Patents by Inventor Andrea Maria Zanchettin

Andrea Maria Zanchettin 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).

  • Predictive control method of a robot and related control system
    Patent number: 11673270
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of controlling a collaborative robot, or “cobot”. According to the disclosed method the “cobot” is controlled so as to make it ready to perform a task in collaboration with the human operator only when the latter is about to move into a work sector to carry out the task collaborating with the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, SMART ROBOTS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Luigi Piroddi, Paolo Rocco, Andrea Casalino
  • Method and device for controlling the motion of one or more collaborative robots
    Patent number: 11110605
    Abstract: A method for controlling the motion of one or more collaborative robots is described, the collaborative robots being mounted on a fixed or movable base, equipped with one or more terminal members, and with a motion controller, the method including the following iterative steps: —determining the position coordinates of the robots, and the position coordinates of one or more human operators collaborating with the robot; —determining a set of productivity indices associated with relative directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot, the productivity indices being indicative of the speed at which the robot can move in each of the directions without having to slow down or stop because of the presence of the operator; —supplying the controller of the robot with the data of the set of productivity indices associated with the relative directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot, so that the controller can determine the directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot based on the high
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Politecnico Di Milano
    Inventors: Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Paolo Rocco
  • A PREDICTIVE CONTROL METHOD OF A ROBOT AND RELATED CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210252706
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of controlling a collaborative robot, or “cobot”. According to the disclosed method the “cobot” is controlled so as to make it ready to perform a task in collaboration with the human operator only when the latter is about to move into a work sector to carry out the task collaborating with the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: POLITECNICO Dl MILANO, SMART ROBOTS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Maria ZANCHETTIN, Luigi PIRODDI, Paolo ROCCO, Andrea CASALINO
  • Method and Device for Controlling the Motion of One or More Collaborative Robots
    Publication number: 20190210224
    Abstract: A method for controlling the motion of one or more collaborative robots is described, the collaborative robots being mounted on a fixed or movable base, equipped with one or more terminal members, and with a motion controller, the method including the following iterative steps: —determining the position coordinates of the robots, and the position coordinates of one or more human operators collaborating with the robot; —determining a set of productivity indices associated with relative directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot, the productivity indices being indicative of the speed at which the robot can move in each of the directions without having to slow down or stop because of the presence of the operator; —supplying the controller of the robot with the data of the set of productivity indices associated with the relative directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot, so that the controller can determine the directions of motion of the terminal member of the robot based on the high
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Paolo Rocco