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- OT-2026-000000343
A method for indoor operation monitoring of a cleaning device is provided, which is executed by a server of a system for indoor operation monitoring of a cleaning device. The method includes generating a work region map; forming a monitoring map based on location fingerprints taken from a work region in the work region
- OT-2026-000000342
The laser machining device includes an observation image acquiring unit configured to repeatedly acquire an observation image of a machining spot of laser light emitted from a laser optical system to a street on a wafer while a machined groove is being formed, a luminance detector configured to detect a luminance of a
- OT-2026-000000341
A robot end effector is contemplated. The robot end effector comprises a first deformable gripper, a second deformable gripper coupled to the first deformable gripper by a linkage, and an actuator coupled to the linkage and operable to move at least one of the first deformable gripper and the second deformable gripper
- OT-2026-000000340
A system ( 100 ) for leveraging force comprises a main crosspiece ( 2 ) having at least one first end ( 2 a ) and an opposite at least one second end ( 2 b ) end. The main crosspiece ( 2 ) is interconnected by means of an axle ( 5 ) with a static wheel ( 1 ) at a location ( 2 c ), in between the first end ( 2 a ) and s
- OT-2026-000000339
A robot system includes a robot device for supplying a workpiece to a machine tool, a hand attached to a distal end of an arm of the robot device, a force sensor for detecting an external force applied to the hand, and a robot control device for controlling the robot device. The robot control device includes an operati
- OT-2026-000000338
A device for controlling movement of a load. The device includes a first conduit, designed to be connected to a first chamber of a hydraulic actuator, a second conduit designed to be connected to a second chamber of the hydraulic actuator, a first balancing valve, positioned along the first conduit, which is normally c
- OT-2026-000000337
Processing of robotics log data may be performed onboard the robotics itself and log data may be converted to a form that is more suitable for parallel processing. In one aspect, robotics log data may include multiple channels. These channels are received and are used to generate data packages referred to as shards. Ea
- OT-2026-000000336
An arc welding method includes welding a steel sheet while alternately switching feeding of a welding wire between forward feeding and backward feeding. The welding wire contains, in mass % with respect to a total mass to the welding wire, C: more than 0 and 0.30 or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.30, Mn: 0.5 to 2.5, S: 0.001 to 0
- OT-2026-000000335
In a torque sensor of a torque detection system, in a state where a torque is not generated, a first magnetic detector overlaps with one (e.g., N-pole) of a plurality of magnetic poles of a magnet when the one of the plurality of magnetic poles of the magnet is radially projected onto the first magnetic detector. A sec
- OT-2026-000000334
The present disclosure provides a laser cutting method comprising steps of: (a) emitting a laser light to a spatial light modulator that has a plurality of pixels; (b) the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator being irradiated on an uncut object, which is to be cut, for forming a focal point and cutting
- OT-2026-000000333
A screwing tool includes a head, which has a fixed jaw and a movable jaw and which is fastened to a handle so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis against a restoring force from a small distance position of the two jaws into a large distance position of the two jaws. In order to be able to touch live parts by means of
- OT-2026-000000332
A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position toward a driven or bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece, a gas spring mechanism for driving the driver blade toward the BDC position, and a lifter assembly having a rotary lifter for retu
- OT-2026-000000331
To provide a rolling bearing capable of ensuring durability and reducing rotational resistance. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other; a rolling body disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a sealing member mounted on the outer ring and covering a sp
- OT-2026-000000330
A box-packing apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an alignment unit, an accumulation unit, a contact unit, a gate, and a control unit. The alignment unit aligns articles being conveyed so that mutually adjacent articles partially overlap and form an article group. The accumulation unit transfers the aligned article g
- OT-2026-000000329
A method of programming a curved path for a welding robot includes recording input of a first arc segment endpoint, a first intermediate point, and a second arc segment endpoint along the curved path. The first intermediate point is located between the first and second arc segment endpoints. The curved path is determin
- OT-2026-000000328
Disclosed is a high-intensity magnetic tool extension rod. The high-intensity magnetic tool extension rod comprises an extension rod, magnets and magnetic conduction structures. The magnets are symmetrically distributed on a lateral part of the extension rod with an axis center of the extension rod as a center. The mag
- OT-2026-000000327
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for an adaptive engine with a bifurcated nonlinear model partially represented by a mapping function. The adaptive engine uses a nonlinear model able to produce a possible control signal via a mapping function. The model also has estimation portion using a time-
- OT-2026-000000326
The teachings of the present disclosure enable rosette strain gages that can be cost-effectively produced in high volume with substantially uniform performance. Rosette strain gages in accordance with the present disclosure comprise a plurality of semiconductor strain gages that are sculpted from a device layer of a se
- OT-2026-000000325
A harness body includes a first routed portion routed to an other end portion of a first arm member on a first coupling target side and a third routed portion guided toward a fixed portion on a second coupling target side by a harness guide tool and having a fixing portion fixed to the fixed portion, a link mechanism i
- OT-2026-000000324
In a vehicle-oriented system ( 1 ) for providing information to a vehicle ( 5 ) side by using an information providing area ( 11 ) provided on a plane where a vehicle ( 5 ) moves, a magnetic distribution indicating the information by a plurality of N-pole magnetic markers ( 10 N) is formed in the information providing
- OT-2026-000000323
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing. The hinge structure may include: a first arm shaft associated with the rotation of the first housing and parallel to the axial direction
- OT-2026-000000322
A printing apparatus includes: a first blade that cuts a printing medium; a cutter motor; a drive gear that engages the first blade and is rotated by the cutter motor to drive the first blade; a rotator that rotates in conjunction with the drive gear; a photosensor that includes a light-receiving/emitting section inclu
- OT-2026-000000321
A monitoring system for monitoring wear and usage along a portion of a wear surface for earth moving equipment includes a monitoring assembly to detect a characteristic pertaining to wear or usage in a wear part for excavating equipment and transmit the detected characteristic as information, wherein the monitoring ass
- OT-2026-000000320
A transport device includes a supply tray that supplies a sheet, a casing including a straight transport route through which the sheet is linearly transported, a reversing transport route through which the sheet is transported so as to be reversed, the reversing transport route being branched from the straight transpor
- OT-2026-000000319
A robot cell, having a cell floor defining an array of nodes corresponding with a predetermined two-dimensional coordinate system and defining a volume for receiving a workpiece W therein and accessible by a human operator, is described. The robot cell comprises: a set of robots, including a first robot, having respect
- OT-2026-000000318
An apparatus that includes a holder body configured to hold a substrate at edge portions of the substrate. The holder body includes a first layer and a second layer parallel to the first layer, forming a slot between the two layers to receive the substrate. The apparatus further includes one or more detent rotational l
- OT-2026-000000317
A moving object movable by remote control comprises: a moving object communication unit for receiving a request for driving control from outside the moving object; a driving controller capable of implementing driving control over the moving object in response to the request for driving control during a course of manufa
- OT-2026-000000316
A brake system and a method of performing a release operation with the brake system. The brake system comprises a sliding caliper body and a fixed caliper body. The fixed caliper body has a stop formed therein and accommodates a spindle nut that mates with the stop in a release operation. The brake system comprises a s
- OT-2026-000000315
A storage tower for storing storage containers includes a plurality of horizontally extending container supporting frameworks distributed with vertical offsets. The plurality of horizontal container supporting frameworks includes a first container supporting framework and at least one second container supporting framew
- OT-2026-000000314
A cloud-based industrial safety system executes safety applications and interfaces with industrial assets on the plant floor using software encoded processing (SEP). The use of SEP ensures safety reliable execution of safety applications and data communication software by redundantly executing native code, thereby impl
- OT-2026-000000313
An example welding-type power supply includes: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type output power; auxiliary power output circuitry configured to output auxiliary power via an auxiliary power connection; communications circuitry configured to communicate via the auxiliary power co
- OT-2026-000000312
A warewasher conveyor assembly that may be a loader version or an unloader version for a commercial dishwasher. The warewasher conveyor assembly has a base and a chain conveyor assembly movably mounted to the base. The chain conveyor assembly is movable between a generally level in-use position and a tilted cleaning po
- OT-2026-000000311
The present invention relates to a security system ( 10 ) for securing a restricted access area in a converting machine. The security system ( 10 ) comprises a detection unit ( 20 ) comprising a plurality of sensors ( 22 ) arranged side by side an having a vertical sensing direction. Each sensor has an individual contr
- OT-2026-000000310
According to an example embodiment, an optical sensor apparatus ( 110 ) for determining at least one characteristic of a surface of an object ( 180 ) positioned within a measurement range is provided, the sensor apparatus ( 100 ) comprising: an illumination assembly ( 120 ) comprising one or more light sources ( 121, 1
- OT-2026-000000309
Packaging system ( 1 ) for producing pouches comprising a water-soluble foil ( 3 ) and a powder, wherein the packaging system comprises multiple moulds ( 5 ) and a mould conveyor ( 8 ), wherein the moulds ( 5 ) are moved along a foil supplying device ( 50 ), a compartment forming device ( 12 ), a powder filling device
- OT-2026-000000308
Systems and methods for smart power and fan speed control are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and an embedded controller (EC) coupled to the processor, where the EC is configured to control an operating aspect of a cooling fan based
- OT-2026-000000307
A machine tool includes a spindle having a tip on which a tool is mounted, a moving portion configured to move the spindle, on which a tool is mounted, toward a peripheral edge of a master workpiece or away from the peripheral edge along a reference path on an outer peripheral side or an inner peripheral side of the ma
- OT-2026-000000306
A self-locking drive, usable in a linear actuator, includes a housing and a drive shaft for outputting a driving force. An endcap is provided at an end portion of the housing. A self-locking mechanism configured to apply a self-locking force to the drive shaft is provided in the endcap. The self-locking mechanism inclu
- OT-2026-000000305
A system for basing drones is described. A network of geographically diverse hangars provides storage and charging locations as well as backhaul communications infrastructure and video monitoring. As drones are needed, a central command point tasks an available drone, which may or may not already be located in proximit
- OT-2026-000000304
An overflow system for a recreational pool includes a drain configured to be mounted to a bottom of the recreational pool, and a drain pipe configured to extend substantially horizontally from the drain under a perimeter wall defining a boundary of the recreational pool to outside the boundary. The system also includes
- OT-2026-000000303
A method of calibrating an apparatus configured to perform optical coherence tomography to measure depth of an article of a prescribed type comprises (a) using an existing measurement system configured to measure depth, measuring a sample of the article to obtain reference depth measurements; b) using the optical coher
- OT-2026-000000302
A device and a method for capturing the surface of a rotation body for a printing press, being a cylinder, a roller, a sleeve for a cylinder or roller, or a sleeve for a cylinder or roller having a printing form, include a motor rotating the body around an axial axis, a light source illuminating an area of the surface
- OT-2026-000000301
A valve assembly tool is provided including a beam having a shelf portion protruding from a central portion of the beam, and first and second handles extending from opposing ends of the beam. In an embodiment, the shelf portion includes a central hole defined therethrough and the tool stud extends through the central h
- OT-2026-000000300
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, an elastic member, a movable member and an electronic module. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. When the second rail is located at a retracted position relative to the first rail and when the movable member is in a locking state, the elast
- OT-2026-000000299
A system and a method for synchronously detecting thickness and double-side surface profiles that belongs to the technical field of optical measurement. The system includes a light source system, a deflection reflection system, a camera acquisition system, and a processing system. The deflection reflection system inclu
- OT-2026-000000298
A power end frame of a reciprocating pump includes a plate and a ring configured to couple to the plate in an assembled configuration of the power end frame. The ring and the plate cooperatively define a compartment of an interior of the power end frame configured to enclose a crankshaft of the reciprocating pump, the
- OT-2026-000000297
Vehicle closure members are provided that include integrated features for increasing the functionality of the closure member (e.g., a tailgate). A bottle opener feature or an article hanging feature may be integrated as part of a cable connector assembly that connects the closure member to the vehicle body. The integra
- OT-2026-000000296
A mounting bracket to secure an object to a pipe can include a bracket body with sets of contact surfaces arranged to engage pipes having different diameters. Mounting blocks can secure an objects to the bracket body. Channel structures can receive straps to secure the bracket body to the pipes.
- OT-2026-000000295
An inspection system including a self-stabilizing assembly for carrying and controlling the movement of a payload device. The system also comprises a support assembly for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of the self-stabilizing assembly. The system also comprises a controller for controlling the move
- OT-2026-000000294
A manufacturing method of a battery case having a rectangular transverse cross-section in which an intermediate product having an elliptical transverse cross-section is shaped into a final product having a rectangular transverse cross-section by drawing and ironing the intermediate product multiple times to reduce a cu