Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Terrain aware step planning system
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Application No.: US17652318Application Date: 2022-02-24
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Publication No.: US12235652B2Publication Date: 2025-02-25
- Inventor: Eric Whitman , Gina Christine Fay
- Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G06T7/593

Abstract:
A method for terrain and constraint planning a step plan includes receiving, at data processing hardware of a robot, image data of an environment about the robot from at least one image sensor. The robot includes a body and legs. The method also includes generating, by the data processing hardware, a body-obstacle map, a ground height map, and a step-obstacle map based on the image data and generating, by the data processing hardware, a body path for movement of the body of the robot while maneuvering in the environment based on the body-obstacle map. The method also includes generating, by the data processing hardware, a step path for the legs of the robot while maneuvering in the environment based on the body path, the body-obstacle map, the ground height map, and the step-obstacle map.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220179420A1 Terrain Aware Step Planning System Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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