Riken Corporation

Kuniaki Kawabata

Kazuhiro Kosuge

Hajime Asama

Yasuhisa Hirata

Hayato Kaetsu

Yasuhiro Hirata

Hayoto Kaetsu

A translatory actuator unit including a translatory actuator module that moves an object straightly, a force sensor that detects a load applied to the translatory actuator module, and a servo control module that controls a speed, a position and/or output power of the translatory actuator module. The translatory actuator module, the force sensor and the servo control module are integrally configured. The servo control module has a two-way network means of receiving a control command concerning the speed, the position and/or the output power from a network, and transmitting information of the speed, the position and/or the output power to the network, a control means of controlling the speed, the position and/or the output power, and a self-diagnosis means of confirming safety and detecting an abnormal state based on detected information of the speed, the position, the load, and/or an electric current of the translatory actuator module.

Translatory actuator unit

In a method for mobile robot motion control for the sake of controlling motional characteristics of the mobile robot, such motional characteristics of mobile robot are made to be virtually equivalent motional characteristics of a caster, whereby motional performance adaptable to an external force is realized. Thus, a method for mobile robot motion control by which an object can be cooperatively manipulated by human being and mobile robot is provided.

Method for mobile robot motion control

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Wako, Japan

Kuniaki Kawabata