Patent ID: 8155787

Claim:
An intelligent interface device for grasping of an object comprising: a manipulating robot comprising a hinged arm provided with a clamp at its free end and equipped with at least one camera, a computer with a display screen and an input unit, means for controlling the clamp, means for displaying a video image of the object taken by a camera on the display screen, characterized in that it also includes: means for graphically identifying a selection area surrounding the object in this image using the input unit, the means for graphically identifying being piloted by four commands for upward, downward, leftward and rightward movement to trace this selection area surrounding the object, and a validation command, and in that the means for controlling the clamp comprises at least one graphic control button able to be actuated from the display screen and responding to at least one of the following commands: move the clamp to the left, move the clamp to the right, move the clamp downward, move the clamp upward move the clamp forward, move the clamp backward, open/close the clamp, turn the clamp clockwise, turn the clamp counterclockwise, validate, cancel, immediate stop.