Hybrid hydraulic and electrically actuated mobile robot

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9937618
APP PUB NO 20160151911A1
SERIAL NO

15016729

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Example embodiments may relate to a robotic system that includes a hydraulic actuator and an electric actuator both coupled to a joint of the robotic system. Operation of the actuators may be based on various factors such as based on desired joint parameters. For instance, such desired joint parameters may include a desired output torque/force of the joint, a desired output velocity of the joint, a desired acceleration of the joint, and/or a desired joint angle, among other possibilities. Given a model of power consumption as well as a model of the actuators, the robotic system may determine operating parameters such as hydraulic and electric operating parameters as well as power system parameters, among others. The robotic system may then control operation of the actuators, using the determined operating parameters, to obtain the desired joint parameters such that power dissipation in the system is minimized (i.e., maximizing actuation efficiency).

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BOSTON DYNAMICS INC200 SMITH STREET UNIT 4100 WALTHAM MA 02451

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Khripin, Alex Mountain View, US 28 118
Murphy, Michael Patrick Mountain View, US 39 585
Potter, Steven Mountain View, US 23 92
Saunders, John Aaron Mountain View, US 48 152
Thorne, Christopher Everett Mountain View, US 23 122

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