Palo Alto Research Center Inc.

Rios Intelligent Machines, Inc.

Other

Agc Automotive Americas R&d, Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Rioa Intelligent Machines, Inc.

Bernard D Casse

George Daniel

Armin R Volkel

Victor Kai Liu

Christopher A Paulson

Gabriel Iftime

Quentin Van Overmeere

Scott Alan Elrod

Scott Eugene Solberg

Clinton J Smith

Ravi Neelakantan

Christopher Lalau Keraly

Matthew E Shaffer

Robert Anthony Street

Krishnan Thyagarajan

Jonathan Rivnay

Alexander S Tuganov

Maha Achour

Armin Rainer Völkel

Shantanu Rane

Johan De Kleer

Anurag Ganguli

Ion Matei

Bhaskar Saha

Matthew Paul Harrison

Chiara Pelletti

Julie A Bert

Eric Cocker

Yan Wang

Alexander Feldman

Farzaneh Afshinmanesh

Christopher Lalau-Keraly

Armin R Völkel

Victoria X Wang

Quentin LC Van Overmeere

An implantable magnetic neurostimulation probe includes at least one electrical conductor disposed on a substrate and arranged in at least one planar loop. At least one planar magnetic core comprising a magnetic material is disposed on the substrate and within the planar loop. A biocompatible coating is disposed over the substrate, electrically conductive trace, and magnetic core.

Micro coils suitable for magnetic neural stimulation

Disclosed herein in is a radiative cooling formulation including a first component with &#x3e;55% reflectance in a wavelengths range of 0.3 to 2.5 microns, a second component with a first thermal emissivity peak value greater than 0.85 at a first wavelength in a range of 8 to 13 microns (&#x3bc;m), and a third component to mechanically bind together a mixture of the first component and second component.

Coating to cool a surface by passive radiative cooling

A human-like tactile perception apparatus for providing enhanced tactile information (feedback data) from an end-effector/gripper to the control circuit of an arm-type robotic system. The apparatus's base structure is attached to the gripper's finger and includes a flat/planar support plate that presses a pressure sensor array against a target object during operable interactions. The pressure sensor array generates pressure sensor data that indicates portions of the array contacted by surface features of the target object. A sensor data processing circuit generates tactile information in response to the pressure sensor data, and then transmits the tactile information to the robotic system's control circuit. An optional mezzanine connector extends through an opening in the support plate to pass pressure sensor data to the processing circuit. An encapsulating layer covers the pressure sensor array and transmits pressure waves generated by slipping objects to enhance the tactile information.

Tactile perception apparatus for robotic systems

The following relates generally to defense mechanisms and security systems. Broadly, systems and methods are disclosed that detect an anomaly in an Embedded Mission Specific Device (EMSD). Disclosed approaches include a meta-material antenna configured to receive a radio frequency signal from the EMSD, and a central reader configured to receive a signal from the meta-material antenna. The central reader may be configured to: build a finite state machine model of the EMSD based on the signal received from the meta-material antenna; and detect if an anomaly exists in the EMSD based on the built finite state machine model.

System and method for remotely detecting an anomaly

A robotic gripper (end effector) for an arm-type robotic system includes a hierarchical sensor architecture that utilizes a central data processing circuit to generate rich sensory tactile data in response to pressure, temperature, vibration and/or proximity sensor data generated by finger-mounted sensor groups in response to interactions between the robotic gripper and a target object during robotic system operations. The rich sensory tactile data is used to generate feedback signals that directly control finger actuators and/or tactile information that is supplied to the robotic system's control circuit. Sensor data processing circuits are configured to receive single-sensor data signals in parallel from the sensor groups, and to transmit corresponding finger-level sensor data signal on a serial bus/signal line to the central data processing circuit. Each sensor group and an associated sensor data processing circuit are disposed on a PCB structure and mounted on a contact portion of an associated gripper finger.

Robotic gripper with integrated tactile sensor arrays

A neuromodulator includes one or more coil sets. Each of the coil sets has three coils aligned to produce magnetic and electric fields in three different directions. A plurality of conductors couple the coils of the one or more coil sets to one or more input signals such that each of the coils is independently activated via an individually selectable current applied through the conductors. The individual activation creates a resultant field that is a combination of the magnetic and electric fields in three different directions for each of the coil sets.

Three-dimensional coil set used for neuromodulation

A flex-rigid sensor apparatus for providing sensor data from sensors disposed on an end-effector/gripper to the control circuit of an arm-type robotic system. The apparatus includes piezo-type pressure sensors sandwiched between lower and upper PCB stack-up structures respectively fabricated using rigid PCB (e.g., FR-4) and flexible PCB (e.g., polyimide) manufacturing processes. Additional (e.g., temperature and proximity) sensors are mounted on the upper/flexible stack-up structure. A spacer structure is disposed between the two stack-up structures and includes an insulating material layer defining openings that accommodate the pressure sensors. Copper film layers are configured to provide Faraday cages around each pressure sensor. The pressure sensors, additional sensors and Faraday cages are connected to sensor data processing and control circuitry (e.g., analog-to-digital converter circuits) by way of signal traces formed in the lower and upper stack-up structures and in the spacer structure. An encapsulation layer is formed on the upper PCB stack-up structure.

Flex-rigid sensor array structure for robotic systems

A robotic network includes multiple work cells that communicate with a cloud server using a network bus (e.g., the Internet). Each work cell includes an interface computer and a robotic system including a robot mechanism and a control circuit. Each robot mechanism includes an end effector/gripper having integral multimodal sensor arrays that measure physical parameter values (sensor data) during interactions between the end effector/gripper and target objects. The cloud server collects and correlates sensor data from all of the work cells to facilitate efficient diagnosis of problematic robotic operations (e.g., accidents/failures), and then automatically updates each work cell with improved operating system versions or AI models (e.g., including indicator parameter value sets and associated secondary robot control signals that may be used by each robot system to detect potential imminent robot accidents/failures during subsequent robot operations.

Robotic work cell and network

A multimodal sensing architecture utilizes an array of single sensor or multi-sensor groups (superpixels) to facilitate advanced object-manipulation and recognition tasks performed by mechanical end effectors in robotic systems. The single-sensors/superpixels are spatially arrayed over contact surfaces of the end effector fingers and include, e.g., pressure sensors and vibration sensors that facilitate the simultaneous detection of both static and dynamic events occurring on the end effector, and optionally include proximity sensors and/or temperature sensors. A readout circuit receives the sensor data from the superpixels and transmits the sensor data onto a shared sensor data bus. An optional multimodal control generator receives and processes the sensor data and generates multimodal control signals that cause the robot system's control circuit to adjust control operations performed by the end effector or other portions of the robot mechanism and when the sensor data indicates non-standard operating conditions.

Multimodal sensor array for robotic systems

Examples disclosed herein relate to a node in a fixed wireless network. The node includes a Beam Steering Antenna Module ('BSAM') having a beam steering antenna to generate RF beams at controlled directions, and an antenna controller to control the directions of the generated RF beams. The node also includes a transceiver control having an Optimal Path Module ('OPM') to determine data paths in the fixed wireless network and direct the antenna controller according to the determined data paths.

Fixed wireless systems and methods incorporating a beam steering antenna

Disclosed herein in is a radiative cooling formulation comprising a first component with &#x3e;55% reflectance in wavelengths between 0.3 to 2.5 microns, a second component with &#x3e;0.85 peak thermal emissivity in a window of 4 to 35 microns, and a third component to mechanically bind together the mixture of components.

Disclosed herein in is a radiative cooling formulation comprising a first component with &#x3e;55% reflectance in a wavelengths range of 0.3 to 2.5 microns, a second component with &#x3e;0.85 peak thermal emissivity in a window range of 4 to 35 microns, and a third component to mechanically bind together a mixture of the first and second components.

Examples disclosed herein relate to a smart infrastructure sensing and communication system. The system includes a resonant structure formed of an array of resonant cells and attached to a glass of a smart infrastructure. The resonant structure generates a radio frequency ('RF') signal that is shaped and steered by the array. A controller is in communication with the resonant structure to receive the RF signal.

Smart infrastructure sensing and communication system

An apparatus including an antenna and a processing device. The antenna includes a steerable array. The steerable array may transmit a signal at an angle of transmission toward a portion of an object. The steerable array may receive a reflection of the signal off of the portion of the object. The processing device may be coupled to the antenna. The processing device may determine a digital representation of the portion of the object in view of the reflection of the signal.

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Bernard D Casse