Samsung Patents a Way for Robots to Update Their Maps Using Plain-Language Descriptions
Telling a robot 'the couch moved to the left side of the room' sounds simple, but today's robots can't really act on…
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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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Nvidia Patents Robots That Build Living Maps Tracking Environmental Changes Over Time
Most robots see the world as a frozen snapshot. Nvidia's new patent describes a system that keeps a constantly updated mental map…
Salesforce Patents a System Where AI Agents Watch a Factory Simulation and Direct Real Robots
Salesforce, the company most people associate with sales software and CRM dashboards, has filed a patent for a system that lets AI…
Sony Patent Targets Smarter Personalized Content Delivery for Nursing Care Robots
Sony is building a brain for nursing care robots that reads a patient's personal profile and decides, on its own, what to…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Builds 3D Scene Maps From Ordinary Cameras
Cameras are cheap; lidar sensors are not. Nvidia has filed a patent for an AI pipeline that reads ordinary 2D photos and…
IBM Patents a System That Picks the Cheapest Drone Delivery Route in Real Time
Before a drone ever leaves the ground, IBM's patent wants a computer to have already calculated the cheapest possible path, chosen the…
Nvidia Patent Reveals Robots That Mentally Rehearse Tasks Before Acting
Before a robot picks up an object or opens a drawer, what if it could first watch a video of itself doing…
NVIDIA Patent: An AI That Generates Physically Accurate Simulated Reality as Video
Nvidia is building what it calls a 'digital twin of the world', an AI that watches video, reads a text description of…
Nvidia Patent Covers Humanoid Robot Control via Human Motion Capture Teleoperation
Nvidia is patenting a way to use a human body as a live teaching tool for humanoid robots, combining motion-capture gloves and…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Estimates How Long Cleaning Will Take
Your robot vacuum knows how to clean, but it has no idea how long it will take. Samsung wants to fix that…
IBM Patents an AI System That Sends Drones to Fight Fires With Sound
IBM has filed a patent for a system that uses AI to coordinate fleets of drones to fight fires, not with water…
Samsung's New Patent Teaches Robot Arms to Ask "Can I Reach That?" Before Moving
Before a robot arm reaches for something, it needs to know two things: can it physically get there, and will it crash…
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