Patents by Inventor Leif JENTOFT
Leif JENTOFT 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).
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Patent number: 11338436Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing a robotic grasping technique. The system in accordance with various embodiments may include a warehouse management system for retrieving and storing items, a robotic manipulator for grasping an item, and analysis module configured to receive data regarding a first grasp attempt by the robotic manipulator and analyze the received data to determine whether the robotic manipulator successfully grasped the item.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: RightHand Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Lael Odhner, Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Mark Keck, Robert Howe
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Patent number: 11173602Abstract: Methods and systems for training a robotic manipulator. The system may include one or more sensor devices and a robotic manipulator for executing an item grasping strategy to grasp an item. The system may further evaluate the item grasping strategy to determine whether the strategy was successful.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: RightHand Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Lael Odhner, Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Mark Keck, Robert Howe
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Publication number: 20190361672Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing a robotic grasping technique. The system in accordance with various embodiments may include a warehouse management system for retrieving and storing items, a robotic manipulator for grasping an item, and analysis module configured to receive data regarding a first grasp attempt by the robotic manipulator and analyze the received data to determine whether the robotic manipulator successfully grasped the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Lael Odhner, Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Mark Keck, Robert Howe
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Publication number: 20190358810Abstract: Methods and systems for training a robotic manipulator. The system may include one or more sensor devices and a robotic manipulator for executing an item grasping strategy to grasp an item. The system may further evaluate the item grasping strategy to determine whether the strategy was successful.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Lael Odhner, Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Mark Keck, Robert Howe
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Patent number: 10488284Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a pressure transducer encapsulated in an elastic material that defines a contact surface and provides a transmission path that transmits contact forces or pressure distributions applied to the contact surface to the pressure transducer. The pressure transducer can be enclosed in a protective housing that defines a chamber around the transducer. The housing can include one or more openings that expose the chamber to the exterior pressure. The tactile sensor can be made by applying the elastic material in liquid form and exposing the housing to a vacuum that removes air inside the chamber allowing the liquid elastic material to flow into the chamber. Once cured, the elastic material defines a contact surface of the tactile sensor and serves to transfer contact forces applied to the contact surface to the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEInventors: Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Robert Howe
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Publication number: 20170191891Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a pressure transducer encapsulated in an elastic material that defines a contact surface and provides a transmission path that transmits contact forces or pressure distributions applied to the contact surface to the pressure transducer. The pressure transducer can be enclosed in a protective housing that defines a chamber around the transducer. The housing can include one or more openings that expose the chamber to the exterior pressure. The tactile sensor can be made by applying the elastic material in liquid form and exposing the housing to a vacuum that removes air inside the chamber allowing the liquid elastic material to flow into the chamber. Once cured, the elastic material defines a contact surface of the tactile sensor and serves to transfer contact forces applied to the contact surface to the transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEInventors: Leif JENTOFT, Yaroslav TENZER, Robert HOWE
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Patent number: 9625333Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a pressure transducer encapsulated in an elastic material that defines a contact surface and provides a transmission path that transmits contact forces or pressure distributions applied to the contact surface to the pressure transducer. The pressure transducer can be enclosed in a protective housing that defines a chamber around the transducer. The housing can include one or more openings that expose the chamber to the exterior pressure. The tactile sensor can be made by applying the elastic material in liquid form and exposing the housing to a vacuum that removes air inside the chamber allowing the liquid elastic material to flow into the chamber. Once cured, the elastic material defines a contact surface of the tactile sensor and serves to transfer contact forces applied to the contact surface to the transducer.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEInventors: Leif Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Robert Howe
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Publication number: 20140260678Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a pressure transducer encapsulated in an elastic material that defines a contact surface and provides a transmission path that transmits contact forces or pressure distributions applied to the contact surface to the pressure transducer. The pressure transducer can be enclosed in a protective housing that defines a chamber around the transducer. The housing can include one or more openings that expose the chamber to the exterior pressure. The tactile sensor can be made by applying the elastic material in liquid form and exposing the housing to a vacuum that removes air inside the chamber allowing the liquid elastic material to flow into the chamber. Once cured, the elastic material defines a contact surface of the tactile sensor and serves to transfer contact forces applied to the contact surface to the transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEInventors: Leif JENTOFT, Yaroslav TENZER, Robert HOWE