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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Whitman, Waltham, MA (US);
Alex Khripin, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B62D 57/02 (2006.01); B62D 57/024 (2006.01); B62D 57/028 (2006.01); B62D 57/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B62D 57/02 (2013.01); B62D 57/024 (2013.01); B62D 57/028 (2013.01); B62D 57/032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of footstep contact detection includes receiving joint dynamics data for a swing phase of a swing leg of the robot, receiving odometry data indicative of a pose of the robot, determining whether an impact on the swing leg is indicative of a touchdown of the swing leg based on the joint dynamics data and an amount of completion of the swing phase, and determining when the impact on the swing leg is not indicative of the touchdown of the swing leg, a cause of the impact based on the joint dynamics data and the odometry data.