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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Alexander Alspach, Somerville, MA (US);
Andrew M. Beaulieu, Somerville, MA (US);
Aimee S. Goncalves, Kingston, MA (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Robots including a lifting actuator for lifting object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a robot includes a rail system extending in a system direction, a body structure coupled to the rail system, the body structure comprising an array of flexible tactile sensors, wherein each flexible tactile sensor of the array of flexible tactile sensors is operable to produce a signal determinative of a magnitude and a direction of a force applied to the flexible tactile sensor, and a lift actuator operable to move the body structure along the rail system.