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Patent No.:

US 8996167 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2012

User interfaces for robot training

Applicant:

Rethink Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Natan Linder, Cambridge, MA (US);

Rodney Brooks, Cambridge, MA (US);

Michael Sussman, Winchester, MA (US);

Bruce Blumberg, Concord, MA (US);

Noelle Dye, Charlestown, MA (US);

Michael Caine, Needham, MA (US);

Elaine Y. Chen, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Rethink Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Dalena Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/42 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/66 (2013.01); B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 13/084 (2013.01); G05B 19/42 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39451 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40116 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/2081 (2013.01); G06K 9/6255 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01); Y10S 901/31 (2013.01); Y10S 901/46 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with various embodiments, a user interface embedded into a robot facilitates robot training via direct and intuitive physical interactions. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a wrist cuff that, when grasped by the user, switches the robot into zero-force gravity-compensated mode.

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