Patents by Inventor Daniel Cellucci

Daniel Cellucci 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).

  • Mobile robot for locomotion through a 3-D periodic lattice environment
    Patent number: 11001319
    Abstract: A class of robots specifically adapted to climb periodic lattices. These “relative robots” are designed for a specific lattice structure and use the regularity of the structure to simplify path planning, align with minimal feedback, and reduce the number of degrees of freedom (DOF) required to locomote. These robots can perform vital inspection and repair tasks within the structure that larger truss construction robots cannot perform without modifying the structure. A particular embodiment is a robot designed to traverse a cubooctahedral (CubOct) cellular solids lattice using only two motions: climbing and turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America, as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Benjamin Jenett, Daniel Cellucci, Kenneth Cheung, Neil Gershenfeld
  • Mobile Robot for Locomotion Through a 3-D Periodic Lattice Environment
    Publication number: 20190118390
    Abstract: A class of robots specifically adapted to climb periodic lattices. These “relative robots” are designed for a specific lattice structure and use the regularity of the structure to simplify path planning, align with minimal feedback, and reduce the number of degrees of freedom (DOF) required to locomote. These robots can perform vital inspection and repair tasks within the structure that larger truss construction robots cannot perform without modifying the structure. A particular embodiment is a robot designed to traverse a cubooctahedral (CubOct) cellular solids lattice using only two motions: climbing and turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Jenett, Daniel Cellucci, Kenneth Cheung