Sony Patents a Compact Drive Unit That Packs Circuit Boards Around a Robot Motor
Fitting a motor, a sensor, and two circuit boards into a robot's finger or wrist joint is a real space puzzle. Sony's…
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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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Sony Patents a Robot That Uses Touch and Distance Sensing Together to Understand Objects
Most robots rely on cameras or lasers to figure out what's in front of them. Sony is filing for something that also…
Nvidia Patents a Way to Multiply Robot Training Videos Without Extra Recording
Teaching a robot to do something new requires enormous amounts of video footage, and collecting that footage in the real world is…
Sony Patents a Robot Arm That Knows When to Push and When to Give Way
Programming a robot arm to handle every possible obstacle is a nightmare, so Sony is trying a different approach: let the arm…
Nvidia Patents a System That Tests and Fixes Its Own Autonomous Machine Simulations
Before a self-driving car or robot ever touches the real world, it has to pass a lot of virtual tests. Nvidia's new…
Samsung Patents an AI System That Matches Robot Scans to Building Floor Plans
Getting a robot to know exactly where it is inside a building sounds simple, but matching the map a robot draws on…
Disney Patents Drones That Switch to a Backup Show Script Mid-Flight
Drone light shows look effortless, but the gap between where a drone is supposed to be and where it actually is can…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Reads Text Instructions to Move Robot Arms in 3D
What if a robot arm could read "pick up the red cup" and figure out exactly where in 3D space to move,…
IBM Patents a System for Drones to Share Battery Power Mid-Flight
When a drone in a fleet runs low on battery, IBM's new patent proposes a solution that sounds almost neighborly: have another…
Nvidia Patents a System That Automatically Tests and Scores Robot Software
Testing robot software is slow, inconsistent, and often done by hand. Nvidia is filing a patent for a system that automates the…
IBM Patents a 3D Printer Where the Printing Surface Rides the Robot Arm
Every consumer 3D printer lays down plastic in flat horizontal slices, stacking them up like a wedding cake. IBM's new patent describes…
Disney Patents a Way to Train Theme Park Robots to Act Without a Human Puppeteer
Disney's theme park robots are often controlled by hidden human operators, but a new patent describes a training system that could let…
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