Provided is a method for managing a modular robot, including at least one module, using a user terminal, the method including: acquiring mount information on the at least one module mounted to the modular robot; receiving module information on a module corresponding to the mount information; and displaying at least one of the mount information and the module information. Also, provided are a user terminal for performing the method for managing a modular robot may be provided, and a non-volatile computer readable recording medium in which a computer program for performing the method for managing a modular robot.

A method for 3D printing of a robot element, more particularly a finger for use in robotics. At least one sensor is concomitantly printed by means of multi-material printing during the printing of the robot element. A gripping element produced by a method of this kind includes a number of printed layers of robot element material and a concomitantly printed sensor.

A wrist device for an industrial robot, the wrist device including a wrist housing; a first member; a second member; a first pinion rotatable about a first pinion axis; a first crown wheel for driving the first member, the first crown wheel meshing with the first pinion; a second pinion rotatable about a second pinion axis; a second crown wheel for driving the second member, the second crown wheel meshing with the second pinion; and an integral pinion housing fixedly attached to the wrist housing, the pinion housing supporting the first pinion for rotation about the first pinion axis and supporting the second pinion for rotation about the second pinion axis. An industrial robot including a wrist device, and a method of assembling a wrist device for an industrial robot, are also provided.

A robot application development system and method includes a robot application unit that determines a robot application, which defines the industrial robot in a robot workspace. An input interface receives robot application information. An object data interface receives work piece information. A gripper finger design unit determines a gripper finger design. The robot application unit determines the robot application using the robot application information. The gripper finger design unit determines the gripper finger design using the work piece information and the robot application information.

A method for designing a customized robot to perform a specified function begins by initially creating an electronic library of data about modules and accessories for a robot assembly. The library stores, for each module and accessory, at least firmware for operation and dimensions. Per robot, the method includes receiving a set of functions and requirements of the customized robot, generating design(s) for the customized robot by finding a set of modules or accessories which match at least one of its functions and requirements, based on information in the electronic library, performing a set of validation tests of each design against criteria, identifying the design(s) which passed the set of validation tests, and generating a list of modules and accessories of a selected design and a connection map for the selected design indicating how the modules and accessories are to be connected together to form the customized robot.

A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument mountable to a remotely controllable manipulator configured to operate the surgical instrument includes applying a first tension to a first tensioning element, applying a second tension to a second tensioning element, and maintaining the first and second tensions in the first and second tensioning elements while a first rotatable cylinder is locked to a second rotatable cylinder. The first tensioning element and the second tensioning element are each coupled to a distal end component of the surgical instrument and are coupled to one another such that a tension in one of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element is transmitted at least in part to the other of the first tensioning element and the second tensioning element.

A robot casing includes, in a hollow resin body portion, two attachment openings and one work opening that communicate between an inside and an outside of the body portion. The two attachment openings are respectively provided in both end portions of the body portion; a metal member constituting an attachment surface is embedded in a resin constituting the body portion at a periphery of the attachment opening; the metal member is provided with attachment holes that allow attachment screws, which are used for attachment to the attachment surface, to penetrate therethrough or to be fastened thereinto, and is also embedded in the resin in a state in which the attachment surface is exposed; and components can be respectively attached to the two attachment openings by utilizing the work opening.

The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing a robot with a robotic arm. Said method can be carried out using an assembly robot wherein first housing segments are arranged in an intended sequence for the robotic arm, drive units are inserted into the first housing segments and the respective complimentary second housing segments are placed on the first housing segments comprising the drive units.

A method for supporting designing and operation of a robotic system includes operating a computer-based Inventory configured to operate in a robotic system having Hardware Modules to perform a task, the Inventory including Hardware Module Descriptions including a unique identifier, a description of physical characteristics, a current status and historical data the Hardware Module. The method including the steps of collecting status data of the Hardware Module; collecting operating data representing usage of the Hardware Module and updating the historical data accordingly;

and at least one of the steps of scheduling maintenance actions to be performed on the Hardware Module; deriving or modifying, based on the operating data, historical data that is associated with a type of the Hardware Module.

A method of determining an installation site of a robot manipulator at a workstation, the method including: recording a respective image of the robot manipulator and of the workstation of the robot manipulator, and of a workpiece to be machined at the workstation via a camera unit, wherein the respective image contains spatial information; transmitting the respective image to a computing unit; and determining the installation site of the robot manipulator by applying a non-linear optimization of a predefined cost function and/or of a neural network via the computing unit based on a predefined task for machining the workpiece and based on the spatial information determined by the computing unit from the respective image.