Patents by Inventor Kenneth Yigael Goldberg

Kenneth Yigael Goldberg 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).

  • Patent number: 11446816
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to generating a training dataset of labelled examples of sensor images and grasp configurations using a set of three-dimensional (3D) models of objects, one or more analytic mechanical representations of either or both of grasp forces and grasp torques, and statistical sampling to model uncertainty in either or both sensing and control. Embodiments can also include using the training dataset to train a function approximator that takes as input a sensor image and returns data that is used to select grasp configurations for a robot grasping or targeting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, Jeffrey Brian Mahler, Matthew Matl
  • Patent number: 11334085
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for high-speed constrained motion planning. In one embodiment, a method includes computing, with a neural network trained on trajectories generated by a non-convex optimizer, a trajectory from one or more initial states of an autonomous system to one or more final states of the autonomous system, updating, with the non-convex optimizer, the trajectory according to kinematic limits and dynamic limits of the autonomous system to obtain a final trajectory, and automatically controlling the autonomous system from an initial state of the one or more initial states to a final state of the one or more final states according to the final trajectory. In this way, efficient and smooth trajectories can be rapidly computed for effective real-time control while accounting for obstacles and physical constraints of an autonomous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ichnowski, Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, Yahav Avigal, Vishal Satish
  • Publication number: 20210365032
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for high-speed constrained motion planning. In one embodiment, a method includes computing, with a neural network trained on trajectories generated by a non-convex optimizer, a trajectory from one or more initial states of an autonomous system to one or more final states of the autonomous system, updating, with the non-convex optimizer, the trajectory according to kinematic limits and dynamic limits of the autonomous system to obtain a final trajectory, and automatically controlling the autonomous system from an initial state of the one or more initial states to a final state of the one or more final states according to the final trajectory. In this way, efficient and smooth trajectories can be rapidly computed for effective real-time control while accounting for obstacles and physical constraints of an autonomous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: JEFFREY ICHNOWSKI, KENNETH YIGAEL GOLDBERG, YAHAV AVIGAL, VISHAL SATISH
  • Patent number: 10933530
    Abstract: A system for analyzing geometric properties for an object includes designing the object in a first computer process and producing information relating to the geometric properties of the object, and receiving the information in a second computer processor which identifies a first portion of the geometric property information as masked or private and second portion identified as public or shared, analysis is performed by the second processor on the public/shared portion of the geometric property information. An output based on the analysis may be provided to an industrial system performing processes on the object. A binary privacy label may be assigned to each triangle in a set of triangles representing the surfaces of the object in a 3D object mesh. The privacy label denotes an associated triangle as being private or shared. The system may be used to produce a set of planned grasps for a robotic gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, Ramu Chandra, Florian Till Pokorny, Jeffrey Brian Mahler, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea
  • Publication number: 20200198130
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to generating a training dataset of labelled examples of sensor images and grasp configurations using a set of three-dimensional (3D) models of objects, one or more analytic mechanical representations of either or both of grasp forces and grasp torques, and statistical sampling to model uncertainty in either or both sensing and control. Embodiments can also include using the training dataset to train a function approximator that takes as input a sensor image and returns data that is used to select grasp configurations for a robot grasping or targeting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: KENNETH YIGAEL GOLDBERG, JEFFREY BRIAN MAHLER, MATTHEW MATL
  • Publication number: 20190210223
    Abstract: A system for analyzing geometric properties for an object includes designing the object in a first computer process and producing information relating to the geometric properties of the object, and receiving the information in a second computer processor which identifies a first portion of the geometric property information as masked or private and second portion identified as public or shared, analysis is performed by the second processor on the public/shared portion of the geometric property information. An output based on the analysis may be provided to an industrial system performing processes on the object. A binary privacy label may be assigned to each triangle in a set of triangles representing the surfaces of the object in a 3D object mesh. The privacy label denotes an associated triangle as being private or shared. The system may be used to produce a set of planned grasps for a robotic gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, Ramu Chandra, Florian Till Pokorny, Jeffrey Brian Mahler, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea