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- OT-2026-000001743
An operator control device for a materials-handling vehicle includes an ergonomic handle rotatably mounted on a support structure secured to the vehicle in a fixed position. The ergonomic handle can include left and right handles. Each handle comprises an upper surface contoured to ergonomically support an operator'
- OT-2026-000001742
A method for controlling a robot device. The method includes: providing demonstrations for movements of the robot device, wherein each demonstration demonstrates dynamics of the robot device by indicating a sequence of states of the robot device in an ambient space; encoding states of the robot device which the robot d
- OT-2026-000001741
Implementations for robot control are provided. A method involves, based on vision data depicting an environment of a robot and a natural language instruction for the robot, determining an affordance plan for performing a task. The affordance plan comprises a sequence of intermediate representations of the robot in vis
- OT-2026-000001740
This invention relates to a quick release bit holder, which includes at least a main body and a sleeve. A first rod provided at the rear end of said main body, a second rod provided at the front end of said main body, and said second rod successively provided with a first outer surrounding, a second outer surrounding a
- OT-2026-000001739
15 A pop-top roof assistance accessory is disclosed, comprising a distal connector, a proximal handle, and an elongate bar extending between the distal connector and the proximal handle. The accessory is adapted for use with a pop-top roof lifting mechanism including a pivot bar interconnecting roof lifting arms and a
- OT-2026-000001738
A guide robot and an operation method of same are disclosed. A guide robot according to the present disclosure may, although having recognized a pre-stored designated position in order to perform a docent function, determine whether or not to modify the designated position on the basis of information on surrounding vis
- OT-2026-000001737
This disclosure is directed to automated warehouse facilities that are configured to assemble mixed pallets. The warehouse facilities can include one or more layer handling devices that are configured to remove layers from pallets in a delayering operational mode, and to add layers to pallets in a palletizing operation
- OT-2026-000001736
A self-propelled semi- or fully-autonomous robotic colonoscope device is provided that includes multi-degrees of freedom movement and may be sensor-enabled for colonoscopy procedures. The device may include a flexible rotary shaft that transmits power to a distal tip device and ultimately outputs locomotion at the dist
- OT-2026-000001735
In some examples, a plurality of contact members is connected to a contact base of an electronic device. The contact base and the plurality of contact members form a contact system. At least one sensor is configured to capture object data corresponding to at least one object. A relative velocity between the contact sys
- OT-2026-000001734
Training and/or utilizing a hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) model for robotic control. The HRL model can include at least a higher-level policy model and a lower-level policy model. Some implementations relate to technique(s) that enable more efficient off-policy training to be utilized in training of the hig
- OT-2026-000001733
Disclosed example robotic welding systems include: a welding-type power supply configured to output welding-type power to a welding-type torch; a robotic manipulator configured to manipulate the welding-type torch; and robot control circuitry configured to: load a welding program comprising a sequence of robotic weldin
- OT-2026-000001732
A solar panel installation system comprising a solar panel presentation system comprising a solar panel dispensing hopper having a hopper enclosure; and a solar panel installation vehicle operable with the solar panel presentation system, and operable to support the solar panel dispensing hopper, and to maneuver about
- OT-2026-000001731
A method includes receiving a mapping video of a scene; generating a map of the scene based on the mapping video; receiving a plurality of demonstration videos of a hand-held manipulation device performing one or more tasks in the scene; for each video among the plurality of demonstration videos, determining whether th
- OT-2026-000001730
An aggregate transferring apparatus for elevating aggregate may include a base assembly with a base frame, an unloader structure on the base frame, and a base conveyor on the base frame positioned to receive aggregate from a vehicle positioned on the unloader structure. The apparatus may also include an aggregate eleva
- OT-2026-000001729
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for operation of an assembly robotic system. In one aspect of the disclosure, the assembly robotic system includes a tool coupled to a robot device and configured to be selectively coupled to a fir
- OT-2026-000001728
Apparatus and methods for automated transfer of slides into and/or out of a slide basket. One of the slides is raised above other slides in the slide basket, and a suction member on a slide gripper contacts the raised slide. A vacuum is drawn in the suction member sufficient for the suction member to grip the raised sl
- OT-2026-000001727
A ratchet mechanism includes: a first member having an annular surface provided with a plurality of teeth arranged parallel to its axial direction; a second member configured to be rotatable relative to a circumferential direction of the annular surface; at least two first drive transmission members arranged on the sec
- OT-2026-000001726
A robot or robotic system comprising a plurality of support structures, and a plurality of joint mechanisms each joint mechanism rotatably coupling at least two of the plurality of support structures. A sensor discrepancy detection system can be operable to interrogate a suite of sensors within the robotic system, and
- OT-2026-000001725
The invention relates to a method for automatically controlling at least two drivable belts in a system. The belts are each configured to transport containers in a first or second direction. The system comprises a machine that is upstream of the belts and/or a machine that is downstream of the belts. The method compris
- OT-2026-000001724
A barcode-based four-way shuttle positioning system, including a barcode recognition module, a communication module, a control module, an artificial intelligence module, a cloud platform module, a scheduling module, and an auxiliary module. The system automatically and quickly identifies the barcode of the goods, instr
- OT-2026-000001723
An item modelling unit for an industrial robot for manipulating an item includes at least one sensor and a processing unit. The at least one sensor is disposed on a horizontal moving component of the industrial robot. The horizontal moving component moves in a horizontal direction during manipulation of the item. The a
- OT-2026-000001722
A method for guiding in real time a robot arm for the processing of data of the surface of a body, includes generating a body model including a meshing of points; planning a treatment trajectory on the surface of the body model with a calculator; activating at least one transmission of a transmitter and/or acquisition
- OT-2026-000001721
This invention relates to a quick release bit holder, which includes at least a main body and a sleeve. A first rod provided at the rear end of said main body, a second rod provided at the front end of said main body, and said second rod successively provided with a first outer surrounding, a second outer surrounding a
- OT-2026-000001720
A conveying apparatus comprises a plurality of driving rollers, configured to rotate to convey an object provided onto the plurality of driving rollers along a conveying direction a plurality of motors each motor configured to drive a respective driving roller to rotate; and at least one motor controller configured to
- OT-2026-000001719
A foot pedal system includes a hand-held gripper including a camera that receives image data of actions performed by a user, and a foot pedal communicatively coupled to the camera. The foot pedal includes an actuation button. The foot pedal system also includes a controller configured to receive an activation command f
- OT-2026-000001718
A welding system includes a teaching device that receives a teaching operation and a terminal device. The teaching device acquires a teaching point including a teaching position for teaching a position of a welding torch and a teaching posture for teaching a posture of the welding torch. The terminal device calculates
- OT-2026-000001717
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a robot manipulator that has a plurality of joints. One of the methods includes obtaining a control input that comprises one or more velocity values that specify a target velocity of a reference point in a gi
- OT-2026-000001716
The disclosure relates to a method and a device for monitoring the operation of a transport device in the form of a stator linear motor having a transport section along which a multiplicity of drive coils are arranged. At least one transport unit is moved along the transport section, wherein drive magnets of the transp
- OT-2026-000001715
Systems and methods for determining tool parameters based on characteristics of a driven fastener. Power tools described herein include a motor and an impact mechanism coupled to the motor. The impact mechanism includes a hammer driven by the motor and an anvil configured to receive an impact from the hammer and drive
- OT-2026-000001714
Implementations are provided for an interactive machine learning methodology that allows non-expert users to use natural language to teach new skills, particularly to robots, through language grounding and understanding. In various implementations, a plurality of natural language summaries may be retrieved. Each of the
- OT-2026-000001713
A robotic pharmaceutical preparation system comprising at least one container-receiving module configured to hold at least one container; a motor coupled to the container-receiving module for directly driving movement of the container-receiving module along a movement path; circuitry configured to detect electrical cur
- OT-2026-000001712
1005963118 An apparatus for anchoring an object to a structure, comprising: an anchor baseplate comprising: a throughbore; a generally planar first surface; and a generally planar second surface; and a post passing through the throughbore and comprising: a first post portion extending perpendicularly outwardly from the
- OT-2026-000001711
An industrial truck includes a height-adjustable load-handling device, a motor, at least three wheels, at least one of the three wheels to be driven by the motor, a warning system for delivering warning signals to the surroundings, and a switching device. The warning system can be automatically activated by selecting a
- OT-2026-000001710
Disclosed is a special-purpose valve core removal tool, including a tool body and a hexagon wrench with a tapered extractor. The tool body is detachably connected to the hexagon wrench and includes square opening portions, hexagon portions, and a clamping portion. Multiple square opening portions and hexagon portions o
- OT-2026-000001709
A control system includes: a plurality of local controllers configured to respectively control a plurality of machines including a robot; a local simulator configured to simulate, based on a local model including a model of the robot and a model of a surrounding environment of the robot, an operation that a local contr
- OT-2026-000001708
A multi-sensory human-computer interaction system includes an interactive device, sensors and a server. The server is coupled to the sensors and is configured to control the interactive device. The multi-sensory human-computer interaction system performs the following operations: each of the plurality of sensors receiv
- OT-2026-000001707
A conveyor module is disclosed. The conveyor module comprises a base and a plurality of rotating disks mounted on the bases. Each of the plurality of rotating disks comprise a top that is circular and a gripping surface positioned around the top. The gripping surface is configured to grip and propel one or more objects
- OT-2026-000001706
A control device selects, among environment-compliant constraint condition data in which environment feature information that is information related to an execution environment of processing, and a constraint condition of execution of processing in the environment are associated with each other, environment-compliant c
- OT-2026-000001705
A zone conveyor system includes a series of conveyor zones. An integrated network motor is provided for each zone, and includes a motor control arrangement and a zone control arrangement. The motor control arrangement controls operation of the integrated network motor in response to inputs from the zone control arrange
- OT-2026-000001704
A securing system for securing a load, made up of two opposing side devices that are configured to secure the load when it is resting on the roller conveyor. Each of said side devices is fixed to a pair of vertical frames that are connected at the bottom to a base. The side devices are configured to take an unfolded ac
- OT-2026-000001703
A hand-held battery powered hydraulic tool includes a tool frame having a motor, a working head operatively coupled to the tool frame and selectively actuatable by the motor and a rechargeable battery pack configured to power the motor, the battery pack is removably connected to the tool frame. The battery pack include
- OT-2026-000001702
The present disclosure relates generally to robotic systems, and more specifically to systems and methods for specifying a robot task configuration by means of annotating a visual workspace representation in coordination with a waypoint optimization process. This system enables a much broader use of robotic automation
- OT-2026-000001701
A boxing machine for boxing products, including a group conveyor, configured to transfer product groups from a group forming section to a boxing section along a group transport direction, wherein the group conveyor comprises includes a lower belt and a side belt movable along the group transport direction, and wherein
- OT-2026-000001700
A belt tracking assembly for a conveyor system is disclosed. The belt tracking assembly comprises a sheave defining a groove. Further, the belt tracking assembly comprises an idler roller. Furthermore, the belt tracking assembly comprises a belt positioned between the sheave and the idler roller, the belt having a loop
- OT-2026-000001699
A system and a method include a component formed of a material. The component has one or more first holes. A test piece is formed of the material. The test piece has one or more second holes. A first tool is configured to insert one or more first fasteners into one or both of the first hole(s) or the second hole(s). A
- OT-2026-000001698
Generating output that is based on a sequence of actions performed by an entity and related to object(s) in an environment—and generating the output using both vision data that visually captures the entity performing the sequence of actions and event data that captures non-visually detected events that occurred in the
- OT-2026-000001697
A bendable actuator and methods for operating the bendable actuator are disclosed. Embodiments include an actuator that bends when a plurality of chambers are filled with a gas or fluid, and a stiffness beam that inhibits the bending of the actuator in the region of the actuator adjacent the stiffness beam. Some embodi
- OT-2026-000001696
The invention relates to a belt buffer for a product conveying device which conveys products ( 13 ) from a production facility by means of conveyor belts ( 1 , 2 ) to at least one further processing facility. The belt buffer has at least two buffer belts, which store products ( 13 ) and are arranged vertically one abov
- OT-2026-000001695
A robotic medical system can include a first node, a second node, and a first pair of electrical conductors for differential communication between the first node and the second node so that data signals are communicated between the first node and the second node as differential signals. The first node can include a fir
- OT-2026-000001694
A gripping system for gripping and positioning medical instruments includes a gripping device, an adapter device and a holding device. The gripping device includes an electromagnet configured to receive magnetizable instruments from an instrument container. The adapter device attaches the gripping device to a control s