Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100198403 | Method for Editing Movements of a Robot - The invention relates to a method of editing movements of a robot ( | 08-05-2010 |
20110048158 | MOTORIZED JOINT WITH TWO PIVOT CONNECTIONS AND HUMANOID ROBOT WHICH IMPLEMENTS THE JOINT - The invention relates to a motorized joint with two pivot connections and to a humanoid robot which implements the joint. The joint comprises two pivot connections, the axes of which are not parallel, a first motor ( | 03-03-2011 |
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 |
20120136481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDITING AND CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF A MOBILE ROBOT - The invention relates to a system and a method for editing and controlling actions of a mobile robot. It notably allows for the creation and modification of behaviors and of motions both according to an event logic and according to a time logic, the latter controlling the event logic and thus allowing for the synchronization of the behaviors and motions of the different robot subassemblies. To this end, the system is organized in behavior and motion layers which comprise action sequences and a timeline. The actions can be programmed in boxes interconnected by signals which convey information. The boxes are organized in a hierarchical structure, the lowest level of which comprises a script that can be interpreted by a virtual robot which simulates the execution of the commands and, where appropriate, by a physical robot. The motions of the robot can also be controlled graphically by motion screens. | 05-31-2012 |
20120197435 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE WALKING MOTION OF A MOBILE ROBOT, AND ROBOT IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A computer program and a system for controlling walking of a mobile robot, notably a humanoid robot moving on two legs. Conventionally, control was guided by driving a zero moment point. Such driving was performed within a fixed coordinate system connected to a progression surface and assumed knowledge of the characteristics of said surface and the creation of a provisional trajectory. Such driving encountered significant limitations due to the nature of the progression surfaces on which walking can effectively be controlled and an obligation to have a perfect knowledge of their geometry; and also in respect to the necessary computing power, and the appearance of the walk which bore little resemblance to an actual human walk. The invention overcomes such limitations by providing a walk which includes a pseudo-free or ballistic phase, an impulse phase imparted by the heel of the robot, and a landing phase. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORS OF A MOBILE ROBOT - A system and a method for generating behaviors of a robot capable of reproducing a script, notably according to the meaning of the script and, possibly, reactions of the environment of the robot. For this, the system is provided with a library of command tags and a module for inserting said tags into the editor of the script to be reproduced by the robot or robots. The system and method enable a user who does not have particular programming knowledge to produce complex scenarios for use of his or her robot. These scenarios can also be swapped between different users. | 08-02-2012 |
20130218339 | "HUMANOID ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH A NATURAL DIALOGUE INTERFACE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ROBOT AND CORRESPONDING PROGRAM" - A humanoid robot equipped with an interface for natural dialog with an interlocutor is provided. Previously, the modalities of dialog between humanoid robots equipped moreover with evolved displacement functionalities and human beings are limited notably by the capabilities for voice and visual recognition processing that can be embedded onboard said robots. The present disclosure provides robots are presently equipped with capabilities to resolve doubt on a several modalities of communication of the messages that they receive and for combining these various modalities which make it possible to greatly improve the quality and the natural character of dialogs with the robots' interlocutors. This affords simple and user-friendly means for carrying out the programming of the functions making it possible to ensure the fluidity of these multimodal dialogs. | 08-22-2013 |
20140327548 | POOL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURVEILLANCE METHOD - A system for surveillance of a pool containing a liquid such as water-comprises at least one first element comprising at least one submersible robot provided with standalone propulsion capabilities for propelling the robot in the pool, onboard of which robot is installed at least one sensor capable of producing at least one measurement of a quantity representative of at least one disturbance of the pool relative to a reference state, the first element being furthermore provided with communication capabilities for communicating, in the submerged position, with at least one second element, the system being configured to process, in processing means, the output of the at least one sensor and to trigger at least one action. | 11-06-2014 |