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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Kindred Systems Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Olivia S. Norton, Vancouver, CA;
Maxwell Burgess Bennett, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kindred Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/025 (2013.01); B25J 13/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operator interface that may be in communication with at least one processor, or at least one robot. The operator interface includes a body defined, in part, by an outer surface shaped to receive a hand of an operator, and a plurality of sensors overlying the outer surface of the body. In response to inward force exerted by the operator, the force sensors produce a plurality of input signals. The input signals represent information that may be used to guide the at least one robot in an environment or an avatar in a virtual world.