Robot Architectures
Robot Architectures within Robotics & Automation.
Category CAT-000000043
Subcategories
Publications
- OT-2026-000001791
Extension tools and methods of inserting extension tools within components are provided. For example, an extension tool has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable relative to one another and a support member defining the distal end and including a first wheel d
- OT-2026-000001782
This delivery robot may comprise: a lower plate configured to be fixed to the delivery robot; an upper plate configured to support items placed thereon; a damper spring fixed to the lower plate; and an adjusting plate coupled to an end of the damper spring and configured to adjust the damping of the damper spring. The
- OT-2026-000001778
An adaptive robot control system for controlling a welding robot comprising a mobile robot controller handle and a robot control unit. Wherein the mobile robot controller handle is wirelessly connected to a robot control unit. The mobile robot controller handle has attachment means for attaching mobile robot controller
- OT-2026-000001777
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-2026-000001774
A robot device is disclosed. The robot device includes memory, a first LiDAR sensor and a second LiDAR sensor, and at least one processor configured to obtain bottom information about a bottom of a space where the robot device is located based on first sensing data received from the first LiDAR sensor and second sensin
- OT-2026-000001773
A robotic surgical system includes a robotic arm comprising a first segment having a first plurality of links and a first plurality of actuated joint modules providing the robotic arm with at least five degrees of freedom, and a second segment having a proximal end coupled to a distal end of the first segment, and comp
- OT-2026-000001769
A machine tool includes a work holder, a first machiner, and a first robot. The work holder includes a table configured to support a workpiece. The first machiner includes a machining head and a plurality of linear movers. The machining head is configured to hold a first rotation tool that is configured to machine the
- OT-2026-000001768
A method for a robot system with at least two manipulators with a common work area, wherein the layout of the robot system is defined and the common work area between the at least two manipulators is divided to thereby obtain a work area division. The method is characterized in that at least one of the previous steps i
- OT-2026-000001767
The invention refers to a gripper for the separation of layers of a deformable material, the layers being stacked on a surface, comprising a foot (10) configured to be fastened to a robot, two arms for the grabbing of the layers and a motor (20) for the movement of the arms, wherein a first arm comprises a shaft (3) wh
- OT-2026-000001765
The present invention discloses a gripper system (200) for handling objects (260) comprising a first gripper assembly (220) perpendicular to second gripper assembly (230) combinedly mounted on a shaft (208) circumscribed within a gear box (205) coupled with a servomotor (204). A gripper unit (235) is mounted on each of
- OT-2026-000001764
A robotic depalletization system is disclosed. The robotic depalletization system comprises a robotic arm configured to pick the plurality of objects. Further, the robotic depalletization system comprises a vision system. The vision system comprises a first rail, a first actuator, and a plurality of laser profilometers
- OT-2026-000001761
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-2026-000001756
The present disclosure relates to a robot and a control unit for such a robot. The control unit is adapted to be arranged between a base of the robot and a structure to which the robot is to be fastened. The control unit comprises a bottom plate and optionally a sidewall, wherein the bottom plate is adapted to abut the
- OT-2026-000001755
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to defining tasks in scenes using delta information. In operation, some embodiments first receive or generate scene data. Some embodiments then generate delta information indicating one or more changes within the scene data. For example, responsive to user input, particular
- OT-2026-000001753
To efficiently adjust a control parameter of a servo control device. Adjustment support system includes an acquisition part (quantity condition acquiring part) and a notification part (display). The acquisition part acquires a quantity condition including at least one of a control parameter number, which is the number
- OT-2026-000001752
A system may simulate human motion for human-robot interactions, such as may involve a handover of an object. Motion capture can be performed for a hand grasping and moving an object to a location and orientation appropriate for a handover, without a need for a robot to be present or an actual handover to occur. This m
- OT-2026-000001750
A control system for human-robot collaboration, including: a passive reactive control path implemented through a virtual damping system and configured to generate reactive control signals in response to human-applied interaction inputs; a predictive control path configured to generate predictive control signals based o
- OT-2026-000001749
An apparatus for collecting robot training data includes an end effector. The apparatus includes a camera supported by the end effector. The apparatus includes a mirror movable from a first position that is attached to the end effector to a second position that is detached from the end effector. The mirror in the first
- OT-2026-000001746
A method performed by a control node for handling communication with a robot device. The control node determines a time limit for when a maximum tolerable deviation from a trajectory is reached, for at least two control command types. The at least two control command types include a joint-space command and a Cartesian-
- OT-2026-000001745
A method includes receiving an image of a scene, receiving a request to identify tasks that may be performed by a user utilizing a hand-held manipulation device, based on the image of the scene, in response to receiving the request to identify the tasks that may be performed by the user utilizing the hand-held manipula
- OT-2026-000001744
Apparatuses and methods for deploying and/or controlling movement of flexible tubular members such as endoscopes, using a sliding link assembly to support the flexible tubular member. For example, these apparatuses may include a base, a link assembly connected to the base and comprising: a plurality of links that are v
- 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-2026-000001738
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-2026-000001736
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-2026-000001731
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-2026-000001728
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-2026-000001726
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-2026-000001723
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-2026-000001719
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-2026-000001717
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-2026-000001714
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-2026-000001709
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-2026-000001702
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-2026-000001699
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-2026-000001697
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-2026-000001695
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
- OT-2026-000001692
Exemplary embodiments relate to user-assisted robotic control systems, user interfaces for remote control of robotic systems, vision systems in robotic control systems, and modular grippers for use by robotic systems. The systems, methods, apparatuses and computer-readable media instructions described interact with and
- OT-2026-000001682
A robot system includes a workbench robot including a manipulator that manipulates an object on a workbench, and a controller that controls an operation of the workbench robot, the manipulator including an articulated arm and a hand that is positioned at the distal end of the arm and includes plural fingers having join
- OT-2026-000001679
A humanoid robot, including an upper portion including a torso, a head, and left and right arm assemblies; a lower portion including left and right lower leg assemblies; a central portion coupled to the upper portion and including a spine, a pelvis, and left and right upper leg assemblies. Each upper leg assembly inclu
- OT-2026-000001678
A robot teaching console according to one embodiment has a function for communicating with only a robot control device, the robot teaching console providing an interface with a user. The robot teaching console: acquires, from a network via the robot control device by using an acquisition unit, update data pertaining to
- OT-2026-000001673
An end effector is provided. The end effector comprises an operation part, a support body, and a detection surface. The operation part is configured to project toward one end, thereby coming into contact with an object. The support body is configured to flexibly support the operation part so that the position and/or or
- OT-2026-000001671
An inspection tube for non-destructive inspection including at least one variable stiffness section extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end of the inspection tube, at least one stiff section, and a tensioning element. The at least one variable stiffness section can include a first en