Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation

Atsushi Sugahara

Haruna Eto

Akihito Ogawa

Junya Tanaka

Hideichi Nakamoto

Takafumi Sonoura

Kazuma Komoda

Makoto Shibusawa

Seiji Tokura

Masahiro Seiki

Ping Jiang

Richard Lang

Kazuyuki Sunohara

Katsuyuki Naito

Haruhiko Okumura

Tomomasa Ueda

Masahiko Akiyama

Osamu Shimada

Hiroki Iwanaga

Mitsushi Ikeda

Yoshiyuki Ishihara

Katsuhiko Inada

Seizaburo Shimizu

Yoshiko Tsuji

Ryuji Tada

Hisao Toeda

Yasunori Miura

Masayuki Saito

Kenichi Mori

Goh Itoh

Kazuki Taira

Daisuke Yamamoto

Yutaka Nakai

Shintaro Enomoto

Takuji Suzuki

Aira Hotta

Isao Amemiya

Yuko Kizu

Masaki Okajima

Norihiko Kamiura

Takashi Yoshimi

Kohei Suzuki

A robot system includes a robot including a plurality of fingers for holding a target object and a control device configured to control a motion of the robot. The control device includes one or more processors. The processors acquire an image of a first target object and a second target object taken by an imaging device. The processors control the motion of the robot based on the image such that the robot moves the first target object with at least one finger included in the fingers in a direction in which a gap is formed between the first target object and the second target object, inserts at least one finger included in the fingers into the gap, and holds the first target object.

Robot system and computer program product

A handling device according to an embodiment includes a manipulator, a normal grid generation unit, a hand kernel generation unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit. The normal grid generation unit converts a depth image into a point cloud, generates spatial data including an object to be grasped that is divided into a plurality of grids from the point cloud, and calculates a normal vector of the point cloud included in the grid using spherical coordinates. The hand kernel generation unit generates a hand kernel of each suction pad. The calculation unit calculates ease of grasping the object to be grasped by a plurality of suction pads based on a 3D convolution calculation using a grid including the spatial data and the hand kernel. The control unit controls a grasping operation of the manipulator based on the ease of grasping the object to be grasped by the plurality of suction pads.

Handling device and computer program product

An object manipulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: calculate, based on an image in which one or more objects to be grasped are contained, an evaluation value of a first behavior manner of grasping the one or more objects; generate information representing a second behavior manner based on the image and a plurality of evaluation values of the first behavior manner; and control actuation of grasping the object to be grasped in accordance with the information being generated.

Object manipulation apparatus, handling method, and program product

A handling apparatus has an arm having a joint; a holding portion attached to the arm and configured to hold an object; a sensor configured to detect a plurality of the objects; and a control apparatus configured to control the arm and the holding portion, wherein the control apparatus is configured to calculate an ease of holding the object by the holding portion as a score based on information acquired by the sensor with respect to each object and each holding method, select the object to hold and the holding method according to the score, and calculate a position for holding the selected object and an orientation of the arm.

Handling apparatus, control apparatus, and recording medium

A handling device according to an embodiment has an arm, a holder, a storage, and a controller. The arm includes at least one joint. The holder is attached to the arm and is configured to hold an object. The storage stores a function map including at least one of information about holdable positions of the holder and information about possible postures of the holder. The detector is configured to detect information about the object. The controller is configured to generate holdable candidate points on the basis of the information detected by the detector, to search the function map for a position in an environment in which the object is present, the position being associated with the generated holdable candidate points, and to determine a holding posture of the holder on the basis of the searched position. The function map associates a manipulability with each position in the environment in which the object is present. The manipulability is a parameter calculated from at least one joint angle of the holder.

Handling device, control device, and holding method

According to an embodiment, an object handling device includes a base, a manipulator, a first camera, a sensor, a manipulator control unit and a calibration unit. The manipulator is arranged on the base, and includes a movable part and an effector that is arranged on the movable part and acts on an object. The first camera and the sensor are arranged on the manipulator. The manipulator control unit controls the manipulator so that the movable part is moved to a position corresponding to a directed value. The calibration processing unit acquires a first error in a first direction based on an image photographed by the first camera, acquire a second error in a second direction intersecting with the first direction based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, and acquire a directed calibration value with respect to the directed value based on the first error and the second error.

Object handling device and calibration method thereof

According to one embodiment, a holding mechanism includes a first holding part, a second holding part, a first guide, a second guide, a third guide, a fourth guide, and a driving mechanism. The second holding part faces the first holding part in a first direction. The first guide is connected to the first holding part and capable of moving the first holding part in the first direction. The second guide is connected to the second holding part and capable of moving the second holding part in the first direction. The third guide is capable of moving the first guide in the first direction. The fourth guide is capable of moving the second guide in the first direction, and aligned with the third guide in the first direction. The drive mechanism changes a distance between the first holding part and the second holding part.

Holding mechanism, transfer device, handling robot system, and robot handling method

According to one embodiment, a holding apparatus includes a holding part, a rotating part, a supporting part, and a moving mechanism. The holding part is configured to hold an article. The rotating part is configured to rotate the holding part. The supporting part is configured to support the article from below. The moving mechanism is configured to move the holding part with respect to the supporting part.

Holding apparatus, article handling apparatus, and control apparatus

According to one embodiment, a holding device includes a first holder and a first sensor. The first holder includes a first member and a second member. The first holder is configured to hold an object by interposing the object between the first member and the second member. The first sensor is in the first member. The first sensor is configured to detect a vibration.

Holding device, handling apparatus, and detection device

According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a camera and a processing circuit. The camera takes first distance images of an object for a plurality of angles. The processing circuit generates a three-dimensional model of the object based on the first distance image, and generates an extracted image indicating a specific region of the object corresponding to the plurality of angles based on the three-dimensional model.

Information processing device, image recognition method and non-transitory computer readable medium

A transporter includes: a first conveyor to receive an object, the first conveyor to convey the object in a first direction; and a second conveyor to receive the object from the first conveyor and to convey the object, the second conveyor being movable in position in a second direction that crosses the first direction, the second direction being a substantially vertical direction.

Transporter

A store of an embodiment includes a shelf, a conveyor, an elevator mechanism, a robot hand, and a robot mechanism. In the shelf, products can be displayed. The conveyor is arranged along the shelf. The conveyor is configured to convey a container in which the product is placed. The elevator mechanism is configured to move the container up and down. The robot hand is capable of griping the product. The robot mechanism is configured to perform positioning of the robot hand. The robot mechanism is configured to overlap at least a part of the conveyor in a top view.

Store and robot system

An vacuum device includes a suction pad vacuumed on a to-be-vacuumed surface of a vacuum target, and a bellows tube having the suction pad at one end in a telescopic direction and having an internal space that is expanded and contracted by pressure of air, the telescopic member being elongated and contracted by expansion and contraction of the internal space.

Vacuum device and article holding device

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Kawasaki, Japan

Atsushi Sugahara