Patents by Inventor Keith W. Redding

Keith W. Redding 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).

  • Robot with tactile sensor device
    Patent number: 6996456
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for calibrating and teaching a robot to accurately work within a work environment. The present invention preferably provides one or more tactile sensor devices that may be operatively coupled with a robot or positioned at one or more desired locations within a work environment of the robot. In one aspect of the present invention a method comprises the steps of providing a touch sensitive surface in the work environment, causing the touch sensitive surface to contact an object, generating a signal indicative of the position of the contact with respect to the touch sensitive surface, and using information comprising the generated signal to teach the robot the location of the contact in the work environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: FSI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Cordell, Keith W. Redding
  • Robot with tactile sensor device
    Publication number: 20040078114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for calibrating and teaching a robot to accurately work within a work environment. The present invention preferably provides one or more tactile sensor devices that may be operatively coupled with a robot or positioned at one or more desired locations within a work environment of the robot. In one aspect of the present invention a method comprises the steps of providing a touch sensitive surface in the work environment, causing the touch sensitive surface to contact an object, generating a signal indicative of the position of the contact with respect to the touch sensitive surface, and using information comprising the generated signal to teach the robot the location of the contact in the work environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew W. Cordell, Keith W. Redding