公开(公告)号：US20200241112A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16699765

申请日：2019-12-02

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： ZHICHAO LIU ,  Jian Zhang ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: G01S7/48 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G01S17/931

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a localization method as well as a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining laser scan points and particles; mapping each of the laser scan points to a global coordinate system based on each of the particles to obtain global boundary points of each of the particles; finding a matching boundary point in the global boundary points by comparing the global boundary points of the particle with points corresponding to static objects in a known map; calculating a distance between the matching boundary point of the particle and the points corresponding to the static objects, and increasing a weight of the matching boundary point if the distance is less than a preset threshold; calculating a weight of the particle by matching the global boundary points of the particle with the known map; and estimating a localization result.

公开(公告)号：US10727821B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16509515

申请日：2019-07-12

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Youjun Xiong ,  Lifu Zhang ,  Wenhua Fan ,  Hanyu Sun

IPC: H03K3/00 ,  H03K3/3565 ,  H03K5/24

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission hysteresis detecting method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting a forward rotational instruction and a reverse rotational instruction to a motor of the servo; storing motor end positions of the motor and output shaft end positions of an output shaft corresponding to the motor in a forward rotational cycle and a reverse rotational cycle, respectively; generating first position data based on the motor end positions and the corresponding output shaft end positions in the forward rotational cycle; generating second position data based on the motor end positions and the corresponding output shaft end positions in the reverse rotational cycle; and calculating a transmission hysteresis of the servo based on the first position data and the second position data. The technical solutions of the present disclosure only needs to obtain the position data of one forward rotational cycle and one reverse rotational cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20200209880A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16427362

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Longbiao Bai ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Zhichao Liu ,  Hongjian Liu ,  Zhanjia Bi ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an obstacle detection method as well as an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining, through the sensor module, image(s); detecting an obstacle in of an obstacle from the image(s) according to characteristic(s) of the obstacle; extracting image feature(s) of the obstacle; obtaining, through the sensor module, a position of the obstacle; associating the image feature(s) of the obstacle with the position of the obstacle; calculating a motion state a the obstacle based on the position information of the obstacle at different moments; and estimating the position of the obstacle in a detection blind zone of the robot based on the motion state. In such a manner, it is capable of providing more accurate position information of the obstacle in the detection blind zone, which is beneficial to the robot to plan a safe and fast moving path.

公开(公告)号：US20200209876A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16396783

申请日：2019-04-29

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD.

Inventor： Yongsheng Zhao ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Longbiao Bai ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positioning method and an apparatus with the same. The method includes: obtaining, by die sensor set, current track node information of a current track node of a map on which the to-be-positioned device is located, where the current track node information includes a color of the current track node; and determining position information of the to-be-positioned device based on the track node information. In the above manner, the positioning of the to-be-positioned device in a specific map can be realized.

公开(公告)号：US20200206942A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16669554

申请日：2019-10-31

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： YUESONG WANG ,  YOUJUN XIONG

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J17/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/04 ,  B25J9/06

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a joint control method for a serial robot and a serial robot using the same. The method includes: performing a analysis on an end joint in the plurality of joints, and calculating the force of the previous joint acting on the end joint; performing a analysis on each of the other joints in the plurality of joints, and calculating the force of the previous joint acting on the joint; obtaining an angular velocity and an angular acceleration of each joint after obtaining the force of the previous joint acting on the joint, and calculating a torque corresponding to each joint; and projecting the torque corresponding to each joint to a motor corresponding to the joint to obtain a torque to be applied to the motor at a current time. In this manner, which improves the tracking precision of the end joint while reduces the tracking error.

公开(公告)号：US20200156721A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16452532

申请日：2019-06-26

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： YOUJUN XIONG ,  Chunyu Chen ,  Yizhang Liu ,  Ligang Ge ,  Jianxin Pang

IPC: B62D57/032

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot gait planning method and a robot with the same. The method includes: obtaining, through the sensor set, force information of feel of the robot under a force applied by a target object; calculating coordinates of zero moment points of the feet of the robot with respect to a centroid of a body of the robot based on the force information; and determining a gait planning result for the robot based on the coordinates of the zero moment points with respect to the centroid of the body. The present disclosure is capable of converting the force of the target object to the zero moment points, and using the zero moment points to perform the gait planning, so that the robot follows the target object in the case that the robot is subjected to a force of the target object.

公开(公告)号：US20200005487A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16416281

申请日：2019-05-20

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Chenchen Jiang ,  Youjun Xiong ,  Zhichao Liu

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/80 ,  H04W8/02

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a positioning method and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining, through the visual sensor, a current frame image; obtaining, through the ultra-wideband tag, distance of a robot from an ultra-wideband anchor; performing a feature matching on the current frame image and an adjacent frame image to generate partial map point(s); determining whether the current frame image is a key frame image; and optimizing a pose of the visual sensor corresponding to the key frame image through a joint objective function in response to the current frame image being the key frame image, where the joint objective function at least comprises a distance cost function of the ultra-wideband anchor and a visual residual cost function. Through the above-mentioned method, the accuracy of the positioning of the robot can be improved.

公开(公告)号：US12292738B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US18222448

申请日：2023-07-16

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Qiuyue Luo ,  Ligang Ge ,  Yizhang Liu ,  Jie Bai ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J9/10 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: A trajectory planning method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a robot are provided. The method includes: constructing a phase variable of a trajectory planning of a robot, where the phase variable is a function of two position components of a torso of the robot on a horizontal plane; and performing, using the phase variable replacing a time variable, the trajectory planning on a swinging leg of the robot in each preset coordinate axis direction. In this manner, the robot can no longer continue to follow the established trajectory after being disturbed by the environment, but make state adjustments according to the disturbance received to offset the impact of the disturbance, thereby maintaining walking stability and avoiding the problem of early or late landing of the swinging leg.

公开(公告)号：US12286176B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18113625

申请日：2023-02-24

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Yan Xie ,  Mingguo Zhao ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: B62D57/032 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: A method for estimating a pose of a humanoid robot includes: processing obtained pose parameters of a waist of the humanoid robot and plantar motion parameters of the humanoid robot to obtain the measured pose parameters of a center point of the waist of the humanoid robot; calculating predicted pose parameters of the center point of the waist according to the obtained pose parameters of the waist; and fusing the measured pose parameters and the predicted pose parameters to obtain estimated pose parameters of the center point of the waist.

公开(公告)号：US12285871B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18201744

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Inventor： Meng Yan ,  Chunyu Chen ,  Xuan Luo ,  Zhihao Zhang ,  Youjun Xiong

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: A robot control method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a robot are provided. The method includes: obtaining first motion data, where the first motion data is human arm end motion data collected by a virtual reality device; obtaining second motion data by mapping the first motion data to a working space of an end of a robotic arm of the robot; obtaining a state of each joint of the robotic arm of the robot, and obtaining control data of the joint by performing a quadratic programming solving on the second motion data and the state of the joint; and controlling, by a motion controller of the robot, the robotic arm of the robot to move according to the obtained control data of each joint of the robot by transmitting the control data of the joint to the motion controller, so that the control method is relatively more natural, intuitive, and flexible.