Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho

Mitsuo Hosoi

Toru Suzuki

Tomoo Matsuda

Atsuhiko Kato

Ichiro Nakano

Yukitaka Takitani

Tetsuo Torii

Eiji Yoshikawa

Naoya Tsurumaki

Shigenori Torihata

Takuya Sakamoto

Hisaakira Imaizumi

Suzuki Toru

Yokichi Nishi

Masatake Hirooka

Yohkichi Nishi

The ambulatory robot is provided with front legs and rear legs that are constituted so that the lengths from the origins of the front legs and the rear legs to their terminal portions can be varied. In walking, the front legs and the rear legs are rotated and the lengths of the front legs and the rear legs are changed so that the front legs are raised from the ground surface while the rear legs are maintained in contact with the ground. Then, the front legs and the rear legs are rotated and the lengths of the legs are changed so that the front legs raised from the ground surface are replaced on the ground in the direction of ambulation and the rear legs that were maintained in contact with the ground are raised from the ground surface. Then, the front legs and the rear legs rotate and the lengths of the legs change so that the rear legs so raised from the ground surface are replaced on the ground in the direction of ambulation. Control in this manner is repeated while maintaining the trunk in a substantially erect posture as the ambulatory robot walks.

Ambulatory robot and ambulation control method for same

Method of guiding movement of unmanned vehicle by following a number of

An apparatus for controlling the position and posture of a moving body for inspecting the dust proofing properties of a plurality of filters is disclosed. Marks placed on the filter frames are visually recognized, the position and posture of the unmanned moving body relative to the marks is calculated and controlled to move the unmanned moving body in a predetermined manner.

Apparatus for guiding movement of an unmanned moving body

A method of an unmanned vehicle comprises the steps of placing a certain number of ground marks each of which comprises a plurality of line segments on a passage of the vehicle measuring amount of movement of the vehicle between the adjacent line segments when the vehicle moves across each of the ground marks, and obtaining a relative positional relation between the ground mark and the vehicle with reference to the amount of movement thereof whereby movement of the vehicle is properly guided in accordance with the thus obtained positional relation. In the case of a navigational guiding method typically employed in aircraft or ship, an estimated position of the vehicle is corrected with reference to the aforesaid relative positional relation.

Method of guiding an unmanned vehicle

The data input device comprises a tablet portion made of a two-dimensional position-sensitive photodetector and a planar display element laid one on the other, and a light emitting pen forming a light spot on a light-receiving surface of the position-sensitive photodetector. The locus of the movement of the light emitting pen is displayed on the surface of the planar display element at correspond positions in accordance with the output of the two-dimensional position-sensitive photodetector, and the contents of the display provided on the planar displaying element are allowed to be delivered for subsequent processings.

Position-sensitive photodetector and light transmissive tablet and

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Mitsuo Hosoi