Robot and robot control system

US10899016B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• SRI International · US
• YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Thomas P. Low · Belmont, US
• Thomas De Candia · Redwood City, US
• Seungkook Yun · Santa Clara, US
• Thomas D. Egan · Marblehead, US
• Bryan Chavez · Palo Alto, US
• Alexander Steele Kernbaum · Sunnyvale, US
• Riley Shear · Menlo Park, US
• Leonard Gerard · San Francisco, US
• Stephen John MORFEY · Bradford on Avon, GB
• Richard Mahoney · Los Altos, US
• Regis Vincent · San Mateo, US
• Paul Michael Birkmeyer · Palomar Park, US
• Hiroyuki Morita · Ebina, JP
• Hirokatsu MURAMATSU · Shizuoka, JP
• Keiji Nishimura · Chiba, JP
• Hiroshi Saijou · Cypress, US
• Akira Satou · Hitachiomiya, JP
• Toshifumi Uchiyama · Shizuoka, JP
• Hitoshi Watanabe · Hamamatsu, JP
• Shirou Watanabe · Shizuoka, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V20/58
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An example system includes a vehicle, a robot, and a controller. The vehicle may include an accelerator operator and a steering operator. The robot may include as accelerator actuator configured to operate the accelerator operator, and a steering actuator configured to operate-the steering operator. The controller is configured to: in response to an accelerator command, send a first signal to the accelerator actuator to operate the accelerator operator of the vehicle, and in response to a steering command, send a second, signal to the steering actuator to steer the vehicle.