ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,662, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Determination of robotic step path" was invented by Benjamin Swilling (Waltham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of robotic stepping includes determining a first step location error between a reference step location of a reference step path and a first potential step location of a first potential step path for a first leg of a robot, determining a first capture point error between a reference capture point location of the reference step path and a first potential capture point location of the first potential step path, determining a first s...