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- OT-2026-000002893
A robotic fleet resource provisioning system includes a computer-readable storage system storing a fleet resources data store and resource provisioning rules. The fleet resources data store maintains a fleet resource inventory indicating fleet resources, each with features, configuration requirements, and a status. The
- OT-2026-000002892
A logistics vehicle and a logistics system. The logistics vehicle includes: a frame; a climbing assembly including a climbing wheel movably provided on the frame, the climbing wheel being configured to be extendable with respect to the frame, to cooperate with a first rail assembly arranged vertically, so that the logi
- OT-2026-000002891
Disclosed is a robot management system comprising a control circuit configured to receive data indicative of a worker task being completed by a human from a human task management system coupled to the robot management system, generate a new robot task based on the data, add the new robot task to a robot task queue, det
- OT-2026-000002890
A method for transferring at least one filling needle of a number of filling needles into an isolator which has a transfer lock, the method having the following steps: providing a first needle carrier within the transfer lock, said needle carrier carrying the number of filling needles; providing a second needle carrier
- OT-2026-000002889
Provided herein is an assembly including a first ram that can move along a surface in a trough toward an outlet of the trough to move product toward the outlet; a second ram that can be engaged by the first ram as the first ram moves along the surface in the trough, the second ram can be moved toward the outlet of the
- OT-2026-000002888
A clamped project bracket assembly is provided. The assembly includes a first and a second suspension clamp assembly. Each suspension clamp assembly includes at least one suspension clamp portion configured to couple to a clamp assembly configured to hold a clamped project and a pair of locating pins extending from the
- OT-2026-000002887
Disclosed are a crane and a control method therefor. The crane comprises a body, a boom, a luffing mechanism, a tension sensor, and a controller. One end of the boom is rotatably connected with the body. The luffing mechanism is respectively connected to the body and the boom. The tension sensor is disposed on the luff
- OT-2026-000002886
An automated grid based storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure and a plurality of storage containers. The framework structure includes upright members and a grid of horizontal rails provided at upper ends of the upright members. The framework structure defines a storage volume including a plurality
- OT-2026-000002885
A work management system is applied to a work area in which a predetermined work is executed by a worker and a robot. The work management system includes a control section configured to control the robot such that a specified operation set in advance is included in an operation by the robot executing the predetermined
- OT-2026-000002884
A system includes a power tool that has a rotation output shaft for rotationally driving a levelling mechanism for a structural attachment and has a rotation drive mechanically connected to the rotation output shaft to rotationally drive the rotation output shaft. The system further includes a remote unit that has a fi
- OT-2026-000002883
This semiconductor device manufacturing device comprises: a stage; a bonding head; a copying mechanism provided on the bonding head; and a controller that executes the copying process to adjust a facing surface to be parallel to a reference plane by having the facing surface, which is a holding surface or a chip end fa
- OT-2026-000002882
A program creation device provided with: a display unit for displaying a display screen that includes an operation trajectory of a machine, control commands for the machine, and parameter settings for the control commands; an input unit for inputting user operation information on the screen; and a program editing unit
- OT-2026-000002881
A system has been developed to facilitate hands-free autonomous control of material handling equipment or vehicles, such as forklifts and pallet trucks. The system has been designed to facilitate visual tracking by the automated vehicle and further facilitates voice commands. In some use cases, visual tracking is only
- OT-2026-000002880
A processor may receive environment data associated with one or more robotic devices and an environment. The one or more robotic devices may be configured to perform one or more activities in the environment. The processor may analyze the environment data and the one or more activities in the environment. The processor
- OT-2026-000002879
In the present invention, the behavior of devices and the accessory devices of the devices is simulated. This apparatus comprises a first behavior calculation unit that calculates the behavior of a first object in a virtual space corresponding to a first device to which an accessory device is attached and a second beha
- OT-2026-000002878
A power tool and method of controlling a motor of the power tool based on a determination of torque is provided. The method of determining torque uses the energy output by the drive mechanism and the angle of rotation of the output shaft to estimate torque. The energy is determined by subtracting efficiency losses (or
- OT-2026-000002877
A robot wheel driving apparatus includes a wheel configured to rotate to drive a robot, a motor housing positioned inside the wheel, a motor including a stator and a rotor configured to rotate about the stator to transmit a rotating force to the wheel, a sensor magnet connected to the rotor, and an encoder sensor confi
- OT-2026-000002876
A method and a device for transferring piece good (S, S v , S n ) accurate in phase, delivered by a delivery device along a conveying direction (x) and the respective functional length (Lf) and a moment of delivery (t 1 ) of the respective piece good (S, S v , S n ) being detected at or upstream of a transfer section o
- OT-2026-000002875
Systems for storing piece goods are provided. The systems include a picking device having storage locations configured to store piece goods and a separating device. The separating device includes a feed device, a conveyor having a gripper and a control device coupled to the conveyor. The control device is configured to
- OT-2026-000002874
A decision system includes an identifier and a decider. The identifier identifies, based on a captured image generated by an image capturing unit attached to a tool, a work target shot as a subject of the captured image as one of a plurality of work targets. The decider decides whether a first work target included in t
- OT-2026-000002873
A service vehicle operates on a rail system of a storage and retrieval grid. The service vehicle is configured for retrieving a remotely operated vehicle for service. The service vehicle includes a first vehicle area in which the remotely operated vehicle can be received by the service vehicle while the remotely operat
- OT-2026-000002872
A tensioner may assist in coupling two pipe flanges. The tensioner may include a body and a piston. The body may include a central longitudinal axis, a pair of fastener holes extending through the body in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and a piston housing having an inner bore disposed about the
- OT-2026-000002871
A method of grasping and/or placing multiple objects by a gripper of a mobile robot. The multi-grasp method includes determining one or more candidate groups of objects to grasp by the suction-based gripper of the mobile robot, each of the one or more candidate groups of objects including a plurality of objects, determ
- OT-2026-000002870
A linear actuator includes a housing; a motor module that includes a motor; and a drivetrain module coupled to the motor module. The drivetrain module includes a ball screw coupled to the motor, a ball nut coupled to and configured to linearly ride on the ball screw during rotation of the ball screw, a rod coupled to t
- OT-2026-000002869
A spacecraft panel includes a first skin, a second skin spaced apart from the first skin, and a first truss structure connecting the first skin to the second skin. The first truss structure includes a plurality of truss members, and each truss member is integral with the first skin and the second skin, such that the fi
- OT-2026-000002868
An apparatus for grading/batching food parts includes a scale unit with a first predetermined precision, a plurality of batch bins to receive food parts, a weighing station to weigh food parts, which have not yet been transferred into the bins, with a second predetermined precision greater than the first predetermined
- OT-2026-000002867
Disclosed herein is a computing system that includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory storing processor executable instructions for an interface engine that integrates robotic processes into a graphic user interface of the computing system. The processor executes the interface engine to cause
- OT-2026-000002866
A remote control system, in which an operator remotely operates a robot having an end effector that is capable of gripping and manipulating an object, includes an acquisition part acquiring information on a state of the operator operating the robot; an end effector capable of performing multiple types of gripping metho
- OT-2026-000002865
A system and method for controlling a movement function of a machine having first and second components. A controller commands delivery of an initial threshold current to a coil for opening a valve in response to a user request to perform the movement function. The controller determines a difference between a measured
- OT-2026-000002864
A handler for use in an inventory handling system can include a frame with at least one upright defining a first lateral side opposite a second lateral side. A plurality of staging shelves can be arranged above one another and supported along the first lateral side. A platform can be raisable and lowerable along the se
- OT-2026-000002863
Fasteners, drivers, punches, fastener systems, and methods of making fasteners, drivers, punches, and fastener systems are disclosed herein. The fasteners, drivers, punches, and fastener systems include, in one example, stabilizing ribs and corresponding recesses.
- OT-2026-000002862
Methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like are provided for an example fulfilment system. An example fulfilment system may include a flexible wall including a plurality of storage units; one or more connection mechanisms configured to operably connect the plurality of storage units such that each
- OT-2026-000002861
A cargo handling work generation device includes: an inventory information database; a shipping product information database; a master information database; a status judging unit configured to judge whether cargo handling work of product organization be assigned to a cargo handling facility provided in a product storag
- OT-2026-000002860
Systems and methods for passive robot-mediated physical human-human interaction using hierarchical constraints. The system enforces constraints on both sides of a bilateral physical interaction with different priorities on each side in the presence of time-varying destabilizing factors such as control system limitation
- OT-2026-000002859
A pinboard repair jig is disclosed that includes a support, an top plate disposed on the support and to which a pinboard is mountable, a linear motion guide disposed between the support and the top plate, and an upwardly protruding pinboard from the top plate includes a location pin to which the pinboard is coupled.
- OT-2026-000002858
A clamp assembly for a lift truck load handler comprising a frame with one or more guide channels and one or more load handler appendages such as forks or clamp arms. The appendages are coupled to arms, each slidingly inserted in one of the guide channels. The guide channels each have a segmented channel bearing set in
- OT-2026-000002857
A conveying robot/system configured to: (i) operate within limitations of spaces defined by shelving, (ii) remove or place an object in spaces defined by shelving and (iii) enable an object to be automatically placed at a conveying-in position of a conveying processing system and manipulate the object's posture so
- OT-2026-000002856
A transport apparatus includes a support; an elevating base supported in the support to be movable up and down; a belt stretched from the elevating base; a pulley wrapped with the belt; a shaft fitting into the pulley; a fixing member disposed on each side of the pulley in an axial direction of the shaft; a pair of bea
- OT-2026-000002855
A handling tool is configured for gripping and/or handling medical equipment, preferably a container, more preferably a sterilization container. The handling tool includes a carriage and two prongs that are spaced apart in parallel and extend in a longitudinal direction at a right angle away from the carriage. Each pro
- OT-2026-000002854
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a flexible tactile sensor includes a conductive target positioned in a first plane, a tool holder coupled to the conductive target configured to receive a tool, at least three coils forming an array within a second plane, the second plane spaced apart from th
- OT-2026-000002853
A collaborative robot cutting system for the assembly, construction, fabrication, and/or the completion of structural components for manufactured assemblies. A method of preparing work pieces and materials for further manufacturing operations employing the intuitive graphical interactive programming features of a robot
- OT-2026-000002852
A belt seal assembly for sealing against a travelling conveyor belt is described. The assembly includes a belt seal adjustably mounted to overlap an edge of the conveyor belt and a pressure plate adjustably mounted to apply pressure to the belt seal, to reduce bounce and ensure sealing of the belt seal against the conv
- OT-2026-000002851
Automated calibration of a machine vision system employs a calibration target assembly mountable to a robotic transfer assembly. An inventory management system includes a robotic transfer apparatus, a calibration target assembly, and a stereo vision assembly. The robotic transfer apparatus includes a support assembly a
- OT-2026-000002850
A clamp release mechanism is provided. The clamp includes a body, a shaft slideably coupled to the body, a fixed jaw, and a moveable jaw coupled to the shaft. A locking component actuates between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the locking component biases the shaft to remain st
- OT-2026-000002849
In an approach to improve the management and execution of a task, embodiments receive, by a computing device, the task, divide the task into a plurality of steps, and assign the plurality of steps to an end user and a robotic system. Further, embodiments identify a sequence of predetermined or anticipated motions that
- OT-2026-000002848
A reactive media system of includes a motion control system. The motion control system includes an animated figure having a figure portion. The motion control system also includes a set of trackers coupled to a first surface of the figure portion. Each tracker of the set of trackers is configured to emit a respective s
- OT-2026-000002847
A system for remote development of a robotic device is described. The robotic device comprising an embedded computing system and one or more subsystems, wherein the embedded computing system is programmable to control performance of respective operations of the one or more subsystems. The system includes a network tunn
- OT-2026-000002846
A method for training a neural network to perform 3D object manipulation is described. The method includes extracting features from each image of a synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating a low-resolution disparity image based on the features extracted from each image of the synthetic stere
- OT-2026-000002845
Various designs for a ratchet mechanism and tools incorporating a ratchet mechanism are described. One embodiment relates to a ratchet with each layer of the gear stack includes teeth rotationally offset from each other increasing the number of circumferentially spaced gear tooth surfaces that are available to engage w
- OT-2026-000002844
Systems and methods of sensor data fusion including sensor data capture, curation, linking, fusion, inference, and validation. The systems and methods described herein reduce computational demand and processing time by curating data and calculating conditional entropy. The system is operable to fuse data from a plurali