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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan Tremblay, Redmond, WA (US);
Dieter Fox, Seattle, WA (US);
Michelle Lee, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Florensa, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan Donald Ratliff, Seattle, WA (US);
Animesh Garg, Berkeley, CA (US);
Fabio Tozeto Ramos, Seattle, WA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A robot is controlled using a combination of model-based and model-free control methods. In some examples, the model-based method uses a physical model of the environment around the robot to guide the robot. The physical model is oriented using a perception system such as a camera. Characteristics of the perception system may be are used to determine an uncertainty for the model. Based at least in part on this uncertainty, the system transitions from the model-based method to a model-free method where, in some embodiments, information provided directly from the perception system is used to direct the robot without reliance on the physical model.