公开(公告)号：US20170229029A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15206216

申请日：2016-07-08

Applicant: Proxy Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： John KLINGER ,  Patrick C. CESARANO

IPC: G08G9/02 ,  G08G5/04 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/143 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G01B9/021 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01N21/8851 ,  G01N27/20 ,  G01N2201/12 ,  G01S7/006 ,  G01S13/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S15/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S2013/0254 ,  G05B11/42 ,  G05B13/024 ,  G05B13/042 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/0202 ,  G05D1/0204 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G06K9/00677 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/045 ,  G08G9/02 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/2617 ,  H01Q3/28 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N7/183 ,  H04N2005/2255

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an unmanned vehicle for use with a companion unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a position unit that is configured to determine a current position of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a memory unit that is configured to store a planned path of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a control unit that is configured to determine that the unmanned vehicle is off-course based on the current position of the unmanned vehicle and the planned path assigned to the unmanned vehicle, generate a delay and a corrected path for the unmanned vehicle, and communicate the delay and the corrected path to the companion unmanned vehicle. The control unit is further configured to control a movement of the unmanned vehicle along the corrected path after the delay.

公开(公告)号：US20170227962A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15206213

申请日：2016-07-08

Applicant: Proxy Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Patrick C. CESARANO ,  John KLINGER

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/04 ,  G01C21/16 ,  G08G9/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/143 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G01B9/021 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01N21/8851 ,  G01N27/20 ,  G01N2201/12 ,  G01S7/006 ,  G01S13/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S15/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S2013/0254 ,  G05B11/42 ,  G05B13/024 ,  G05B13/042 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/0202 ,  G05D1/0204 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G06K9/00677 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/045 ,  G08G9/02 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/2617 ,  H01Q3/28 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N7/183 ,  H04N2005/2255

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an unmanned vehicle for use with a companion unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle can include a satellite navigation unit that is configured to receive a satellite signal indicative of a current position of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle can also include an inertial navigation unit that is configured to determine the current position of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle can also include a control unit disposed in communication with the satellite navigation unit and the inertial navigation unit. The control unit is configured to determine a planned position of the unmanned vehicle based on the planned path, compare the current position determined by the inertial navigation unit with the planned position based on the planned path, and control the movement of the unmanned vehicle based on at least the comparison between the current position and the planned position.

公开(公告)号：US20170199525A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US14990840

申请日：2016-01-08

Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS

Inventor： Anas Mohammed ALBAGHAJATI ,  Mohammad Tariq NASIR ,  Lahouari GHOUTI ,  Sami EL FERIK

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06T11/20 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04B7/185

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  G01V1/003 ,  G01V1/166 ,  G01V1/168 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G06T11/206 ,  H04B7/18523 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Described herein a robot assisted method of deploying sensors in a geographic region. The method of deploying sensors is posed as a Markovian decision process. The robot assigns each grid cell in a map of the geographic region a reward value based on a surface elevation of the geographic region and a soil hardness factor. Further, the robot determines an action for each grid cell of the plurality of grid cells, wherein the action corresponds to an expected direction of movement of the robot in the grid cell. The robot computes a global path as a concatenation of actions starting from a first grid cell and terminating at a second grid cell. The method monitors the movement of the robot on the computed global path and computes a second path based on a deviation of the robot from the global path.

公开(公告)号：US20170190048A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15393647

申请日：2016-12-29

Applicant: Anthrotronix, Inc.

Inventor： Jack M. Vice ,  Anna D. Skinner ,  Joshua M. Nichols

IPC: B25J5/00

CPC classification number: B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/1617 ,  G05B2219/40306 ,  G05B2219/40405 ,  G05B2219/40442 ,  G05B2219/40572 ,  G05B2219/40621 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0295 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: The embodiments relate to a distributed marsupial robotic system. The system includes a parent component having a sensor suite to obtain and process environment data via a parent pattern classification algorithm, and one or more child components each having a sensor suite to obtain and process environment data via a child pattern classification algorithm. Each sensor suite includes one or more sensor devices in communication with a processing unit and memory. Each child component is configured to dock to the parent component, and to separate from the parent component in response to a deployment signal. Each child component obtains environment data during separation. The parent component is configured to construct a map of the environment by receiving and integrating the data obtained by each child component.

公开(公告)号：US09618620B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14559367

申请日：2014-12-03

Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Oliver Zweigle ,  Bernd-Dietmar Becker ,  Reinhard Becker

IPC: G01S17/42 ,  B25J13/08 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/00 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G09B29/00 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01B11/27 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01C15/00 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01C7/04 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/87

CPC classification number: G01S17/42 ,  B25J13/08 ,  G01B11/002 ,  G01B11/272 ,  G01C7/04 ,  G01C15/002 ,  G01S7/003 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/023 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G09B29/004

Abstract: A method for measuring and registering 3D coordinates has a 3D scanner measure a first collection of 3D coordinates of points from a first registration position and a second collection of 3D coordinates of points from a second registration position. In between these positions, the 3D measuring device collects depth-camera images. A processor determines first and second translation values and a first rotation value based on the depth-camera images. The processor identifies a correspondence among registration targets in the first and second collection of 3D coordinates based at least in part on the first and second translation values and the first rotation value. The processor uses this correspondence and the first and second collection of 3D coordinates to determine 3D coordinates of a registered 3D collection of points.

公开(公告)号：US09536149B1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US15092558

申请日：2016-04-06

Applicant: PROXY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Patrick C. Cesarano

IPC: G01R29/08 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06K9/62

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/143 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G01B9/021 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01N21/8851 ,  G01N27/20 ,  G01N2201/12 ,  G01S7/006 ,  G01S13/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S15/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S2013/0254 ,  G05B11/42 ,  G05B13/024 ,  G05B13/042 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/0202 ,  G05D1/0204 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0278 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G06K9/00677 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/045 ,  G08G9/02 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/2617 ,  H01Q3/28 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N7/183 ,  H04N2005/2255

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to methods and apparatus facilitating assessments of structural and electronic features, parameters, characteristics or any combination thereof using one or more unmanned autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, an unmanned vehicle may be configured to monitor one or both of the structural and electrical characteristics of an object, and can also include cooperative behavior between two or more unmanned vehicles to test electrical communication in a directional fashion.

Abstract translation: 所公开的主题涉及使用一个或多个无人驾驶的自动车辆便利评估结构和电子特征，参数，特征或其任何组合的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，无人驾驶车辆可以被配置为监视物体的结构和电气特性中的一个或两个，并且还可以包括两个或更多个无人驾驶车辆之间的合作行为，以便以定向方式测试电气通信。

公开(公告)号：US20160368149A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-22

申请号：US15176799

申请日：2016-06-08

Applicant: Daiki INABA ,  Wataru HATANAKA ,  Hiroshi SHIMURA ,  Atsuo KAWAGUCHI

Inventor： Daiki INABA ,  Wataru HATANAKA ,  Hiroshi SHIMURA ,  Atsuo KAWAGUCHI

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B62D55/075

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B62D55/075 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0251 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0891 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/09 ,  Y10S901/47

Abstract: A robot includes a three-dimensional shape detecting sensor to detect a three dimensional shape of a travel surface existing in a forward travelling direction of the robot, a posture stabilizer to stabilize a posture of a body of the robot, a feature data generator to generate feature data of the detected three dimensional shape, an inclination angle prediction generator to generate a prediction value of an inclination angle of the body when the robot is to reach a position on the travel surface in the forward travelling direction at a future time point based on the feature data and a prediction model, and an overturn prevention controller to control the posture stabilizer to prevent an overturn of the robot based on the prediction value.

Abstract translation: 机器人包括：三维形状检测传感器，用于检测存在于机器人的前进行进方向上的行进面的三维形状，稳定机器人身体姿势的姿势稳定器;特征数据发生器， 检测出的三维形状的特征数据，倾斜角度预测生成部，其基于以下的时间点，生成当机器人在未来时刻到达行驶面上的位置时的身体的倾斜角度的预测值 特征数据和预测模型，以及防翻转控制器，用于基于预测值来控制姿势稳定器以防止机器人的翻转。

公开(公告)号：US09463574B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US13766125

申请日：2013-02-13

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Indrajit Purkayastha ,  Michael John Tirozzi ,  Jason R. Smith ,  Kimberly Susanne Monti

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  H02B3/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  G05B2219/45066 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  H02B3/00

Abstract: A mobile inspection robot that includes a robot body and a drive system supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot over a work surface. A controller communicates with the drive system and a sensor system. The controller executes a control system that includes a control arbitration system and a behavior system in communication with each other. The behavior system executes an inspection behavior, the inspection behavior influencing execution of commands by the control arbitration system based on sensor signals received from the sensor system to identify and inspect electrical equipment.

Abstract translation: 一种移动检查机器人，其包括机器人主体和支撑机器人主体的驱动系统，并被配置为在工作表面上操纵机器人。 控制器与驱动系统和传感器系统通信。 控制器执行包括彼此通信的控制仲裁系统和行为系统的控制系统。 行为系统基于从传感器系统接收的传感器信号执行检查行为，影响控制仲裁系统执行命令的检查行为，以识别和检查电气设备。

公开(公告)号：US20160157414A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US14921217

申请日：2015-10-23

Applicant: Deere & Company

Inventor： Chad A. Ackerman ,  Scott A. Stephens ,  Dolly Y. Wu ,  Mark A. Harris ,  David S. Mercer

IPC: A01B69/04 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01S19/01 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A01B69/008 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G01S19/14 ,  G01S19/48 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0201 ,  G05D2201/0207

Abstract: Embodiments include a ground scout having an ability to identify the location of rows of crops and the end of the rows so that it can navigate, but in other embodiments, the ground scout can also rely more on an aerial drone to navigate, to act as a communication relay system, and so on. A buddy system including a ground scout and an air scout (e.g. drone) communicate their findings with each other.

Abstract translation: 实施例包括具有识别作物的行的位置和行的末端以使其可以导航的能力的地面侦察兵，但是在其他实施例中，地面侦察还可以更多地依赖于空中无人机来导航，以作为 通信中继系统等。 包括地面侦察兵和空中侦察兵（例如无人机）的伙伴系统将他们的发现彼此传达。

公开(公告)号：US09211648B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-15

申请号：US13856048

申请日：2013-04-03

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Marshall Grinstead ,  Orin P.F. Hoffman

IPC: G05B15/00 ,  G05B19/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J13/00 ,  H04B7/155 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: B25J19/023 ,  B25J5/005 ,  B25J13/006 ,  B25J15/0028 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G05D2201/0209 ,  H04B7/15514

Abstract: A robot system that includes an operator control unit, mission robot, and a repeater. The operator control unit has a display. The robot includes a robot body, a drive system supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot over a work surface, and a controller in communication with the drive system and the operator control unit. The repeater receives a communication signal between the operator control unit and the robot and retransmits the signal.

Abstract translation: 包括操作员控制单元，任务机器人和中继器的机器人系统。 操作员控制单元具有显示器。 机器人包括机器人主体，支撑机器人主体并构造成在工作表面上操纵机器人的驱动系统以及与驱动系统和操作者控制单元通信的控制器。 中继器在操作员控制单元和机器人之间接收通信信号，并重新发送信号。