Abstract:
Autonomous personal service robot to monitor its owner for symptoms of distress and provide assistance. The system may include sensors to detect situations before they affect people such as smoke, heat, temperature and carbon monoxide sensors. The system can provide security for the home. The PRA may comprise features such as a medicine dispenser and blood pressure cuff. Features such as broadband internet, MP3 player, reading lights and eye glass tracker provide butler type capabilities that enable the system to appeal to markets beyond the elderly and infirmed. The system may also include an X10 transmitter/receiver to automatically control various household lights and appliances. Equipping the system with a robot arm enables the robot to fetch items, turn on and off wall switches and open the refrigerator.
Abstract:
이동 가능한 장해물이 안전하게 통과할 수 있도록 정류 영역을 미리 정하지 않고, 스스로 설정한 대피 방향으로 이동하는 것이 가능한 자율 이동체를 제공한다. 자율 이동체(1)는 기기 자체의 크기(D2)를 기억하는 기억부(22)와, 장해물 정보를 취득하는 레이저 레인지 파인더(12)와, 취득된 장해물 정보에 의거하여 간섭 장해물(66)이 존재하는 영역의 양 단부의 위치로서 통로면과 평행한 면에 있어서 기기 자체의 이동 목표 방향(72)과 대략 직교하는 방향의 양 단부의 위치를 나타내는 에지점(86)을 특정하는 장해물 특정부(233)와, 기기 자체의 크기(D2) 및 에지점(86)에 의거하여 대피 방향을 설정하는 방향 설정부(237)와, 대피 방향으로 기기 자체가 향하도록 제어하는 이동 제어부(25)를 구비한다.
Abstract:
Provided is an autonomous mobile body capable of appropriately performing a stopping action or a retreat action according to circumstances when there is an obstacle that may interfere with the autonomous mobile body. An autonomous mobile body (1) comprises a laser range sensor (12) and an electronic control device (20). The electronic control device (20) includes a storage unit (22) for storing a size D2 of the autonomous mobile body, a width identification unit (27) for identifying a spatial size D1 showing a size, in a width direction, of a passage (95) which is a region where the autonomous mobile body can move, a calculation unit (23) for calculating a size D8 of an interfering obstacle (66) in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to a moving target direction (72) on a road surface based on obstacle information, an action selection unit (24) for selecting a stopping action or a retreat action based on the spatial size D1, the size D2 of the autonomous mobile body, and the size D8 of the interfering obstacle (66), and a mobile control unit (25) for controlling the autonomous mobile body to stop when the stopping action is selected, and controlling the autonomous mobile body to retreat when the retreat action is selected.
Abstract:
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform allows the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an elevator interface module that provides communicate and control of elevator controller.
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.