Nec Corporation

Taichi Kumagai

Hiroshi Yoshida

Takayuki Suzuki

Kosei Kobayashi

Shinya Yasuda

Ryusuke Tsushima

Junichiro Tsuchiya

In order to provide a moving body control system, a control apparatus, and a moving body control method that can control travel distance in returning to a target path, the moving body control system includes a moving body and a control apparatus configured to control the moving body to follow a target path, wherein the control apparatus is configured to: calculate distance until shifting the moving body to an asymptotic-orbit for the target path by turning the moving body, at each of one or more candidate center-of-gravity velocities of the moving body, based on a position of the moving body and an angle between a moving direction of the moving body and the target path; and determine a target center-of-gravity velocity of the moving body from the one or more candidate center-of-gravity velocities based on the calculated distance.

Moving body control system, control apparatus, and moving body control method

In order to provide a transport system that facilitates input of information related to movements of articles, the transport system includes a transport robot, a control apparatus, and a terminal. The transport robot transports an article. The control apparatus controls the transport robot. The terminal inputs information related to the transport of the article. The control apparatus identifies a transport destination of the article, based on the information related to the transport of the article obtained from the terminal. The control apparatus performs control to transport the article to the identified transport destination. The terminal may transmit first position information and second position information to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus may control the transport robot such that the article existing in a place corresponding to the first position information is transported to a place corresponding to the second position information.

Transport system, control apparatus, transport method, and program

In order to appropriately determine whether or not a moving body can pass through a passage in a target range for generating a movement path, a passability determination apparatusincludes: an obstacle detection sectionconfigured to detect a passage obstacle obstructing passage of a moving body, based on image information obtained by imaging a target range for generating a movement path for the moving body; a determination sectionconfigured to determine passability for the moving body through a passage area included in the target range, based on detection of the passage obstacle; and a transmission processing sectionconfigured to send passability information related to the passability for the moving body, to a movement path generation apparatusgenerating the movement path.

Method for determining passabilty, passability determination apparatus, and movement path generation

A transport system transports a transport object in a state sandwiching the transport object between a plurality of transport robots, wherein the transport robot comprises: a main body; wheels; a rotation mechanism that makes a contact part rotatable relative to the main body; a drive part(s) mounted on the main body and driving the wheels; a load sensor detecting a load when the contact part contacts the transport object; and an angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the contact part relative to the main body, wherein using hardware resources, processings are executed to control the drive part so that load and rotation angle approach a first target value and a second target value based on information of a load and a rotation angle detected by the load sensor and the angle sensor.

Transport system, transport robot, control apparatus, control method, and program

A transport system that transports a transport object in a state sandwiching the transport object between two transport robots, wherein the transport robot comprises: a main body; wheels; a drive part(s); a contact part; and a rotation mechanism, and wherein using hardware resources, the following processings are executed, the following processings comprising: predicting an orbit of a first transport robot arranged in front of the transport object; and predicting an orbit of a second transport robot so that the second transport robot pushes the transport object from outside of the orbit of the first transport robot in a curve based on the predicted orbit of the first transport robot, the second transport robot arranged behind the transport object.

A remote control apparatus performs: calculating a path and a moving speed to reach a desired destination from a current position of the control target apparatus; measuring a communication delay time between the remote control apparatus and the control target apparatus; estimating an overshoot region based on the communication delay time, a stored size of the control target apparatus, and the moving speed; predicting whether the control target apparatus will contact with a peripheral object(s), based on the path, the overshoot region, and stored peripheral object information of the control target apparatus; calculating the moving speed information to be given to the control target apparatus so that a moving direction of the control target apparatus changes by a predetermined value or more when predicted that the control target apparatus will contact with a peripheral object(s); and transmitting a control signal including the moving speed information to the control target apparatus.

Remote control apparatus, system, method, and program

[Technical problem] To provide a power-save operation supporting apparatus, a power-save operation supporting method, a storage medium and a base station which can reduce power consumption of a wireless access network with restraining emergence of an area whose service quality is degraded. [Solution to problem] The power-save operation supporting apparatus includes an estimation means to estimate degree of degradation of the service quality which is caused in the case that power-save control is carried out to any base station, and a selection means to select the base station as a candidate base station, to which the power-save control should be carried out, in the case that the degree of the degradation of the service quality is not higher than a predetermined reference.

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Taichi Kumagai