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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2024
Applicant:
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 13/087 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and control modules for operating robot systems are described. A touch heatmap is generated for an object, indicating at least one touch region for the object. Touch regions indicate regions of an object which are most suitable or most prone to touching when the object is grasped. At least one end effector is controlled in accordance with at least one grasp primitive, to grasp the object in accordance with at least one touch region specified in the touch heatmap.