US Patent Issued to Boston Dynamics on Aug. 26 for "Robot movement and interaction with massive bodies" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,422, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Robot movement and interaction with massive bodies" was invented by Frans Anton Koolen (Cambridge, Mass.) and Robin Deits (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes systems and methods for determining movement of a robot. A computing system of the robot receives information comprising a reference behavior specification, a current state of the robot, and a characteristic of a massive body coupled to or expected to be coupled to the robot. The computing system determines, based on the information, a set of movement parameters fo...