Patents by Inventor Alberto Quattrini Li

Alberto Quattrini Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Localizing Underwater Robots from the Air
    Publication number: 20230399130
    Abstract: A system includes an aerial drone with a queen component disposed thereon and an underwater robot with a worker component disposed thereon. The queen component is in electrical communication with the aerial drone and the worker component is in electrical communication with the underwater robot. The queen component is configured to steer a laser beam to locate and track the worker component and to sense light from the laser beam reflected by the worker component. A method includes deploying an aerial drone with a queen component disposed thereon in a first medium and determining a location of a robot in a second medium with a worker component disposed thereon using the aerial drone. The second medium is different from the first medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Charles J. Carver, Qijia Shao, Alberto Quattrini Li, Xia Zhou