US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods to test perception and safety responses of autonomous mobile robots" (Montana, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,995, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Systems and methods to test perception and safety responses of autonomous mobile robots" was invented by Stephen Charles Paschall (Acton, Mass.) and Justin Croyle (Kalispell, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to test autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) may include a dynamometer, a robotic system carrying an object, and a control system. An AMR under test may be positioned on the dynamometer and instructed to perform navigation maneuvers, which may be detected by the dynamometer. The control system may receive the detected movements and deter...