MOVABLE CLOSED-CHAIN LINKAGE FOR ROBOT ARM OF MEDIA ELEMENT STORAGE LIBRARY

    公开(公告)号:US20180304459A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US16020667

    申请日:2018-06-27

    摘要: Utilities (e.g., systems, apparatuses, methods) that reduce robotic assembly contention in media element storage libraries by rotating (e.g., flipping, swinging, etc.) a robot arm of a first robotic assembly mounted over a first of first and second spaced storage arrays in a storage library into a first position between the first storage array and a central reference plane disposed between and parallel to the first and second storage arrays to allow a robot arm of a second robotic assembly to slide or otherwise move past the robot arm of the first robotic assembly (e.g., in a direction along or parallel to an x-axis parallel to the first and second storage arrays), even when the robot arms of the first and second robotic assemblies are disposed at the same height (e.g., along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the x-axis) within the storage library.

    Adjustable part holding fixture, system and method

    公开(公告)号:US10016866B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-10

    申请号:US14718048

    申请日:2015-05-20

    摘要: There is provided an adjustable part holding fixture, system and method. The fixture has a base assembly with a container and a phase change material contained within the container. The fixture has a control device to convert the phase change material between a non-rigid state and a rigid state. The fixture has a plurality of part holding assemblies, each having a base anchoring portion for insertion into and positioning in the phase change material, and a part attachment portion configured to releasably attach to a surface of a part being held by the fixture. The phase change material in the non-rigid state allows for positioning of the base anchoring portion and adjusting to the part being held, and the phase change material in the rigid state holds the base anchoring portion in a desired position and holds the part in place during one or more processes performed on the part.

    Battery and Hard Drive Exchange Station for Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20170368684A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15685500

    申请日:2017-08-24

    申请人: X Development LLC

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 B25J5/00 B25J19/00

    摘要: An example method includes receiving, by a mobile robotic device, power from a battery of a first battery pack in order to operate within an environment. The method further includes establishing a first data channel between the mobile robotic device and the first battery pack. The method also includes using the first data channel to transfer sensor data acquired by the mobile robotic device during operation to a local data storage component of the first battery pack. The method additionally includes navigating, by the mobile robotic device, to a battery exchange station to transfer the first battery pack containing the battery and the local data storage component with the sensor data to the battery exchange station. The method further includes after transferring the first battery pack to the battery exchange station, receiving a second battery pack from the battery exchange station to continue operation within the environment.

    SECURITY
    5.
    发明申请
    SECURITY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170286708A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15086424

    申请日:2016-03-31

    申请人: Avaya Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F21/62 G06F21/56

    摘要: A robotic customer service agent (“robot”) is provided to a service location. The robot may present a number of security concerns that, whether realized or not, present barriers to acceptance. A robot is provided that is determined to be in compliance with a security criteria. The security criteria may be related to software (e.g., running anti-virus software), hardware (e.g., an added camera is secure), communication (e.g., no unexpected communications), or other aspect. Should the robot be in compliance, it may operate in a secure mode, such as to perform or access more sensitive information. If the robot is not in compliance, the robot is operated in a non-secure mode, such as to block data transmissions, information capturing, or other process or operation that may present a security risk.

    Smart robot part
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09751211B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US14878175

    申请日:2015-10-08

    申请人: Google Inc.

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16

    摘要: Example implementations may relate a robot part including a processor, at least one sensor, and an interface providing wireless connectivity. The processor may determine that the robot part is removablly connected to a particular robotic system and may responsively obtain identification information to identify the particular robotic system. While the robot part is removablly connected to the particular robotic system, the processor may (i) transmit, to an external computing system, sensor data that the processor received from the at least one sensor and (ii) receive, from the external computing system, environment information (e.g., representing characteristics of an environment in which the particular robotic system is operating) based on interpretation of the sensor data. And based on the identification information and the environment information, the processor may generate a command that causes the particular robotic system to carry out a task in the environment.

    Battery and Hard Drive Exchange Station for Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20170100837A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:US14876947

    申请日:2015-10-07

    申请人: Google Inc.

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 B25J19/00 B25J5/00

    摘要: An example method includes receiving, by a mobile robotic device, power from a battery of a first battery pack in order to operate within an environment. The method further includes establishing a first data channel between the mobile robotic device and the first battery pack. The method also includes using the first data channel to transfer sensor data acquired by the mobile robotic device during operation to a local data storage component of the first battery pack. The method additionally includes navigating, by the mobile robotic device, to a battery exchange station to transfer the first battery pack containing the battery and the local data storage component with the sensor data to the battery exchange station. The method further includes after transferring the first battery pack to the battery exchange station, receiving a second battery pack from the battery exchange station to continue operation within the environment.

    Autonomous mobile robot for handling job assignments in a physical environment inhabited by stationary and non-stationary obstacles
    10.
    发明授权
    Autonomous mobile robot for handling job assignments in a physical environment inhabited by stationary and non-stationary obstacles 有权
    自动移动机器人,用于在由静止和非固定障碍物居住的物理环境中处理作业任务

    公开(公告)号:US09592609B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-14

    申请号:US14370372

    申请日:2013-01-25

    摘要: An intelligent mobile robot having a robot base controller and an onboard navigation system that, in response to receiving a job assignment specifying a job location that is associated with one or more job operations, activates the onboard navigation system to automatically determine a path the mobile robot should use to drive to the job location, automatically determines that using an initially-selected path could cause the mobile robot to run into stationary or non-stationary obstacles, such as people or other mobile robots, in the physical environment, automatically determines a new path to avoid the stationary and non-stationary obstacles, and automatically drives the mobile robot to the job location using the new path, thereby avoiding contact or collisions with those obstacles. After the mobile robot arrives at the job location, it automatically performs said one or more job operations associated with that job location.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有机器人基本控制器和机载导航系统的智能移动机器人,其响应于接收到指定与一个或多个作业操作相关联的作业位置的作业分配,激活所述车载导航系统以自动确定所述移动机器人 应该用于驾驶到作业位置,自动确定使用初始选择的路径可能导致移动机器人在物理环境中运行到静止或非静止障碍物(例如人或其他移动机器人)中,自动确定新的 避免静止和非固定障碍物的路径,并使用新路径自动将移动机器人驱动到作业位置,从而避免与这些障碍物的接触或碰撞。 在移动机器人到达作业位置之后,其自动执行与该作业位置相关联的所述一个或多个作业操作。