Mp Zenrobotics Oy

Zenrobotics Oy

Nvidia Corporation

Tuomas Lukka

Harri Holopainen

Janne Kujala

Tero Tapani Karras

Harri Valpola

Jan H Achrenius

Maciej Borkowski

A waste sorting manipulator can include a gripper assembly for interacting with one or more waste objects to be sorted within a working area. There is at least one servo for moving the gripper assembly between the manipulator and the working area. There is also at least one slidable coupling mounted between the at least one servo and the gripper assembly for allowing relative movement between the at least one servo and the gripper assembly.

Waste sorting gantry robot

A waste sorting robot comprises a manipulator moveable within a working area. A suction gripper is connected to the manipulator and arranged to selectively grip a waste object in the working area. An air supply is in fluid communication with the suction gripper and configured to generate an airflow along an airflow path in the suction gripper. A solvent outlet in fluid communication with a solvent supply wherein the solvent outlet configured to dose the airflow with the solvent.

Waste sorting robot

It A waste sorting robot () comprises a manipulator () moveable within a working area (). A gripper () is connected to the manipulator () and arranged to selectively grip a waste object () in the working area (). A controller () is in communication with a sensor () and is configured to receive detected object parameters, and determine a throw trajectory () of the gripped waste object () towards a target position () based on the detected object parameters of the gripped waste object (). The controller () is configured to send control instructions to the gripper () and/or manipulator () so that the gripper () and/or manipulator () accelerates the gripped waste object () and releases the waste object () at a throw position with a throw velocity and throw angle towards the target position () so that the waste object () is thrown along the determined throw trajectory (). A related method of controlling a waste robot is also disclosed.

Waste sorting robot with gripper that releases waste object at a throw position

A waste sorting robot gripper comprises a suction cup engageable with the surface of a waste object. The suction cup has an air hole for evacuating air from the suction cup. A suction tube is coupled to the suction cup. The suction tube comprises a longitudinal axis. A first air inlet is in fluid communication with the air hole at one end of the suction tube and an air outlet at the other end of the suction tube. A path of the air flow between the air inlet and the air outlet is substantially along the longitudinal axis. The suction tube comprises a second air inlet in fluid communication with an air source, the second air inlet being between the first air inlet and the air outlet.

Feedback information is an important aspect in all machine learning systems. In robot systems that are picking objects from a plurality of objects this has been arranged by acquiring images of objects that have been picked. When images are acquired after picking they can be imaged accurately and the information about picking and also dropping success can be improved by using acquired images as a feedback in the machine learning arrangement being used for controlling the picking and dropping of objects.

Method and an apparatus for separating at least one object from a plurality of objects

A waste sorting robot can include a manipulator comprising a suction gripper for interacting with one or more waste objects to be sorted within a working area, and wherein the manipulator is moveable within the working area. There is a controller configured to send control instructions to the manipulator. At least one pressure sensor is in fluid communication with the suction gripper and configured to generate a pressure signal in dependence on a fluid pressure in the suction gripper. The controller is configured to receive the pressure signal and to determine manipulator instructions in dependence on the pressure signal.

The invention concerns in general the technical field of robotics and automation. Especially the invention concerns a structure for improving a shock tolerance of a robot or other positioning system. More specifically, the invention discloses a mounting element structure for increasing shock tolerance in a robot. The mounting element structure includes a first surface () and a second surface () towards a robot tool element, wherein the first and second surfaces () are configured to be connected with a string assembly (). The string assembly is configured to, under exposure of external force exceeding a predetermined level, to reduce the damage caused by the force by deforming the shape of the string assembly ().

Shock tolerant structure

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method comprising: obtaining at least one image comprising at least one object; analyzing the at least one image to determine at least one gripping location to grip an object; selecting a gripping location from the at least one gripping location based on a predetermined criterion; and issuing at least one instruction to a gripper to grip the object at the selected gripping location.

Method, computer program and apparatus for determining a gripping location

A method in which an apparatus receives first sensor data from first sensors and determines a target position from the data, the target position may be a position in space or an orientation of a gripper in a robot arm First instructions are issued to the robot arm or the gripper in order to move a gripper to the target position. Force feedback sensor data is received from force feedback sensors associated with either the robot arm or the gripper or from the first sensors. A failure in carrying out the first instructions is determined. Second sensor data is received from the at least one first sensor. Successful gripping of an object is determined from the second sensor data.

Method for the selection of physical objects in a robot system

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimizing use of a vertex cache. In use, information is identified, where such information is associated with vertex data stored in a vertex cache. To this end, use of the vertex cache may be optimized utilizing the information. In one embodiment, the information may include new information derived from the vertex data, and optionally index data, prior to processing of the vertex data. Further, the vertex cache may optionally utilize the information to optimize performance of the vertex cache by minimizing a number of cache misses.

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Tuomas Lukka