Collision detection and avoidance

M Kikuchi, M Taylor, DD Castleman… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A collision avoidance system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) receives physical space
data for a flight area and creates a virtual world model to represent the flight area by …

UAV battery form factor and insertion/ejection methodologies

DD Castleman, R Chen, F Zhao, G Black - US Patent 10,850,838, 2020 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is related to unmanned aerial vehicles or drones that have a
capability of quickly swapping batteries. This may be accomplished even as the drone …

Robotic Touch Perception

JE Augenbraun, G Rekhi - US Patent 10,618,174, 2020 - Google Patents
An apparatus such as a robot capable of performing goal oriented tasks may include one or
more touch sensors to receive touch perception feedback on the location of objects and …

Unsupervised learning agents for autonomous driving applications

P Palanisamy, UP Mudalige - US Patent 10,678,241, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a
computer-implemented method includes: training an autonomous driving agent is provided …

System and method for full-stack verification of autonomous agents

GROS SANCHEZ - US Patent 10,671,077, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for full-stack verification of autonomous agents includes training a neural network
to learn a noise model associated with an object detection module of an autonomous agent …

Intelligent gardening system and external device communicating therewith

M He, G Sun, Y Rao, Y Shao, F Liu, J Wu… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to an intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and
controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, including: multiple sensors that …

Methods and apparatus for autonomous robotic control

M Versace, A Gorshechnikov - US Patent 10,846,873, 2020 - Google Patents
Sensory processing of visual, auditory, and other sensor information (eg, visual imagery,
LIDAR, RADAR) is conventionally based on “stovepiped,” or isolated processing, with little …

Course profiling and sharing

M Taylor, DD Castleman - US Patent 10,692,174, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) course profiling are
provided. A plurality of images may be captured by a UAV flying along a course at a first …

Suboptimal immediate navigational response based on long term planning

G Stein, S Shalev-Shwartz, S Shammah… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A system for navigating an autonomous vehicle using reinforcement learning techniques is
provided. The system includes at least one processing device programmed to: receive, from …

Suboptimal immediate navigational response based on long term planning

G Stein, S Shalev-Shwartz, S Shammah… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle using
reinforcement learning techniques. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host …