US Patent Issued to Boston Dynamics on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for actuation of a robotic manipulator" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,795, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for actuation of a robotic manipulator" was invented by Joshua Timothy Geating (Allston, Mass.), Geoffrey Peyton (Arlington, Mass.), Christopher Everett Thorne (Waltham, Mass.) and Jacob Webb (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods directed to an industrial robot that can perform mobile manipulation (e.g., dexterous mobile manipulation). A robotic arm may be capable of precise control when reaching into tight spaces, may be robust to impacts and collisions, and/or may limit the mass of ...