Shuai Li

US Patent:

20210379758, Dec 9, 2021

Filed:

Mar 1, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/188445

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Shuai LI - Austin TX, US
Forrest GREEN - Austin TX, US
Peter WORSNOP - Austin TX, US
Andrea Lockerd THOMAZ - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16

Abstract:

Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for robotic learning and execution of skills. A robotic apparatus can include a memory, a processor, sensors, and one or more movable components (e.g., a manipulating element and/or a transport element). The processor can be operatively coupled to the memory, the movable elements, and the sensors, and configured to obtain information of an environment, including one or more objects located within the environment. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn skills through demonstration, exploration, user inputs, etc. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or arbitrate between different behaviors and/or actions. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn an environmental constraint. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn using a general model of a skill.

US Patent:

20210252712, Aug 19, 2021

Filed:

Apr 30, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/246009

Inventors:

- Norwalk CT, US
Shiraj Sen - Niskayuna NY, US
Arpit Jain - Niskayuna NY, US
Huan Tan - Niskayuna NY, US
Yonatan Gefen - Niskayuna NY, US
Shuai Li - Troy NY, US
Shubao Liu - College Park MD, US
Pramod Sharma - Seattle WA, US
Balajee Kannan - Niskayuna NY, US
Viktor Holovashchenko - Niskayuna NY, US
Douglas Forman - Niskayuna NY, US
John Michael Lizzi - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Burton Theurer - Niskayuna NY, US
Omar Al Assad - Niskayuna NY, US
Ghulam Ali Baloch - Niskayuna NY, US
Frederick Wilson Wheeler - Niskayuna NY, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
B25J 5/00
B25J 19/02
B25J 9/06
B25J 13/08
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.

US Patent:

20170341236, Nov 30, 2017

Filed:

Oct 13, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/292605

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Shiraj Sen - Niskayuna NY, US
Arpit Jain - Niskayuna NY, US
Huan Tan - Niskayuna NY, US
Yonatan Gefen - Niskayuna NY, US
Shuai Li - Niskayuna NY, US
Shubao Liu - College Park MD, US
Pramod Sharma - Seattle WA, US
Balajee Kannan - Niskayuna NY, US
Viktor Holovashchenko - Niskayuna NY, US
Douglas Forman - Niskayuna NY, US
John Michael Lizzi - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Burton Theurer - Alplaus NY, US
Omar Al Assad - Niskayuna NY, US
Ghulam Ali Baloch - Niskayuna NY, US
Frederick Wheeler - Niskayuna NY, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
B25J 13/08
B61G 7/04
G05D 1/02

Abstract:

A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.

US Patent:

20170341237, Nov 30, 2017

Filed:

Jan 5, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/399313

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Charles Burton Theurer - Alplaus NY, US
Balajee Kannan - Niskayuna NY, US
Shiraj Sen - Niskayuna NY, US
Pramod Sharma - Seattle WA, US
Shuai Li - Troy NY, US
Shubao Liu - College Park MD, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
G06T 7/521
H04N 13/02
H04N 9/04
G06T 7/70
G06K 9/00

Abstract:

A robotic system includes one or more optical sensors configured to separately obtain two dimensional (2D) image data and three dimensional (3D) image data of a brake lever of a vehicle, a manipulator arm configured to grasp the brake lever of the vehicle, and a controller configured to compare the 2D image data with the 3D image data to identify one or more of a location or a pose of the brake lever of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the manipulator arm to move toward, grasp, and actuate the brake lever of the vehicle based on the one or more of the location or the pose of the brake lever.