A machine for working glass slabs includes a supporting structure, a slab grinding section having grinding heads, a conveyor assembly adapted to move the glass slab, and a slab drilling section having a conveyor adjacent to the conveyor assembly. The slab grinding section has suckers for keeping the glass slab next to a working plane spaced and/or offset with respect to the advancement plane, and a computerized numeric control assembly to perform workings on the glass slab.

A system and method for installing solar panels are provided. The method includes obtaining an image of an in-progress solar installation. The image includes an image of one or more solar panels and one or more torque tubes. The method also includes detecting solar panel segments by inputting the image to a trained neural network that is trained to detect solar panels in poor lighting conditions. The method also includes estimating panel poses for the one or more solar panels, based on the solar panel segments, using a computer vision pipeline. The method also includes generating control signals, based on the estimated panel poses, for operating a robotic controller for installing the one or more solar panels.

A system and method for installing solar panels are provided. The method includes obtaining images of solar panels an installation structure during installation. The method also includes pre-processing the images by compensating for camera intrinsics or distortions, rectifying the images, and/or determining depth information. The method also includes detecting the solar panels by inputting the images into neural networks. The method also includes a first post-processing to compute a first panel pose based on an output of the neural networks. The method also includes generating control signals, based on the first panel pose, for operating a robotic controller for installing the solar panels. In some embodiments, the method also includes homography transforms to obtain a second panel pose, based on the first panel pose and visual patterns or fiducials on a solar panel, and generating the control signals further based on the second panel pose.

A system and method for installing solar panels are provided. The method obtains an image of a solar panel during an in-progress solar installation and estimates features of the solar panel based on a first image using distance simulation, geometric correction, and/or angular adjustment. The method also generates control signals, based on the estimated features, for operating a robotic controller for picking the solar panel. The method also obtains a second image of the solar panel when the solar panel is in a perspective view and detects placement of the solar panel based on the image by determining if the solar panel is co-planar with and at a predetermined offset from a fixed solar panel. Based on the detected placement, control signals are generated for operating a second robotic controller for aligning the solar panel with the fixed solar panel.

A machine (10) and a process are described, for working glass slabs (21), the machine (10) comprising: a supporting structure (11); a slab grinding section (12) comprising grinding heads (64), and a conveyor assembly (18) having dragging means (24) adapted to move the glass slab (21); a slab drilling section (14) comprising a conveyor (31) adjacent to the conveyor assembly (18); the slab grinding section (12) further comprises retaining means (45) for keeping the glass slab (21) next to a working plane (25) spaced and/or offset with respect to the advancement plane (23); and a computerized numeric control assembly (68) for perform workings on the glass slab (21).

A robotic device may: receive movement information associated with a plurality of subtasks performed by a manipulator of a robotic device, where the movement information indicates respective paths followed by the manipulator while performing the respective subtasks and respective forces experienced by the manipulator along the respective paths; determine task information for a task to be performed by the robotic device, where the task comprises a combination of subtasks of the plurality of subtasks, where the task information includes a trajectory to be followed by the manipulator, and forces to be exerted by the manipulator at points along the trajectory; and determine, based on the task information, torques to be applied over time to the manipulator via a joint coupled to the robotic device to perform the task.