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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Allison Thackston, San Jose, CA (US);
Sam Zapolsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Katarina Bouma, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Laura Stelzner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ron Goldman, Los Altos, CA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes providing a virtual representation of an environment of a robot. The virtual representation includes an object representation of an object in the environment. The method further includes determining an attribute of the object within the environment of the robot. The attribute includes at least one of occupancy data, force data, and deformation data pertaining to the object. The method further includes receiving a user command to control the robot to move with respect to the object, and modifying a received user command pertaining to the representation of the object based upon the attribute.