Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for visually annotating rendered multi-dimensional representations of robot environments. In various implementations, an entity may be identified that is present with a telepresence robot in an environment. A measure of potential interest of a user in the entity may be calculated based on a record of one or more interactions between the user and one or more computing devices. In some implementations, the one or more interactions may be for purposes other than directly operating the telepresence robot. In various implementations, a multi-dimensional representation of the environment may be rendered as part of a graphical user interface operable by the user to control the telepresence robot. In various implementations, a visual annotation may be selectively rendered within the multi-dimensional representation of the environment in association with the entity based on the measure of potential interest.

A method of displaying an operational parameter of a surgical system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a cloud computing system of the surgical system, first usage data, from a first subset of surgical hubs of the surgical system; receiving, by the cloud computing system, second usage data, from a second subset of surgical hubs of the surgical system; analyzing, by the cloud computing system, the first and the second usage data to correlate the first and the second usage data with surgical outcome data; determining, by the cloud computing system, based on the correlation, a recommended medical resource usage configuration; and displaying, on respective displays on the first and the second subset of surgical hubs, indications of the recommended medical resource usage configuration.

A robot system includes a mobile robot configured to move, a portable teaching device including a display section configured to display information, the portable teaching device teaching the mobile robot, a first detecting section configured to detect a present position of the portable teaching device, a second detecting section configured to detect a present position of the mobile robot, and a display control section configured to cause, based on a detection result of the first detecting section and a detection result of the second detecting section, the display section to display the present position of the portable teaching device and the present position of the mobile robot.

A system and method for improving a position accuracy of a mobile robot is disclosed. A retroreflective device is mounted to the mobile robot and used by an absolute positioning device to use a laser beam to track a position of the mobile robot. The mobile robot receives position measurements. Various optimizations may be performed to support operating the mobile robot over a 360 degree range of azimuthal headings.

The present invention appropriately evaluates the quality of communications, and optimizes the allocation of conveyance instructions by a control device. The control device (10) is provided with: a communication quality determination unit (12) that determines the quality of wireless communications on the basis of a communication state of a telegram from a conveyance robot (20); and an instruction state determination unit (13) that determines, according to the quality of the wireless communications, an instruction state pertaining to whether to transmit an instruction for controlling the conveyance robot.

5G and especially 6G will enable a multitude of applications for fixed-position and mobile wireless task-devices (“robots”). Most of these applications are based on the assumption that the robots know, or can determine, the locations and wireless identities of other robots in proximity, but this is an unsolved problem. Procedures are provided herein for an arbitrarily large number of fixed-position and mobile robots to autonomously identify each other, determine their locations with speed and precision substantially beyond that provided by navigation satellites, and then to collaborate in performing their tasks, while avoiding interference and collisions. Examples are provided in the fields of automated agriculture, remote oil-spill mitigation, autonomous fire-fighting, hospital management, construction site coordination, manufacturing (including fully autonomous manufacturing), major product warehousing, airport control, and emergency vehicle access.

The present invention relates to a robot service system and a robot apparatus using a social network service, and comprises: (a) a step in which a terminal device is connected to a robot apparatus by executing a social network service program, and displays a service screen on which an image captured by the robot apparatus is displayed; (b) a step in which the terminal device transmits a robot control command inputted to the service screen to the robot apparatus; (c) a step in which the robot apparatus performs an operation according to the robot control command and transmits operation performance data to the terminal device; and (d) a step in which the terminal device displays the operation performance data transmitted from the robot apparatus on the service screen.

A mechanical tower climber system for performing operations on a cell tower includes a body; a plurality of members disposed or connected to the body and each comprising one or more robotic hands; and a wireless interface and a processing device configured to receive commands from a remote operator; climb the cell tower based on the commands; and perform one or more operations on cell site components associated with the cell tower based on the commands and manipulation of the plurality of members and associated one or more robotic hands.

Methods and systems are described for robot transportation of objects into or out of a home automation system. One example may include determining, by a mobile robotic device, that an object is available to cross a boundary of the home automation system. The method may include deactivating at least a portion of the home automation system. The method also include retrieving, by the mobile robotic device, the object and transporting, by the mobile robotic device, the object across the boundary. The method further includes leaving, by the mobile robotic device, the object at a drop-off location. The method may also include reactivating at least the portion of the home automation system.

A method of tracking a user position using a crowd robot, a tag device, and a robot implementing the same are disclosed, and the robot includes a controller, which cumulatively stores position information of a tag device, generates a moving route corresponding to the stored position information of the tag device, and corrects the position information of the tag device based on position estimation information of a crowd robot around the tag device sent from the tag device.