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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2023
Applicants:

Clara VU, Cambridge, MA (US);

Scott Denenberg, Newton, MA (US);

Abraham K. Feldman, Somerville, MA (US);

Inventors:

Clara Vu, Cambridge, MA (US);

Scott Denenberg, Newton, MA (US);

Abraham K. Feldman, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/06 (2006.01); G08B 3/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/061 (2013.01); G08B 3/00 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for determining safe and unsafe zones in a workspace—where safe actions are calculated in real time based on all relevant objects (e.g., some observed by sensors and others computationally generated based on analysis of the sensed workspace) and on the current state of the machinery (e.g., a robot) in the workspace—may utilize a variety of workspace-monitoring approaches as well as dynamic modeling of the robot geometry. The future trajectory of the robot(s) and/or the human(s) may be forecast using, e.g., a model of human movement and other forms of control. Modeling and forecasting of the robot may, in some embodiments, make use of data provided by the robot controller that may or may not include safety guarantees.


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