Abstract:
A movable part which combines with a stationary part to form a bed includes: a contact sensor (50); wheels (44) rotatable in all directions; a body drive unit (31) which drives the wheels (44); an avoidance instruction unit (51) which generates an avoidance instruction according to a result of detection by a contact sensor (50); a rotation center setting unit (52) which sets a rotation center Q2 for the avoidance instruction; an avoidance instruction translation unit (54) which translates the avoidance instruction and the rotation center Q2 into a move instruction; and a position detection unit (34) which detects a positional relationship to a docking area (20), and the rotation center setting unit (52) sets the rotation center according to the positional relationship detected by the position detection unit (34).
Abstract:
A mobile robot (100) including a drive system (200) supporting a robot body (110) and a controller (500) in communication with the drive system (200). The robot also includes an actuator (190) moving a portion of the robot body through a volume of space (S) adjacent the mobile robot and a sensor pod (700) in communication with the controller The sensor pod includes a collar (710) rotatably supported and having a curved wall (712) formed at least partially as a surface of revolution about a vertical axis (C). The sensor pod also includes a volumetric point cloud sensor (450) housed by the collar and observing the volume of space adjacent the robot from within the collar along an observation axis (455) extending through the curved wall. A collar actuator (730) rotates the collar and the volumetric point cloud sensor together about the collar axis.
Abstract:
A proctoring system that includes a communication device coupled to a remote station. The remote station has a visual display that displays first information relating to an action that causes an effect on an object, and simultaneously displays second information relating to the effect on the object. The remote station includes at least one input device that allows a communication to be transmitted by an operator to the communication device. By way of example, during the deployment of a heart stent, a specialist doctor may remotely view real-time fluoroscopy imagery and patient hemodynamics. The specialist can remotely proctor medical personnel on the proper orientation and timing requirements for installing the stent.
Abstract:
A method of operating a mobile robot (100), the method comprising: maneuvering the robot (100) about a scene (10); emitting light onto the scene (10) about the robot (100); capturing images of the scene (10) along a drive direction (F) of the robot (100), the images comprising at least one of (a) a three-dimensional depth image, (b) an active illumination image, and (c) an ambient illumination image; receiving sensor data (1601) indicative of the scene (10), the sensor data (1601) comprising the images; communicating the sensor data (1601) to a cloud computing service (1620) that processes the received sensor data (1601) and communicates a process resultant (1607, 1609) to the robot (100), the process resultant (1607, 1609) comprising a map (1607) or a model (1609) of the scene (10); and maneuvering the robot (100) in the scene (10) based on the received process resultant (1607, 1609).
Abstract:
A mobile human interface robot (100) that includes a base (120) defining a vertical center axis (Z) and a forward drive direction (F) and a holonomic drive system (200) supported by the base. The drive system has first, second and third driven drive wheels (210a, 210b, 201 c), each trilaterally spaced about the vertical center axis. The robot further includes a controller (500) in communication with the holonomic drive system, a torso (140) supported about the base, and a touch sensor system (480) in communication with the controller. The touch sensor system is responsive to human contact. The controller issues drive commands to the holonomic drive system based on a touch signal received from the touch sensor system.
Abstract:
The wheelchair of the present invention comprises propulsion means for at least two drive wheels 1, a wheelchair user movement indicator means 2 that comprises means to indicate a forward, a backward and a rotation movement, at least one sensor system to detect at least one value referring to a surrounding free space, and a controller that comprises means to obtain a linear and a rotation movement component value, α js , β js , from the data produced by the movement indicator means, and means to obtain the surrounding free space in a linear and in a rotation component, α s , β s , from the at least one value detected by the, at least one, sensor 3, 4, 5. The total linear and rotational movement, α T , β T , applied to the propulsion means are calculated as a combination of the linear and rotation movement component value, α js , β js , obtained from the movement indicator means and the, at least one, value of the surrounding free space in a linear and rotation component, α s , β s .
Abstract:
A graphical user interface for a remote controlled robot system that includes a robot view field that displays information provided by a robot and an observer view field that display observer information about one or more observers that can receive the robot information. The interface has various features that allow a master user to control the observation and participation of the observers.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a useful mobile human interface robot.SOLUTION: A mobile robot includes: a drive system; a controller 500 in communication with the drive system; and a volumetric point cloud imaging device supported above the drive system at a height of more than about one feet (30.5 cm) above the ground and directed to be capable of obtaining a point cloud from a volume of space that includes a floor plane in a direction of movement of the mobile robot. The controller 500 receives point cloud signals from the imaging device and issues drive commands to the drive system based at least in part on the received point cloud signals.
Abstract:
Provided is an autonomous mobile body capable of moving in a pull-off direction that is set by the autonomous mobile body itself so that a movable obstacle can pass through safely, without setting a halt region in advance. An autonomous mobile body (1) comprises a storage unit (22) for storing a size D2 of the autonomous mobile body, a laser range sensor (12) for acquiring obstacle information, an obstacle identification unit (233) for identifying, based on the acquired obstacle information, edge points (86) showing positions of both ends of a region in which an interfering obstacle (66) exists, the both ends being both ends on a plane parallel to a passage plane in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to a moving target direction (72) of the autonomous mobile body, a direction setting unit (237) for setting a pull-off direction based on the size D2 of the autonomous mobile body and the edge points (86), and a mobile control unit (25) for controlling the autonomous mobile body to move toward the pull-off direction.