Samsung Patents a Guide Robot That Switches Alerts Based on Your Eyesight
Most robots guide everyone the same way. Samsung's new patent describes one that first asks about your vision, then adjusts every warning…
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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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Disney Patents Tech to Run Theme Park Robots Directly From Animation Data
Disney's animators already describe character motion as smooth mathematical curves on a timeline. A new patent wants those exact curves to control…
Samsung Patents a Robot Hand Where Each Finger Moves Itself Into Position
Most robot hands treat their fingers as fixed in place — they bend and grip, but they can't reposition the way a…
Samsung Patents a Tilted-Hair Brush Design for Robot Vacuums
Samsung's latest patent isn't about sensors or AI — it's about the humble spinning brush on the bottom of your robot vacuum,…
Samsung Patents a Wheel-by-Wheel Speed System to Keep Robots on Path
Getting a wheeled robot to follow a curved path without drifting off it is harder than it looks. Samsung's latest patent tackles…
Samsung Patents a Projector That Automatically Moves Itself Into Position
Setting up a projector usually means a frustrating ritual of nudging it forward, backward, and sideways until the image lands right. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a System That Adjusts Warehouse Robots Around Live Worker Traffic
Samsung wants warehouse robots to stop operating on fixed schedules and start adapting in real time to where human workers are actually…
Samsung Patents a Layer-by-Layer 3D Escape Route Finder for Robots
When a robot rolls into a crowded hallway, it doesn't just need to know what's blocking the floor — it needs to…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Physically Moves Obstacles to Clean Beneath Them
Most robot vacuums politely drive around shoes, bags, and pet bowls — Samsung's new patent describes a robot that just moves them…
Sony Patents a Floor-Card-Reading Toy That Teaches Kids to Program
Sony Interactive Entertainment is patenting a toy vehicle that drives over physical cards laid on the floor — each card encoding a…
Intel Patents a Way to Keep Robots from Drifting Off Course
Even the best robot sensors drift — Intel's new patent describes a way to fuse two sensors together, weighting one's error signal…
Samsung Patents a Pivoting Wheel-Link System for Stable Robots
Keeping a robot upright on a bumpy floor is harder than it sounds. Samsung's new patent describes a mechanical linkage system that…
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