase the compliance value is compared with a connecting intervention value and a connecting instruction is changed when the compliance value exceeds the connecting intervention value, wherein the positioning intervention value differs from the connecting intervention value.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a box retrieval method and apparatus, a system, a robot, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a warehouse robot, and includes: acquiring a detection image, where the detection image includes an image of a target box and neighboring objects; determining a box spacing between the target box and each neighboring object according to the detection image; and if the box spacing satisfies retrieval conditions for a warehouse robot, retrieving the target box. Automatic detection of the box spacing is achieved with low detection cost and high detection accuracy, and goods is retrieved only when the spacing satisfies conditions, such that goods retrieval safety is increased, and the probability of goods damage and falling down of shelves during a retrieval process is greatly lowered.

An insertion quality determinator is a determinator 1 that determines a quality of insertion of an insertion component 5 inserted into a hole formed in a work object. The insertion component 5 at least includes a head having the size that is impossible to be inserted into the hole, and a pillar-shaped body that extends from the head and has the thickness that is possible to be inserted into the hole. The determinator is configured to determine the quality of insertion based on positions of given parts P1-P4 of the head of the insertion component 5 inserted into the hole, in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the hole.

A task table for use in a robotic system comprising a robot mounted on a carriage configured to move the robot along a path is disclosed. The task table includes a substantially horizontal table surface, and one or more mounting arms to which the table surface is affixed at a first distal end and comprising, at a second distal end opposite the first distal end, one or more mounting structures, the one or more mounting arms having a length that allows the table surface to be mounted to the robot or the carriage at a distance from a base of the robot that enables the robot to reach a plurality of locations on the table surface each with a desired pose.

An object is to reduce the risk of outflow of defects and improve the work efficiency of assembly work. An assembly system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used to assemble a finished product while sequentially placing and fixing multiple types of components to a workpiece. The assembly system 10 includes a collaborative robot 20 configured to collaborate with a worker 100, an identification information reading unit 27 configured to read identification information indicated on a component placed on the workpiece, and a controller 70 configured to determine whether a type of the component placed on the workpiece is correct or incorrect based on the read identification information and control the collaborative robot in accordance with a result of the correctness determination.

A device assembling system includes a management apparatus, a material apparatus, and an execution apparatus. The management apparatus is communicatively connected to the material apparatus and the execution apparatus, and the material apparatus and the execution apparatus are installed into an overall structure. The management apparatus is configured to obtain a maintenance task of a maintenance device. The maintenance task includes an operation type and an operation object. The management apparatus parses the maintenance task into a first control instruction and a second control instruction. The material apparatus receives the first control instruction, and searches for a to-be-assembled part according to the first control instruction, that is, the material apparatus may determine a position of the to-be-assembled part. The execution apparatus receives the second control instruction, and obtains the to-be-assembled part and assembles the to-be-assembled part to a device according to the second control instruction.

According to one embodiment, a picking system includes a picking robot and a control device. The picking robot transfers an object from a first space to a second space by using a robot hand. The control device controls the picking robot. When a first measurement result related to a shape of the object in the first space when viewed along a first direction is acquired, the control device performs a first calculation of calculating a position candidate for placing the object in the second space based on the first measurement result. When a second measurement result related to a shape of the object when viewed along a second direction is acquired, the control device performs a second calculation of calculating a position of the robot hand when placing the object in the second space based on the second measurement result and the position candidate.