ALDEBARAN ROBOTICS S.A Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150343633 | ROBOT WITH JOINTS OF VARIABLE RIGIDITY AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING SAID OPTIMIZED RIGIDITY - A jointed robot capable to move on a surface is provided. It is known to limit to a predefined fixed value the torque that the motors of the joints of the robot can develop. A rigidity coefficient corresponding to the limit torque is calculated by solving a dynamic equilibrium model of the robot. The contact points of the characteristic effectors are determined by a selection from a list of potential effectors, notably as a function of a criterion of distance from a virtual ground plane. The contact forces for said effectors are calculated by optimal resolution of the equilibrium equations. Finally the torques applied in the dynamic equilibrium model of the robot and the coefficients of corresponding rigidity are calculated. | 12-03-2015 |
20140316566 | HUMANOID ROBOT PROVIDED WITH A MANAGER FOR THE PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR USE AND PROGRAMMING - A humanoid robot is provided with a manager for its physical and virtual resources, a method of use and a method for programming said manager. Said resources ( | 10-23-2014 |
20130231822 | HUMANOID ROBOT HAVING FALL-MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SAID FALLS - The invention relates to a humanoid robot endowed with particular capabilities for managing falls. The risks of falling limit the development of the mass-market use of humanoid robots. In the prior art, the modalities for detecting falls are not well suited to the case of very dynamic robots since the center of mass is very often outside their support polygons. The modalities for managing falls are also poorly suited to robots which must be economical in their computation resources. According to the invention, the conventional support polygon is supplemented with effectors for which it is determined that they are sufficiently close to the ground. Protection strategies are implemented, chosen from a set of strategies defined by a classification of the angles of fall. | 09-05-2013 |
20110218672 | Robot Capable of Exchanging Behavior-Coding Computer Programs - The invention relates to a robot comprising storage means designed to store at least one computer program which, when executed, causes the robot to act according to a particular behavior, characterized in that it comprises loading means able to load, from remote computer equipment, a computer program which, when executed, causes the robot to act according to a particular behavior, and saving means able to save the duly loaded computer program in said storage means. Said loading means are designed to transmit a load request to the remote equipment to initiate the loading of the computer program from the remote equipment. The robot comprises at least one memory for storing evolution parameters, and the loading means are also designed to transmit the request according to the evolution parameters. | 09-08-2011 |
20100198403 | Method for Editing Movements of a Robot - The invention relates to a method of editing movements of a robot ( | 08-05-2010 |