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

Claim 15:
16. A system for determining a location of a robot including a deformable sensor, the system comprising:
a robot;
at least one deformable sensor provided on the robot, the at least one deformable sensor comprising a housing, a deformable membrane coupled to the housing, an enclosure configured to be filled with a medium, and an internal sensor disposed within the housing and having a field of view configured to be directed through the medium and toward a surface of the deformable membrane, wherein the internal sensor is 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 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.