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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Beatbots, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marek P. Michalowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory R. Katz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thiago G. Hersan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Beatbots, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40253 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40414 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40625 (2013.01); G06N 3/008 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01); Y10S 901/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot is disclosed. The robot can comprise a body and an emotion-expressing system. The emotion-expressing system can comprise a touch sensor embedded within the body, a feedback generator, and a controller in communication with the touch sensor and the feedback generator. The controller can be configured to determine the emotional state of the robot based on feedback from the touch sensor, and the feedback generator can be configured to generate feedback indicative of the emotional state.