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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

May. 15, 2023
Applicant:

Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Klingensmith, Waltham, MA (US);

Eric Whitman, Waltham, MA (US);

Marco da Silva, Arlington, MA (US);

Alfred Rizzi, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0035 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides a method for generating a joint command. The method includes receiving a maneuver script including a plurality of maneuvers for a legged robot to perform where each maneuver is associated with a cost. The method further includes identifying that two or more maneuvers of the plurality of maneuvers of the maneuver script occur at the same time instance. The method also includes determining a combined maneuver for the legged robot to perform at the time instance based on the two or more maneuvers and the costs associated with the two or more maneuvers. The method additionally includes generating a joint command to control motion of the legged robot at the time instance where the joint command commands a set of joints of the legged robot. Here, the set of joints correspond to the combined maneuver.


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