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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Christopher Stathis, Bedford, MA (US);
Dion Gonano, Somerville, MA (US);
Robert Eugene Paolini, Cambridge, MA (US);
Adam Komoroski, Westwood, MA (US);
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method executed by data processing hardware of a robot causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include receiving a sensor pointing command that commands the robot to use a sensor to capture sensor data of a location in an environment of the robot. The sensor is disposed on the robot. The operations include determining, based on an orientation of the sensor relative to the location, a direction for pointing the sensor toward the location, and an alignment pose of the robot to cause the sensor to point in the direction toward the location. The operations include commanding the robot to move from a current pose to the alignment pose. After the robot moves to the alignment pose and the sensor is pointing in the direction toward the location, the operations include commanding the sensor to capture the sensor data of the location in the environment.