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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:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Applicants:
Yu Sun, Tampa, FL (US);
Yun Lin, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/103 (2013.01); Y10S 901/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, planning a robot grasp of an object includes determining a grasp type that would be used by a human being to grasp the object, determining a position and orientation of the human being's thumb relative to the object, and planning the robot grasp based upon the determined grasp type and thumb position and orientation.