Patents by Inventor Luigi Piroddi

Luigi Piroddi 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
  • 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
  • Vacuum pump provided with vibration damper
    Publication number: 20050106043
    Abstract: A vacuum pump assembly is provided with a vacuum pump and external unit coupled by a vibration damper. The vibration damper comprises a plurality of piezoelectric actuators and a plurality of sensors. Actuators attenuate vibration propagated from the pump to the external unit to which the pump is connected and/or vice versa, while the sensors are capable of providing a measure of the vibrations to controlling said actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Fausto Casaro, Alberto Leva, Luigi Piroddi