A method for characterising the environment of a robot, the robot having a flexible arm having a plurality of joints, a datum carried by the arm, a plurality of drivers arranged to drive the joints to move and a plurality of position sensors for sensing the position of each of the joints, the method comprising: contacting the datum carried by the arm with a first datum on a second robot in the environment of the first robot, wherein the second robot has a flexible arm having a plurality of joints, and a plurality of drivers arranged to drive those joints to move; calculating in dependence on the outputs of the position sensors a distance between a reference location defined in a frame of reference local to the robot and the first datum; and controlling the drivers to reconfigure the first arm in dependence on at least the calculated distance.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Characterising robot environment


    Publication date :

    2016-07-13


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Path characterising

    JAREK ROSINSKI / KRZYSZTOF ROSINSKI / SAM ELLWOOD | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    Characterising codes for aircraft

    HART NIGEL T / SEKHA RAZA | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    Characterising See and Avoid

    Clothier, Reece A. / Williams, Brendan P. / Cox, Kelly et al. | AIAA | 2017


    METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING AN OBJECT IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

    KEKUD ABHISHEK / ADAMS ROBIN / KHAWATMI SAHAR et al. | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    Microscopic Indicators for Characterising Driver Behavour

    Braban-Ledoux, C. / ITS Congress Association | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000