US Patent Issued to Boston Dynamics on May 27 for "Braking and regeneration control in a legged robot" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,563, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Braking and regeneration control in a legged robot" was invented by Alex Khripin (Waltham, Mass.), Stephen Berard (Waltham, Mass.) and Alfred Rizzi (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example robot includes a hydraulic actuator cylinder controlling motion of a member of the robot. The hydraulic actuator cylinder comprises a piston, a first chamber, and a second chamber. A valve system controls hydraulic fluid flow between a hydraulic supply line of pressurized hydraulic fluid, the first and second chambers, and a return line. A controller m...