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Harald Staab

Thomas A Fuhlbrigge

Gregory A Cole

Gregory F Rossano

Biao Zhang

Jianjun Wang

Carlos Martinez

Sangeun Choi

Radek Javora

Tomas Kozel

Remus Boca

Luiz V Cheim

Harshang Shah

Daniel T Lasko

Josef Cernohous

Poorvi Patel

Stefan Rakuff

Andrew Salm

Will J Eakins

Sebastian Breisch

Christoph Budde

Richard Roberts

Christian Simonidis

Christoph Byner

Pavel Vrbka

Björn Matthias

Edward Zhang

Eduardo Botelho

Marek Budyn

Sang Choi

A robot comprises at least one articulate arm having members including a base, an end effector and a plurality of links, wherein each link is movably connected to two others of said members by respective joints, at least one sensor for detecting an external force acting on any one of the members, and a controller for controlling movements of the joints, so as to move the end effector along a pre-programmed path. In case of the sensor detecting an external force, the controller is adapted to adopt a first release strategy for escaping from the external force, to evaluate whether the first strategy is successful, and if not, to adopt a second release strategy.

Collaborative robot

An unmanned rail vehicle for surveillance, inspection and/or maintenance of an infrastructure, the infrastructure including a rail structure with a rail, the unmanned rail vehicle being movable along the rail and the unmanned rail vehicle including a first position sensor system configured for measuring, by interaction with the rail structure, first position data indicative of a position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail, a second position sensor system configured for measuring, by interaction with the rail structure, second position data indicative of a position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail, a position determining unit configured for receiving and combining first and second position data to determine the position of the unmanned rail vehicle along the rail.

Unmanned rail vehicle and method of determining its position

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Neckargemünd, Germany

Harald Staab