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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:

X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Holson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeffrey Bingham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ben Berkowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

X DEVELOPMENT LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media applicable to balancing robots. Some implementations are directed to maintaining a given end effector pose (relative to a world frame) of an end effector of a balancing robot when there is a disturbance to a balancing base of the balancing robot. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to transitioning a balancing robot from a fallen configuration to a balanced configuration. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to mitigating the risk that a balancing robot will fall when interacting with actuable environmental objects (e.g., doors) and/or to lessen the disturbance to a balancing base when interacting with actuable environmental objects.


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