Samsung Files Patent to Let Your Phone Teach Your Robot Vacuum
Your robot vacuum's AI is too small to learn your home, so Samsung's patent application has your phone do the homework and…
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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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Wing Files Patent for Drone Deliveries That Tell You in Words Where Your Package Landed
When a drone drops off your package, the proof of delivery is usually a photo, and that photo can show your neighbor's…
Nvidia Files Patent for Indoor Robot Maps That Update Instead of Starting Over
A robot that wakes up inside a building has no GPS, so it works out where it is by recognizing what it…
Qualcomm Files Patent for Radio Signals That Send Data and Detect Objects at Once
Qualcomm describes one radio signal that carries your data and spots a drone at the same moment, with only the start time…
Sony Files Patent for Drones That Dodge Fast Objects After One Laser Scan
Sony's drone patent teaches a flying robot to be honest about how much it knows: the fewer laser points land on an…
Google Files Patent for an AI That Turns Plain-English Orders Into Robot Programs
Google's patent has an AI write a short computer program every time you give a robot an order, then runs that program…
Samsung Files Patent for a Robot Convoy That Plans Routes Around Its Slowest, Widest Follower
Samsung's latest filing teaches a lead robot to check whether the robots trailing behind it will actually fit through the hallway before…
Google Files Patent for Robots That Turn a Plain-English Request Into a Step-by-Step Plan
Google's filing teaches a robot to look at a room, read your request, and write itself a to-do list in plain English…
Nvidia Files Patent for Robot Vision That Redraws an Object Until It Matches the Camera
Instead of training an AI to judge how an object is sitting, Nvidia's patent has the computer redraw a digital copy of…
Adobe Patents AI That Guesses the Whole Room's Lighting From One Photo
Drop a shiny metal robot into a photo and it usually looks pasted on, because the photo shows only a sliver of…
Tesla Patents a Touch-Sensitive Skin Molded to Fit Robot Hands
Tesla has filed a recipe for giving robot hands a sense of touch: print a sensor flat, then heat it into the…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum Map That Uses Your Photos and AI to Fill in the Gaps
Your robot vacuum draws a floor plan of your home, but it often mistakes the couch for a wall. Samsung's patent application…
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