Patents by Inventor Shao Zhou

Shao Zhou 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: 11656628
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for controlling a mobile cleaning robot to escape from a stuck state using a learned robot escape behavior model. The model is trained using reinforcement learning at a cloud-computing device or networked devices. A mobile cleaning robot comprises a drive system, a sensor circuit to collect sensor data associated with a detected stuck state, and a controller circuit that can receive the trained robot escape behavior model, and apply the sensor data associated with the detected stuck state to the trained robot escape behavior model to determine an escape policy. The drive system or one or more actuators of the mobile robot can remove the mobile robot from the stuck state according to the determined escape policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Laura V. Herlant, Aravindh Kuppusamy, Deepak Sharma, Kshitij Bichave, Shao Zhou, Cheuk Wah Wong
  • Publication number: 20220083066
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for controlling a mobile cleaning robot to escape from a stuck state using a learned robot escape behavior model. The model is trained using reinforcement learning at a cloud-computing device or networked devices. A mobile cleaning robot comprises a drive system, a sensor circuit to collect sensor data associated with a detected stuck state, and a controller circuit that can receive the trained robot escape behavior model, and apply the sensor data associated with the detected stuck state to the trained robot escape behavior model to determine an escape policy. The drive system or one or more actuators of the mobile robot can remove the mobile robot from the stuck state according to the determined escape policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laura V. Herlant, Aravindh Kuppusamy, Deepak Sharma, Kshitij Bichave, Shao Zhou, Cheuk Wah Wong
  • Publication number: 20080009632
    Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds including N-(3,5-dichloropyrid-4-yl)-4-difluoromethoxy-8-methanesulfonamido-dibenzo[b,d]furan-1-carboxamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Gian-Luca Araldi, Melanie Ronsheim, Nhut Diep, Shao Zhou