Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kenichiro Sugiyama

Taro Yokoyama

Hiroshi Matsuda

Takafumi Fukushima

Masayoshi Kokushiyou

Atsuo Orita

Takeshi Koshiishi

Tadaaki Hasegawa

Hiroyuki Makino

Naohide Ogawa

Soshi Iba

Katsu Yamane

Zenta Sugawara

Shih-Yun Lo

Koji Maki

Taizou Yoshikawa

Hiroyuki c/o Makino

A system and method for implementing pedestrian avoidance strategies for a mobile robot that include receiving position data of a pedestrian and the mobile robot from systems of the mobile robot and estimating positions of the pedestrian and the mobile robot based on the position data. The system and method also include determining an expected intersection point of paths of the pedestrian and the mobile robot and an estimated time for the pedestrian to reach and cross the expected intersection point of the paths. The system and method further include implementing a pedestrian avoidance strategy based on the positions of the pedestrian and the mobile robot and the expected point in time when the pedestrian will reach and cross the expected intersection point of the paths.

System and method for implementing pedestrian avoidance strategies for a mobile robot

A guidance system S includes a plurality of autonomous mobile robots () which guide a user to a destination, and a reception apparatus () which is provided separately from the robots () and recognizes the destination. Availability of each of the plurality of robots () is managed based on a state of the robot and the destination.

Robot guidance system

An operation management system includes: a plurality of robots; and an operation management unit server configured to manage an operation route in a predetermined region. Each robot has a sensor that recognizes a surrounding environment. When the sensor of a first robot recognizes a predetermined surrounding environment, the server refers to a position of the surrounding environment and sets an operation route of a second robot.

Operation management system for autonomous mobile robots

A hand device () of the present invention includes a palm () and a plurality of finger mechanisms (-). The palm () is provided with a palm protruding portion (-) that protrudes upward from a palm surface region () when the palm surface region () faces upward. Accordingly, a reaction force against the force acting on an object to be grasped from an inner side of part or all of the finger mechanisms (-) can be exerted on the object from the protruding portion (-).

Hand device

A joint structure of a robot for moving an assemblyto be connected to a robot link with respect to the robot link, the joint structure includes a first motorfor causing the assembly a longitudinal swing motion, a second motorfor causing the assembly a lateral swing motion, and a third motorfor causing the assembly a rotary motion, wherein the first motorand the second motorare disposed so that the output shaft of the first motorand the output shaft of the second motorare in parallel with each other and are orthogonal to the robot link, and the third motoris disposed so that the output shaft of the third motoris shifted with respect to the central axis of the rotary motion of the assembly

Joint structure of robot

In a legged mobile robot control system having leg actuators each driving the individual legs and arm actuators each driving the individual arms, an external force acting on the right arm is detected, operation of the right arm actuators is controlled to produces a handshake posture, and operation of the leg actuators is controlled based on the detected external force acting on the right hand during handshaking, thereby improving communication capability by enabling it to shake hands with humans and to maintain a stable posture during the handshaking.

Handshake legged mobile robot control system

The autonomous mobile robot having an openable and closable gripper for gripping goods, cameras, an autonomous mobile means, and a control means for making the robot carry the goods to a destination from an acquisition source, the control means comprising: a grip position recognition means configured to recognize a predetermined position suitable for gripping a carrier container of a predetermined specification configured to place the goods to carry, based on an image of the acquisition source taken by the cameras; a grip control means configured to drive the gripper to the predetermined position of the carrier container and to control gripping the predetermined position; and a grip-success-or-not determination means configured to determine whether or not the gripping is successful, based on an external force acting on the gripper.

Autonomous mobile robot and goods carrying method of using the same

A robot hand apparatus () includes four of finger mechanisms () each elongates from a base (), a motor () actuating each finger mechanism (), four of rotation rollers () each connects with corresponding finger mechanism () for actuating each finger mechanism (), and a power transmission mechanism () transmitting a power from the motor () to each rotation roller () at different timing.

Robot hand apparatus

A robot hand apparatus () includes a base (); a motor (M); a first-link () supported by the base () while allowing the rotation around a first axis (S), which is in parallel to an actuation axis (G) of the motor (M) and is positioned apart from the actuation axis (G), the first-link () has a first guide path () movably supporting a control axis (); a second link () which connects with the actuation axis (G) and supports the control axis (), and moves the control axis () within the first guide path () in accordance with the rotation of the actuation axis (G); and a finger link (F) supported by the first link () while allowing the rotation around a second axis; and the finger link (F) directly or indirectly links with the control axis () and is rotated by the actuation of the control axis ().

A product presentation biped robot implementing presentation of products such as vehicles through explanation of at least one among performance, specifications and operation of the products, is provided. The robot has a communication unit being capable of communicating with a database located externally of the robot and storing information including at least data needed for implementing the presentation of the products, a data acquirer accessing the database through the communication unit to acquire the data needed for implementing the presentation of one from among the products interested by a customer, and a product presentation implementor implementing the presentation of the one from among the products to the customer based on the acquired data presentation robot that implements product presentation, thereby enabling to ease the work of a salesperson.

Product presentation robot

The item-carrying system comprises: a robot comprising: a gripping portion for gripping an item; external force detecting means for detecting an external force applied to the gripping portion; opening-degree detecting means for detecting an opening-degree of the gripping portion; autonomous movement means; and receiving/passing motion deciding means for deciding a motion of the robot in an item receiving/passing operation, wherein the receiving/passing motion deciding means comprises: means for determining to start receiving an item that causes the gripping portion to start a receiving motion if the external force detecting means has detected an external force not less than a first predetermined value, when the gripping portion is not gripping an item; and means for determining the completion of a receiving motion on the basis of at least one of an external force and an opening-degree during the receiving motion.

System for carrying an item

A legged mobile robot, a legged mobile robot controller and a legged mobile robot control method are provided to perform a loading operation to load a gripped object in parallel on a target place having a height where a stretchable range of arm portions of the legged mobile robot is enhanced with no operator's handling. The legged mobile robot includes the arm portions having links for gripping an object, and leg portions having links for moving, and the arm and the leg portions are joined to a body thereof. The legged mobile robot controller includes a data acquisition unit, a whole-body cooperative motion control unit and a loading detection unit, and controls motions of the legged mobile robot based on posture/position data regarding a posture/position of each link of the legged mobile robot and on an external force data regarding an external force affecting the arm portions.

Legged mobile robot controller, legged mobile robot and legged mobile robot control method

A customer robot enabling a customer service including key management with respect to a plurality of lock-equipped objects in an environment such as vehicles in a parking lot is provided. The robot has an unlock/lock signal database storing unlock/lock signals respectively set for the objects, an object identification implementor recognizing an instruction of a customer and identifying one from among the objects which the customer wants unlocked/locked, an unlock/lock signal retriever retrieving one from among the unlock/lock signals, stored in the unlock/lock signal database, that is corresponding to the one from among the objects which the customer wants unlocked/locked, and an unlock/lock signal transmitter transmitting the retrieved signal to unlock/lock the identified object, thereby reducing the burden of the person responsible for key management.

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Saitama, Japan

Kenichiro Sugiyama