ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,390, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Multiple degree of freedom force sensor" was invented by John Aaron Saunders (Waltham, Mass.), Adam Henry Borrell (Waltham, Mass.) and Joshua Timothy Geating (Allston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods related to multiple degree of freedom force sensors are disclosed. One aspect of the disclosure provides a load sensor. The load sensor comprises a first plate and a second plate, a plurality of single-axis load cells including first, second, and third single-axis load cells, wherein each of the first, second, and third single-axis load...