The car power source apparatus is provided with a series battery array 10 having a plurality of rechargeable batteries 11 connected in series to supply power to an electric motor that drives the car, equalizing circuits 20 that equalize battery 11 electrical characteristics by discharging or charging each battery 11 of the series battery array 10, a cut-off mechanism 19 connected in series with the series battery array 10 to disconnect the series connection, and a stopping circuit 50, 70, 80 that detects the cut-off state of the cut-off mechanism 19 and controls equalizing circuit 20 operation. In this car power source apparatus, the stopping circuit 50, 70, 80 detects cut-off due to cut-off mechanism 19 removal and stops the equalizing operation performed by the equalizing circuits 20.
A display device is mounted in a working vehicle equipped with a camera that monitors areas around the working vehicle. The display device includes: a monitor screen; first display means for displaying information about the working vehicle; second display means for displaying an image captured by the camera; first switching means for switching displayed image information; malfunction detection means for detecting a malfunction occured in the working vehicle; warning display means for displaying warning information; operation detecting means for detecting whether the working vehicle is working; and second switching means for automatically switching the image information displayed to the image information input by the first display means, where each referenced display is on the monitor screen. Thus, even if a malfunction occurs in the working vehicle, an operator is made aware of the malfunction in the working vehicle without being hindered from undertaking work while checking the safety.
The invention relates to a novel pneumatic manipulator and belongs to the technical field of industrial robots. The novel pneumatic manipulator comprises a base, a manipulator arm and a manipulator claw, wherein the base and the manipulator arm are connected together through a hexagon socket screw I; the manipulator arm and the manipulator claw are connected into a whole through a connecting bolt. The manipulator claw has four degrees of freedom, is light and handy in structure and can quickly respond to a control command and enhance working accuracy and production efficiency. The novel pneumatic manipulator is high in carrying capacity and safe and reliable in working process. A polyesterrubber mat is embedded in the position where an end effector of the manipulator makes contact with a workpiece, and therefore the surface of the workpiece can be well protected. With regard to the attitude control over the manipulator claw of the end effector, an attitude controlservosystem is replaced by a series-connection parallel four-bar mechanism, in this way, the working accuracy is enhanced, and the manipulator is more convenient to control.
To enable work safely in a space where a robot and a worker coexist without defining an area in a work space using a monitoring boundary or the like and thus improve productivity, there is provided a robot controlling apparatus which controls the robot by detecting time-series states of the worker and the robot, and comprises: a detecting unit configured to detect a state of the worker; a learning information holding unit configured to hold learning information obtained by learning the time-series states of the robot and the worker; and a controlling unit configured to control an operation of the robot based on the state the worker output from the detecting unit and the learning information output from the learning information holding unit.
A protection arrangement for a current collector arranged on a vehicle having a rechargeable energy storage includes a first protective state in which the current collector is covered by the protection arrangement and a second open state in which the protection arrangement allows contact between the current collector and a corresponding current supply during charging of the energy storage and where the protection arrangement is automatically opened from the protective state to the open state when the vehicle has reached a predefined charging position. The current collector can be enclosed when the vehicle is not charged and the protection arrangement can open automatically when a charging position is reached. This can improve the safety of the vehicle and obviate the need of a specific circuit breaker that can disconnect the current collector from the electric energy storage. The charging of the vehicle can also be simplified.