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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Rodney Brooks, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Sussman, Winchester, MA (US);
Matthew Murray Williamson, Marblehead, MA (US);
William A. Goodwin, Westwood, MA (US);
Noelle Dye, Charlestown, MA (US);
Bruce Blumberg, Concord, MA (US);
Rodney Brooks, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Sussman, Winchester, MA (US);
Matthew Murray Williamson, Marblehead, MA (US);
William A. Goodwin, Westwood, MA (US);
Noelle Dye, Charlestown, MA (US);
Bruce Blumberg, Concord, MA (US);
Rethink Robotics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, safe collaboration between a robot and humans is achieved by operating the robot continuously at or below a first threshold speed at which any collisions with a person's arms do not cause harm, and, upon detection of the person's torso or head within a danger zone around the robot, reducing the speed to or below a second threshold at which any collisions with the person's torso or head do not cause harm.