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	Robot control apparatus - Patent 4908559
		A robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the computation period of the inertia term performed by said arithmetic means is controlled to be a fixed period longer than the drive torque computation period.
		A robot control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the computation period of the inertia term performed by said arithmetic means is controlled to be a variable period dependent upon the operating velocity of the robot arm.
		In the robot operation for gripping a workpiece, the robot control apparatus checks the control program of the robot and on the basis of this is capable of discriminating the type of workpiece about to be gripped or the type of workpiece being gripped.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4908559.html (1975 words)

	Robot Control
		The most common kind of robot failure is not mechanical or electronic failure but rather failure of the software that controls the robot.
		For example, if a robot were to run into a wall, and its front touch sensor did not trigger, the robot would become stuck (unless the robot is a tank), trying to drive through the wall.
		This robot is not physically stuck, but it is "mentally stuck": its control program does not account for this situation and does not provide a way for the robot to get free.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~elec201/Book/control.html (4574 words)

	Robot Systems
		The controller is the robot's brain and controls the robot's movements.
		Conventional unmanned, submersible robots are used in science and industry throughout the oceans of the world.
		Robots are equipped with sensors so they can have an understanding of their surrounding environment and make changes in their behavior based on the information they have gathered.
	prime.jsc.nasa.gov /ROV/systems.html (2224 words)

	UMass LPR Archives
		Normally, the robust control community considers variations in the dynamics of the plant, we have treated the design of a grasp "controller" that is robust with respect to variations in the geometry of the object.
		To show the applicability of this approach, a control basis and two generic control gaits for four-legged walking are introduced and tested on an even terrain walking task in an unknown environment.
		The goal is to improve the ability of a robot controller to insert the peg into the hole over time by incrementally modifying the controller on the basis of position and force feedback.
	www-robotics.cs.umass.edu /Research/Archive/archive.html (1681 words)

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		Robot control refers to the way in which the sensing and action of a robot are coordinated.
		If the task and environment require the robot to move and react very quickly, there is usually no time for thinking, such as in automated fast-moving cars, or in soccer playing robots.
		New robot control architectures for structuring robot control are being invented all the time, as novel applications for robotics are found.
	www-robotics.usc.edu /~maja/robot-control.html (1088 words)

	Logic Control for Robot Work Cells. . . .by Bennett Brumson - Robotics Online
		Work cell control is an area of robotics that is changing rapidly due to the fast pace of change in technology.
		Robotic controllers are the master component used by robot users to successfully exercise direction over a work cell, and offer more than just robot control functionality.
		Controllers are more difficult to troubleshoot and to dismantle to gain access to internal parts where the problem may be,'' observed Glenn Dantes.
	www.roboticsonline.com /public/articles/details.cfm?id=814 (2078 words)

	Garnet Hertz: Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot (formerly "Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine")
		The project-based element of "Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine" consists of a cockroach-controlled mobile robot: a mechanical system that amplifies and tranlates the bodily movement and intelligence of a giant hissing madagascan cockroach into the locomotion of a mobile machine.
		The robotic project is envisioned as being a demo-based and non-gallery device, akin to the strategy implemented by several "tactical media" projects.
		These bowls were hung from two trusses that were controlled by the fish's body movements, and played with the natural response of the fish attempting to threaten or attack fish in adjacent (separate) bowls.
	www.conceptlab.com /control (4472 words)

	Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A robot may act under the direct control of a human, such as the Canadarm on a space shuttle, or autonomously under the control of a programmed computer.
		Robots may be used to perform tasks that are too dangerous or difficult for humans to implement directly, such as radioactive waste clean-up, or may be used to automate mindless repetitive tasks that should be performed with more precision by a robot than by a human, such as automobile production.
		Competitions for talha robots are gaining popularity and competitions now exist catering for a wide variety of robot builders ranging from schools [13] to research institutions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robot (4075 words)

	Pyro, Python Robotics: Pyro_20Brains
		In fact, the abstraction provided uniformly accommodates the use of actual physical robots or their simulations even though vastly different drivers and communication protocols may be used underneath the abstraction layer.
		Robots may feature a disparate set of sensors and movements, and yet, depending on the specific robots or simulators used, Pyro provides a uniform way of accessing those features without getting bogged down by low-level details.
		You can use the mouse control operations to relocate the robot in the world (it is a simulation, after all!!) and/or re-orient its direction as it is moving.
	pyrorobotics.org /pyro/?page=Pyro_20Brains (1526 words)

	IFI Robotics - Mini Robot Controller
		The functionality of this smaller Robot Controller is very similar to the full-size FRC Robot Controller and operates on the same basic principles.
		The basic differences on the Mini Robot Controller are: 1) smaller size and reduced weight, 2) fewer inputs and outputs, and 3) remote operation using the RS422 Radio has been replaced by control using a standard hobby radio control (R/C) transmitter /receiver set.
		This control is accomplished by connecting the outputs from the hobby R/C receiver(s) to the “R/C PWM IN” connectors of the Mini Robot Controller with three-wire PWM cables.
	www.ifirobotics.com /edu-rc.shtml (875 words)

	Our Robot Page
		The robot was purchased during the Fall term of 2001 for approximately $40,000, including all of the additional options.
		The robot runs on a client-server architecture and was first introduced to the public in the year 2000.
		The diagram is the internal map that the robot uses to determine where it is on a map.
	roboti.cs.siue.edu /kids/HTML_files/ourrobot.htm (1813 words)

	Robot Power
		Robot Power is dedicated to providing and supporting economical motor and motion control solutions for a wide variety industrial, research, hobby, and military/police applications.
		Perfect for 1lb and 3lb and larger combat robots, the Scorpions are also suitable for sumo, carpet rovers, firefighting and other small robot uses.
		Robot Power and OSMC Software Downloads - here you can find all the latest software you need to develop or modify the firmware for the OSMC project - along with schematics and hardware information for the OSMC family - and its all free.
	www.robotpower.com (942 words)

	Open Directory - Computers: Robotics: Software: Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ActivMedia Robotics Interface for Applications - ARIA is an OO C++ library for controlling ActivMedia mobile robots.
		Mobile and Autonomous Robotics Integration Environment - MARIE is a development and integration environment built over a communication layer.
		Robot Control C Library - RCCL is a library of C routines for doing real-time control and graphic simulation of a number of industrial robots, primarily PUMAs.
	dmoz.org /Computers/Robotics/Software/Control (1034 words)

	Robot control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robot control is the theory of how to model and control robots.
		The tip of the robot (the end effector) is commonly referred to as the tool center point or TCP.
		For example, for a robot to weld in a straight line, the actuators in the joints of the robot have to be controlled in a complex manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robot_control (253 words)

	Robot Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If you have solved the "localization problem" and know the coordinates and orientation of where the robot is now, and know the coordinates and orientation of where the robot is to go, then the following program may be useful to you.
		The code, to be explained shortly, for linear control system command computations is kine2r.c that uses OpenGL to produce dynamic graphical output.
		The two wheel robot is at the "goal" (0,0) in control system coordinates.
	www.cs.umbc.edu /~squire/r_control.shtml (312 words)

	Robots, Robot Wars
		The basic controller has a speed input (which might be used with a throttle pedal) and a reversing input (from a forward/reverse switch).
		Most radio control systems have two separate sticks, one for speed (front and back) and a second for Steer (side to side) but the principle is the same as for a dual axis stick.
		A sophisticated robot can get quite complex and it is possible to ue a microcontroller to process the pulses from the receiver and to measure parameters in the robot and to control the motors (and weapons) in a far more sophisticated fashion.
	www.4qd.co.uk /robot/start.html (2989 words)

	ER1: Software Control Center
		Displays a list of all the things your robot recognizes, and you can train your robot to recognize thousands of new objects.
		Remote control your robot, see its X,Y coordinates, mute sound and monitor battery charge.
		Train your robot to take a picture of the kitchen and email it back to you.
	www.robotoys.com /ERcontrol.html (308 words)

	Robot Software
		Robot position, position probability, and robot status information are available from ARNL.
		MobileEyes is a graphical user interface for viewing robot motion and sensor output that turns into a command center when ARAM, ARNL or SONARNL is onboard the robot.
		Advanced Robotics Control Operating System (ARCOS) is low-level software that handles motor controls, sensor reading, power and other basic processes for communication via RS232 interface to ARIA.
	www.activrobots.com /SOFTWARE/index.html (1023 words)

	Human-like robot motion control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The objective is to study and develop robot motion control algorithms that imitate human motions, for example arm motions.
		These algorithms form a base of embedded behaviors into a robot control system, which will perform the motions by request without the need of higher level of control.
		Some of them will be used in the development of typical tasks of cooperating arms.
	aass.oru.se /Research/Control/hlmrc.html (88 words)

	Robotic Tele-Excavation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In May of 1994 the Departments of Anthropology and Computer Science began a collaborative project to develop a WWW server which would allow users to "leave the Web" and interact with the physical (i.e., non-virtual) world.
		The system consists of a commercial robot arm positioned over a terrain of fine-grain sediments.
		A variety of artifiacts are buried in the sediment, and users are asked to explore the terrain and comment on their discoveries in an ongoing log.
	www.usc.edu /dept/raiders/story (193 words)

	PC Based Control System and Industrial Robot Motion Control - EPSON
		One of the reasons we use an Industrial PC with Windows 2000 as our core controller platform is to provide our customers with the vast expansion capabilities available for users of PC's.
		This allows our users to take advantage of the open architecture of the PC but at the same time program their robot workcells from the familiar, powerful, and easy to use SPEL+ language.
		EPSON leads the industry with powerful ActiveX controls that allow EPSON Robots to be programmed using popular Windows based programming languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C/C++ or Delphi.
	www.robots.epson.com /products/epsonrcplus.htm (479 words)

	Robot Control
		A robot is an intelligent agent that perceives, reasons, and acts in time in an environment.
		The robot applet provides a simulation of a robot perceiving and acting under the control of a set of customizable robot controller functions.
		If you are having problems running the applet, you can go to the Java Help page to ensure that you have the newest version of Java and it is enabled in your browser.
	www.cs.ubc.ca /labs/lci/CIspace/Version4/robot/index.html (191 words)

	Robot Control Systems
		Need to build your own robot base, but don't want to be bothered with the years of work needed to design and test autonomous controls?
		Why try to reinvent the wheel and maintain the complex code base underlying robotic navigation when ARCS can put your platforms on the factory, lab or office floor in less time for less money?
		ARCS integrates simply with legacy controls and security systems.
	www.activrobots.com /ARCS.html (390 words)

	Kemro K2 Machine and Robot Control
		Kemro K2 is the latest generation of the machine and robot control developed by KEBA.
		Logic control, robot control and visualization integrated in a modern and economical system
		Programming of control in accordance with IEC 61131-3
	www.robot-controls.com (104 words)

	The Orocos Project \| Smarter control in robotics & automation!
		This website is a home for C++ libraries for advanced machine and robot control.
		Click on one of the circles to learn more about these projects.
		Never in the history of Orocos was so much time and effort invested in inventing an easy to use tool for building control applications.
	www.orocos.org (235 words)

	Jan Peters' Homepage \| Research / Robot Control
		Research on Motor Skills, Control, Machine Learning & Robotics
		In here, I am interested in both traditional, analytical and novel policy learning approaches.
		My focus lies on finding architectures which are general, can be used for various tasks and scale in the domain of interesting control systems such as humanoid robots.
	www-clmc.usc.edu /~jrpeters/pmwiki.php/Research/RobotControl (97 words)

	Georgia Tech Mobile Robot Lab
		Mobile Robots at Your Fingertip: Bezier Curve On-line Trajectory Generation for Supervisory Control
		Reactive Control of a Mobile Manipulator Using Pseudo-joint Damping
		Homeostatic Control for a Mobile Robot: Dynamic Replanning in Hazardous Environments
	www.cc.gatech.edu /ai/robot-lab/publications.html (1561 words)

	Robot Control C Library (RCCL)
		RCCL is a library of C routines for doing real-time control and graphic simulation of a number of industrial robots, primarily PUMAs.
		I don't actively support RCCL any more, but I still get the occasional request for it.
		Note that this is just a tarball snapshot of a working system; the docs are somewhat dated and there is lots of ``scratch'' software kicking around.
	www.cs.ubc.ca /spider/lloyd/rccl.html (115 words)

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