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- Patent Title: Robots with compliant contact and geometry sensors having varying touch sensitivity and methods for providing the same
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Application No.: US15913603Application Date: 2018-03-06
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Publication No.: US10549428B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Alexander Alspach , Russell L. Tedrake , Kunimatsu Hashimoto , Erik C. Sobel
- Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Altos
- Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Altos
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: B25J13/08
- IPC: B25J13/08 ; B25J9/16 ; G01L1/24 ; G01L1/04 ; G01L5/00 ; B25J18/06 ; G05B19/18

Abstract:
Robots having varying touch sensitivity are provided. A robot may include a plurality of deformable sensors with differing levels of depth resolution and spatial resolution for detecting a pose and force associated with an object. Each deformable sensor may have an enclosure comprising a deformable membrane, the enclosure configured to be filled with a medium. Each deformable sensor may further include an optical sensor, disposed within the enclosure, having a field of view configured to be directed toward a bottom surface of the deformable membrane. The robot may also include a first portion and a second portion, each comprising at least one deformable sensor of the plurality of deformable sensors.
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