Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Robert Platt

27Patents
12h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 14, 1981 → Mar 14, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8060250B2 Joint-space impedance control for tendon-driven manipulators Physics 1,166 Active
US8364314B2 Method and apparatus for automatic control of a humanoid robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Active
US4413646A Streamline coal slurry letdown valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US8525460B2 Architecture for robust force and impedance control of series elastic actuators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US5389748A Method and apparatus for modernizing the control of an elevator group Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Expired
US4383553A Visbreaker letdown valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US8280837B2 Contact state estimation for multi-finger robot hands using particle filters Physics 17 Active
US8511964B2 Humanoid robot Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8467903B2 Tendon driven finger actuation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8483882B2 Hierarchical robot control system and method for controlling select degrees of freedom of an object using multiple manipulators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8056423B2 Sensing the tendon tension through the conduit reaction forces Physics 13 Active
US8562049B2 Robotic finger assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US8260460B2 Interactive robot control system and method of use Physics 12 Active
US8424941B2 Robotic thumb assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7784363B2 Phalange tactile load cell Physics 10 Active
US6189390A Method and apparatus for measuring gas velocity or other flow characteristic Physics 7 Expired
US8565918B2 Torque control of underactuated tendon-driven robotic fingers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8412376B2 Tension distribution in a tendon-driven robotic finger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US5951165A Temperature sensor Physics 5 Expired
US8265792B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating multi-axis load cells in a dexterous robot Physics 4 Active
US8412378B2 In-vivo tension calibration in tendon-driven manipulators Physics 3 Active
US8371177B2 Tendon tension sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8706299B2 Method and system for controlling a dexterous robot execution sequence using state classification Physics 3 Active
US8170718B2 Multiple priority operational space impedance control Physics 2 Active
US8857874B2 Robotic finger assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.