Patents by Inventor Steven E. Eskridge

Steven E. Eskridge 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).

  • Cooperating mobile robots
    Patent number: 6687571
    Abstract: A miniature mobile robot provides a relatively inexpensive mobile robot. A mobile robot for searching an area provides a way for multiple mobile robots in cooperating teams. A robotic system with a team of mobile robots communicating information among each other provides a way to locate a source in cooperation. A mobile robot with a sensor, a communication system, and a processor, provides a way to execute a strategy for searching an area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond H. Byrne, John J. Harrington, Steven E. Eskridge, John E. Hurtado
  • Cooperative system and method using mobile robots for testing a cooperative search controller
    Patent number: 6408226
    Abstract: A test system for testing a controller provides a way to use large numbers of miniature mobile robots to test a cooperative search controller in a test area, where each mobile robot has a sensor, a communication device, a processor, and a memory. A method of using a test system provides a way for testing a cooperative search controller using multiple robots sharing information and communicating over a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond H. Byrne, John J. Harrington, Steven E. Eskridge, John E. Hurtado