Patent ID: 11951633
Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A robot for determining a location within a space, the robot comprising:
a casing;
at least one deformable sensor provided on the casing, the deformable sensor comprising an internal sensor and a deformable membrane, the internal sensor configured to output a deformation region within the deformable membrane as a result of contact with a first object;
one or more processors; and
one or more memory modules comprising non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive data from the internal sensor representing the deformation region of the deformable membrane when the first object is contacted;
identify the first object as a first identified object; and
determine a location of the robot based on a known location of the first identified object.