Patents Assigned to Oeaneering International, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20110071671
    Abstract: A humanoid robot includes a torso, a pair of arms, a neck, a head, a wrist joint assembly, and a control system. The arms and the neck movably extend from the torso. Each of the arms includes a lower arm and a hand that is rotatable relative to the lower arm. The wrist joint assembly is operatively defined between the lower arm and the hand. The wrist joint assembly includes a yaw axis and a pitch axis. The pitch axis is disposed in a spaced relationship to the yaw axis such that the axes are generally perpendicular. The pitch axis extends between the yaw axis and the lower arm. The hand is rotatable relative to the lower arm about each of the yaw axis and the pitch axis. The control system is configured for determining a yaw angle and a pitch angle of the wrist joint assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC., The U.S.A. As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Oeaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris A. Ihrke, Lyndon Bridgwater, David M. Reich, Charles W. Wampler, II, Scott R. Askew, Myron A. Diftler, Vienny Nguyen