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20080262655 | Method of Controlling Operation of a Processing System - In a method of controlling operation of a processing system, a host computer, a process tool and a component of an evacuation system, for example an abatement tool, are connected to a system bus. The abatement tool monitors signals transmitted on the system bus between the host computer and the process tool, and signals received directly from the process tool. The abatement tool uses information contained within the monitored signals to generate a signal for the process tool regarding an operating characteristic of the abatement tool. This signal is transmitted either directly or over the system bus to the process tool, which uses the generated signal to control an operating state of the process tool. | 10-23-2008 |
20090018698 | ROBOT SYSTEM BASED ON NETWORK AND EXECUTION METHOD OF THAT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a network-based robot system and an executing method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, predefine environment information is expressed in a universal data model (UDM) described by a linkage that shows a relationship among nodes, each node being an object of a virtual space abstracted by a real physical space. The universal data model is updated based on the context information, event occurrence information is transmitted to a task engine when the context information data value is changed, and the task engine executes a corresponding task through reasoning and invokes an external service. The robot can better recognize the context information by utilizing the external sensing function and external processing function. In addition, the robot system can provide an active service by reasoning the recognized context information and obtaining high-level information. | 01-15-2009 |
20090048713 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR TARGETED REACTION IN THE EVENT OF A CONTACT BETWEEN A MACHINE ELEMENT OF A MACHINE AND AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for the targeted reaction in the event of contact between an element ( | 02-19-2009 |
20100010671 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a synchronous processing unit configured to execute a group of modules to perform synchronous real-time processing in a single process serving as a unit of execution of a program, a parallel processing unit configured to arrange modules which allow asynchronous processing and which should perform parallel processing in different processes and execute the modules in parallel, and an intermodule communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of data among the modules by means of message passing. | 01-14-2010 |
20100138041 | DEVICE FOR TAKING OVER, TEMPORARILY STORING AND PASSING ON ELONGATED, HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL PRODUCT UNITS AND A METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH A DEVICE - A device for taking over, temporarily storing and passing on elongated, hollow-cylindrical product units, preferably tubes, sleeves or cans, which come from a production line, has a first supplying conveyor belt and a continuously delivering second conveyor belt. The first and the second conveyor belts are disposed horizontally lying one above the other in a transfer zone. An intermediate storage arrangement is designed as a high-rack storage arrangement or as a paternoster storage arrangement. At least one handling robot is also located in the region of the transfer zone between the conveyor belts and the intermediate storage arrangement. This handling robot is designed either (a) to take a number of product units from the first conveyor belt and to feed them to the second conveyor belt or the intermediate storage arrangement, or (b) to remove a number of product units from the intermediate storage arrangement and to feed them to the second conveyor belt. | 06-03-2010 |
20100198402 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-MECHANICALLY RESTRICTING AND/OR PROGRAMMING MOVEMENT OF A TOOL OF A MANIPULATOR ALONG A SINGLE AXIS - Methods, devices (such as computer readable media), and systems (such as computer systems) for performing movements of a tool of a medical robot along a single axis that are achieved by electronically limiting the medical robot's movement to produce movement of the tool along the single axis rather than mechanically restricting the medical robot's movement to produce the single axis movement. The tool's movement will be along the single axis even if a user is moving an input device linked to the medical robot in other axes during the single axis movement. In addition, techniques are disclosed for automating the single axis movement such that it can be programmed to stop at a target location and start at or near a second (e.g., starting) location, which is useful for a procedure such as a brain biopsy, breast biopsy or implantation, and such that a user can execute a command instructing the medical robot to perform the movement without the need for the user to manipulate an input device to cause real-time responsive movement of the medical robot. | 08-05-2010 |
20110153078 | Field Device for Processing Data and Parameters in a Decentralised Automation System - A field device for data- and parameter-processing in a decentralized automation system, wherein other connected fieldbus components of the decentralized automation system communicate with one another via a fieldbus connected to the field device, and wherein a unified automation system is formed from a plurality of encapsulated function blocks, which run decentralized in the individual fieldbus components of the fieldbus and communicate with one another. An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a function block for field devices of process automation technology, which enables a simple, controlled storage of data and/or parameters from the various function blocks of the decentralized units of the automation system and which permits an autonomous re-parametering of the function blocks of the relevant field device. | 06-23-2011 |
20120290130 | Method to Model and Program a Robotic Workcell - An improved method to model and program a robotic workcell. Two-dimensional (2D) images of a physical workcell are captured to facilitate, in part, initial integration of any preexisting three-dimensional (3D) component models into a 3D model workcell. 3D models of other essential workcell components are synthesized and integrated into the 3D workcell model. The robot is then configured and programmed. The resultant 3D workcell model more faithfully reflects the “as-built” workcell than a traditional model that represents the “as-designed” workcell. | 11-15-2012 |
20130304256 | COOPERATIVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE TELESURGICAL SYSTEM - Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods include selectably associatable master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left hand tissue manipulation tool, a right hand tissue manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly for stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back-and-forth between the operator and an assistant. Two or more robotic systems each having master controls and slave manipulators may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators. | 11-14-2013 |
20140135982 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system is provided, which includes a conveying device for conveying a workpiece, a robot for performing a predetermined task to the workpiece being conveyed by the conveying device, a drive source for driving the conveying device; and a control device for controlling operations of the robot and the drive source. The control device includes a drive source instruction value calculation module for calculating a drive source instruction value indicative of an instruction to operate the drive source, and a robot instruction value calculation module or calculating a robot instruction value indicative of an instruction to operate the robot based on the drive source instruction value calculated by the drive source instruction value calculation module. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142755 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes a robot having a plurality of joints; and a plurality of actuators configured to drive the plurality of joints, respectively. At a tip end of the robot, a hand is provided such that the hand is rotatable about a first rotation axis by one of the actuators and holds a workpiece in a position vertically offset with respect to the first rotation axis. Further, the robot system includes a controller configured to control the plurality of actuators such that the hand rotates about a second rotation axis positioned closer to the workpiece than the first rotation axis and parallel to the first rotation axis. | 05-22-2014 |
20140195048 | COOPERATIVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE TELESURGICAL SYSTEM - Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods include selectably associatable master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capture device, a left hand tissue manipulation tool, a right hand tissue manipulation tool, and a fourth surgical instrument, particularly for stabilizing, retracting, tool change, or other functions benefiting from intermittent movement. The four or more arms may sequentially be controlled by left and right master input control devices. The fourth arm may be used to support another image capture device, and control of some or all of the arms may be transferred back-and-forth between the operator and an assistant. Two or more robotic systems each having master controls and slave manipulators may be coupled to enable cooperative surgery between two or more operators. | 07-10-2014 |
20160151915 | COOPERATION SYSTEM HAVING MACHINE TOOL AND ROBOT | 06-02-2016 |