Methods and apparatus for implementing a safety system for a mobile robot are described. The method comprises receiving first sensor data from one or more sensors, the first sensor data being captured at a first time, identifying, based on the first sensor data, a first unobserved portion of a safety field in an environment of a mobile robot, assigning, to each of a plurality of contiguous regions within the first unobserved portion of the safety field, an occupancy state, updating, at a second time after the first time, the occupancy state of one or more of the plurality of contiguous regions, and determining one or more operating parameters for the mobile robot, the one or more operating parameters based, at least in part, on the occupancy state of at least some regions of the plurality of contiguous regions at the second time.

This disclosure describes monitoring and operating subsea well systems, such as to perform operations in the construction and control of targets in a subsea environment. A submerisble ROV that performs operations in the construction and control of targets (e.g., well completion components) in a subsea environment, the ROV has one or more imaging devices that capture data that is processed to provide information that assists in the control and operations of the ROV and/or well completion system while the ROV is subsea.

One example provides an electric vehicle charging system including a system controller to communicate with a plurality of electric vehicles, each electric vehicle requesting a charging operation to charge a vehicle battery pack of the electric vehicle, the system controller to generate a charging schedule including an order in which the electric vehicles are to be charged based on a plurality of charging factors, and to select from the charging schedule an electric vehicle for charging. The charging system includes at least one autonomous charging robot having a charging battery pack, the charging bot to drive to the selected electric vehicle as directed by the system controller, the charging robot including an interface unit to automatically couple to a charging port of the selected electric vehicle and charge the vehicle battery pack from the charging battery pack.

The invention relates to a medical robot (10) comprising a motorized mobile base (13), spatial-location sensors (17) secured to the mobile base, and a control unit (16) that stores in memory an intervention plan comprising at least one action to be performed on the anatomy of interest of a patient (30). The control unit is configured to: detect, from information coming from the spatial-location sensors (17), a position of the anatomy of interest of the patient with respect to the medical robot, identify, from the position of the anatomy of interest of the patient and from the intervention plan, at least one favourable position of the mobile base of the medical robot for which position the medical robot is capable of performing the action or actions from the intervention plan, move the mobile base of the medical robot into an optimal position selected from among the favourable position or positions identified.

A battery powered octocopter drone with a protective frame. An articulating arm is mounted to the drone with a battery powered chain saw positioned along the end of the articulating arm. The chainsaw allows for the trimming of remote trees and bushes previously only accessible by a ladder or bucket lift. The drone is adjustable forward/aft to compensate for the center of gravity. The drone includes a remote control receiver, telemetry and an antenna allowing an operator to control all aspects of the drone from a remote position.

An advanced system of cooperating solar module carrier robots for installing solar panels is provided. The system includes a computer vision system designed to route the cooperating solar module carrier robots to the solar tracker. The system also includes a robotic arm with a suction cup tool designed to pick up and hold a solar panel. The suction cup tool can include a set of suction cups, an actuator designed to create a vacuum in each suction cup of the set of suction cups. The suction cup tool also has an air nozzle designed to below off debris on a surface of the solar panel.

An advanced system of cooperating solar module carrier robots for installing solar panels on a solar tracker is provided. The advanced system can include a computer vision system designed to route the cooperating solar module carrier robots to a solar tracker, a deck sized to fit one or more pallets of solar panels, and a robotic arm with a suction cup tool designed to pick up and hold a solar panel.

An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first information processing device to be provided to a movable body and a second information processing device to be provided to a portion that differs from the movable body. The first information processing device includes a sensor portion, a generation portion, a control portion, and an integration portion. The sensor portion senses a first external environment. The generation portion uses sensor data acquired from the sensor portion to generate a first map. The control portion controls motion of a manipulator on the basis of the first map. The integration portion uses position information of inside the first external environment, with which portion the manipulator is in contact, integrates the first map and a second map acquired from the second information processing device with each other, and generates an integration map.

A disinfection robot, including a top plate, a bottom plate and a swinging mechanism. The top plate is located above the bottom plate. The swinging mechanism is located between the top plate and the bottom plate, and includes a swinging arm, a hinge shaft, a swinging gear, two swinging units and a driving unit. The swinging arm is hingedly connected to the bottom plate through the hinge shaft. The two swinging units are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the swinging gear. Each of the two swinging units includes a swinging shaft, an incomplete gear and a linear driver. The driving unit is configured to simultaneously drive swinging shafts of the two swinging units to rotate in opposite directions. The disinfection robot can adjust a swing amplitude of the swinging arm according to a size of a disinfection site.

A sewer inspection or maintenance system is provided having a sensor system with which at least three distances between a predetermined first point in the sewer pipe and the sewer wall of the sewer pipe are detected. The system has a processing unit adapted for determining a diameter of the sewer pipe and a predetermined second point in the sewer pipe based on the detected distances, and for determining a horizontal offset and a vertical offset between the predetermined first point and the predetermined second point based on the determined diameter and the detected distances. The system also has a positioning unit which is adapted to correct the position of an inspection unit in the sewer pipe by the two offsets. A corresponding method is provided as well.