Sony Patents a Camera Lens That Repels Barnacles and Still Focuses Sharply
Cameras mounted on ships, drones, and utility poles share a common enemy: barnacles, algae, and other creatures that slowly grow over the…
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Grippers, joints, motors, and the machines they add up to. These filings show which robots Big Tech actually plans to build.
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Qualcomm Patents Technology That Builds Unified 3D Maps by Grouping Nearby Objects
Matching two 3D scans of the same room is harder than it sounds, and doing it wrong means AR objects drift, robots…
Samsung Patents a Navigation System That Stops Robots From Getting Stuck in Dead Ends
Every robot vacuum owner has watched their device bump helplessly in a corner for minutes on end. Samsung's new patent describes a…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Manufacture Robot Training Images From Scratch
Training a robot to recognize objects normally requires thousands of real photos, taken in every possible lighting condition and angle. Nvidia's new…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Learns Which Bumps It Can Cross
Robot vacuums are notorious for getting stuck on or refusing to cross door thresholds. Samsung's latest patent describes a system that lets…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Checks Its Battery Before It Starts Mopping
Samsung's latest patent describes a robot cleaner that doesn't just vacuum and mop blindly. It vacuums first, builds a map of your…
Samsung Patent Covers Robots That Switch Drive Modes Without Losing Speed
Most wheeled robots have to slow down or stop when they switch how their wheels are powered. Samsung is patenting a way…
Sony Files Patent to Prevent Event Camera Saturation in Bright Light Conditions
Event cameras are one of the most promising sensor technologies for robotics and self-driving vehicles, but they have a nasty habit of…
Sony Patent Uses Event-Based Sensors to Sharpen Imaging of Fast-Moving Cells
Photographing a single cell rushing through a laser beam is surprisingly hard. Sony thinks a type of sensor borrowed from high-speed robotics…
Sony Patents Real-Time Collision Avoidance for Robots With Jointed Moving Arms
Every time a robot arm moves, it needs to know not just where to go, but how to get there without hitting…
Sony Patents Wheels Within Wheels That Let Robots Roll in Any Direction
Most wheels can only go forward or backward. Sony is patenting a wheel built from smaller wheels nested inside each other, so…
Qualcomm Patents a Faster Way to Turn 3D Scene Data Into Flat Images
Qualcomm has filed a patent describing a structured pipeline for converting chunked 3D spatial data into normal 2D images on-device, a capability…
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