Inventor · Newton, MA, US

James Allard

29Patents
21h-index
48Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 7, 1989 → Nov 17, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6535793B2 Method and system for remote control of mobile robot Physics 696 Expired
US6845297B2 Method and system for remote control of mobile robot Physics 443 Expired
US7894951B2 Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 326 Active
US7499774B2 System and method for processing safety signals in an autonomous vehicle Physics 274 Active
US5193143A Problem state monitoring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 250 Expired
US9098080B2 Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 158 Active
US8020657B2 Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Active
US8831984B2 System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units Physics 140 Active
US5488697A Problem state monitoring system Physics 137 Expired
US5471560A Method of construction of hierarchically organized procedural node information structure including a method for extracting procedural knowledge from an expert, and procedural node information structure constructed thereby Physics 131 Expired
US7499776B2 Systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle Physics 121 Active
US7499804B2 System and method for multi-modal control of an autonomous vehicle Physics 113 Active
US7979175B2 Systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle Physics 92 Active
US9043016B2 Versatile robotic control module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Active
US8874300B2 Systems and methods for obstacle avoidance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Active
US8473140B2 Networked multi-role robotic vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Active
US8078338B2 System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle Physics 62 Active
US9513634B2 System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle Physics 61 Active
US7499775B2 System and method for terrain feature tracking Physics 60 Active
US9317034B2 System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units Physics 37 Active
US9923966B1 Flexible media storage and organization in automated data storage systems Electricity 37 Active
US9429944B2 Versatile robotic control module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US9280157B2 System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Active
US9110471B2 Systems and methods for multi-modal control of a vehicle Physics 14 Active
US10023434B2 Robotic enabled vertical lift Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active

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