Sony Corporation

Kazuo Hongo

Kenichiro Nagasaka

Tetsuya Narita

Yoshinao Sodeyama

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Wataru Kokubo

Masaya Kinoshita

Yasunori Kawanami

Satoko Nagakari

Kazuhito Wakana

Ryota Kimura

Toshimitsu Tsuboi

Yasuhiro Matsuda

Hiromasa Masuda

Ryo Terasawa

Shunsuke Yajima

Hiroki Matsuda

Naoki Kusashima

Yoshiaki Sato

Atsushi Miyamoto

Masanobu Nakamura

Yasuhisa Kamikawa

Hiroki Saijo

Takashi Kito

Hajime Mihara

Andrew Shin

Ryuta Horie

Kiyoyuki Kikuchi

Naoki Komine

Hiroki Ebe

Yoshikazu Furiyama

Aneesh Chand

A tactile presentation apparatus including: an operation unit operated by a user; a vibration unit that presents a vibration of an operation target of the operation unit; a contact unit that transmits the vibration by the vibration unit to the user; and an installation unit coupled to the operation unit, over the contact unit provided via an elastic body.

Tactile presentation apparatus and tactile presentation system

It is possible to transfer an object smoothly. An information processing device includes a control unit () that controls a manipulator so that a moving speed of an object gripped by the manipulator maintains continuity when the object is transferred to a transfer target person.

Information processing device, control method, and program

A controller according to the present disclosure includes a whole-slip detecting unit () that detects, based on pressure information sent from a plurality of regions having different slipping characteristics when an object in contact with the plurality of regions is slipping, a state of a whole slip in which the object is slipping on each of the plurality of regions. An occurrence timing of the whole slip is different for each of the plurality of regions, and thus a state of a partial slip in which a part of the object is slipping is able to be detected, so that it is possible to detect a slip of the object with high accuracy.

Controller, control method, and program

Provided is an apparatus for arranging objects in such a manner as to permit the user to handle the objects more easily. The information includes a robotic arm device configured to arrange one or more objects, and circuitry configured to determine one or more characteristics of a user, determine an arrangement position of each object of the one or more objects to be arranged based on the one or more determined characteristics of the user, and initiate control of the robotic arm device to arrange each object according to the determined arrangement position of the object.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program

There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes a motion request verifying unit controlling execution of a motion request for a device, on the basis of the motion request based on device side information including device state information indicating a state of the device at a first point in time and target state information indicating a state of an operated target, and device side information updated during time after the first point in time and before a second point in time at which the motion request is received.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, and a program that enable the action of a movable body to be planned in accordance with the value of a peripheral object. The control device according to an embodiment of the present technology estimates a value of an object at the periphery of a movable body on the basis of sensor data detected by the movable body, and plans an action of the movable body on the basis of the value of the object estimated. The present technology is applicable to robots capable of acting autonomously.

Control device and control method for a movable body

A control device () according to the present application includes a limitation portion that is provided in a joint portion, which joins two or more links, of a robot and that physically limits motion of the links, and a control unit () that limits movable ranges of the links by controlling the limitation portion corresponding to a predetermined joint portion on the basis of a task executed by the robot. With this configuration, it becomes possible to secure safety of when the robot executes a task.

Control device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A slip detecting device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of contact parts having different slipping characteristics when an object () in contact with the plurality of regions is slipping; and a sensor that detects a pressure distribution of each of the plurality of contact parts. By employing the plurality of contact parts having different slipping characteristics when the object () in contact with the plurality of regions, a timing at which a whole slip occurs is different between the plurality of contact parts, and thus a state of a partial slip in which a part of the object () is slipping is able to be detected, so that it is possible to detect a slip of the object () with high accuracy.

Slip detecting device

Execution restrictions on tasks based on a state of a multifunction robot or the like are satisfied, and furthermore, the execution efficiency of the entirety of an operation is also enhanced. An information processing device includes a determination unit that determines an execution order of a plurality of tasks including an operation for a target object, based on a transition of a state of an operation tool used in each of the tasks.

Information processing device and scheduling method

An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are proposed that make it possible to allow an autonomous moving body to make battery replacement more easily. The information processing device includes a controller. The controller couples, in a first region, a connection terminal to the autonomous moving body. The first region is provided for ejection of a first battery included in the autonomous moving body. The connection terminal is provided for power supply and included in a power supply apparatus disposed in the first region. The controller moves the autonomous moving body with the connection terminal coupled, from the first region to a second region in which a charged second battery is disposed.

Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Provided is a control device capable of controlling the operation of a control target according to a detected external force. A control device () includes a control unit (-) that compares a first external force detected by a force sensor provided in a control target and a second external force estimated on the basis of a torque detected by a torque sensor provided in an a movable portion of the control target, the movable portion enabling the force sensor to be movable, and controls the operation of the control target by correcting a torque command value on the basis of a result of the comparison.

Control device, control method, and control system

Provided is a communication path control device that transmits path information for controlling a path for transmitting data to a plurality of communication devices which are connected by a wired path and through which data addressed to the plurality of communication devices is sequentially forwarded.

Communication path control device, communication path control method, and communication path control system

A center of gravity of a robot device is estimated without utilization of a force sensor or the like. An information processing device including a center-of-gravity estimation unit that calculates, on the basis of torque applied to one or more joints included in each of a plurality of leg portions, reaction force applied from a ground contact surface to each of the plurality of leg portions, and that estimates a center of gravity of a robot device including the plurality of leg portions on the basis of the calculated reaction force on the plurality of leg portions.

Information processing device and information processing method

[Problem] Provided is a link mechanism capable of moving a tip end part substantially straight by using a simpler structure. [Solution] A link mechanism including a first parallel link mechanism having a fixed link and an intermediate link parallel to each other, and a pair of side links parallel to each other, a second parallel link mechanism having a fixed link and an intermediate link parallel to each other, and a pair of side links parallel to each other, in which the fixed link is connected to the intermediate link of the first parallel link mechanism, a fixed structure that is formed including the intermediate link of the first parallel link mechanism and the fixed link of the second parallel link mechanism, and a coupling link that couples one of the side links of the first parallel link mechanism and one of the side links of the second parallel link mechanism.

Link mechanism

There is provided an information processing apparatus to estimate a position of a distal end of a movable unit with a reduced processing load, the information processing including a position computer that computes, on the basis of first positional information obtained from reading of a projected marker by a first visual sensor and second positional information including positional information obtained from reading of the marker by a second visual sensor that moves relative to the first visual sensor, a position of a movable unit in which the second visual sensor is disposed. This makes it possible to estimate the position of the distal end of the movable unit with a reduced processing load.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Hongo