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Citations to U.S. patents by U.S. patents granted in 2025

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  1. 10 9102055    Detection and reconstruction of an environment to facilitate robotic interaction with the environment
  Inventors: Kurt Konolige; Ethan Rublee; Stefan Hinterstoisser; Troy Straszheim; Gary Bradski; Hauke Strasdat

  2. 7 10360531    Robot implemented item manipulation
  Inventors: Timothy Stallman; Menashe Garber; Andrew M. Sweeney

  2. 7 10766137    Artificial intelligence system for modeling and evaluating robotic success at task performance
  Inventors: Brandon William Porter; Leonardo Ruggiero Bachega; Brian C. Beckman; Benjamin Lev Snyder; Michael Vogelsong; Corrinne Yu

  2. 7 10792810    Artificial intelligence system for learning robotic control policies
  Inventors: Brian C. Beckman; Leonardo Ruggiero Bachega; Brandon William Porter; Benjamin Lev Snyder; Michael Vogelsong; Corrinne Yu

  2. 7 10926408    Artificial intelligence system for efficiently learning robotic control policies
  Inventors: Michael Vogelsong; Darren Ernest Canavor

  2. 7 10981272    Robot grasp learning
  Inventors: Umashankar Nagarajan; Devesh Yamparala

  2. 7 5908283    Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight
  Inventors: Pao-Ter Huang; Christopher Chunsheng Cai; Joseph P. Snyder, Jr.; John H. Lecko; Jaroslav Janik; Rajan Chandrakant Penkar; Peter Douglas Jackson

  2. 7 9688489    Modular dock for facilities integration
  Inventors: John Zevenbergen; Stefan Nusser; Troy Straszheim

  2. 7 9751693    Automated shipment set item consolidation
  Inventors: Jon Stuart Battles; Samuel Gardner Garrett; Jayson Michael Jochim

  10. 6 10192195    Techniques for coordinating independent objects with occlusions
  Inventors: Jeremiah David Brazeau

  10. 6 10549928    Robotic multi-item type palletizing and depalletizing
  Inventors: Kevin Jose Chavez; Yuan Gao; Rohit Pidaparthi; Talbot Morris-Downing; Harry Zhe Su; Samir Menon

  10. 6 10597264    Semi-autonomous system for carrying and placing elongate objects
  Inventors: Stephen M. Muck; Andrew M. Hetrick; Donald R. Crouse; Patrick A. Weber; Jeremy L. Searock; Justin C. Scheifflee; Jay W. Gowdy; John P. Stewart; Matthew Q. Shaffer; Joseph E. Chabala

  10. 6 10800040    Simulation-real world feedback loop for learning robotic control policies
  Inventors: Brian C. Beckman; Leonardo Ruggiero Bachega; Brandon William Porter; Benjamin Lev Snyder; Michael Vogelsong; Corrinne Yu

  10. 6 10906188    Singulation of arbitrary mixed items
  Inventors: Zhouwen Sun; Kevin Jose Chavez; Samir Menon; Harry Zhe Su; Talbot Morris-Downing; Rohit Arka Pidaparthi; Ayush Sharma; Raphael Georg Wirth

  10. 6 10919152    Teleoperating of robots with tasks by mapping to human operator pose
  Inventors: Simon Kalouche

  10. 6 11199853    Versatile mobile platform
  Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi; Lukas Fath; Chen Zhang; Brian Highfill; Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi; Shahin Fathi Djalali; Masih Ebrahimi Afrouzi; Azadeh Afshar Bakooshli

  10. 6 4257530    Lined tray
  Inventors: Rudolph A. Faller

  10. 6 5155423    Industrial robot with servo
  Inventors: James P. Karlen; Jack M. Thompson, Jr.; Keith A. Kowalski; John Bockhold; David Damico

  10. 6 6059092    Material handling robot and rail assembly
  Inventors: Roy A. Jerue; Steven R. Walsh

  10. 6 6762382    Track-type sortation system
  Inventors: Darin L. Danelski

  10. 6 7266422    Automated palletizing cases having mixed sizes and shapes
  Inventors: Donald DeMotte; Mike Poma; Andrew Monique

  10. 6 7313464    Bin-picking system for randomly positioned objects
  Inventors: Louis Perreault; Pierre Olivier

  10. 6 8292101    Flip-top dispensing system with a child resistant latch mechanism
  Inventors: Jason Bragg; Mark K. Branson; Clifton C. Willis

  10. 6 8763811    Insulated shipping container, and method of making
  Inventors: Gary Lantz

  10. 6 9205558    Multiple suction cup control
  Inventors: John Zevenbergen; Ethan Rublee

  10. 6 9827678    Kinematic design for robotic arm
  Inventors: Seth Gilbertson; Jeff Weber; Robert Wilson

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  1. 36 6394998    Surgical tools for use in minimally invasive telesurgical applications
  Inventors: Daniel T. Wallace; Christopher A. Julian; Tracey A. Morley; David S. Baron

  2. 34 8004229    Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses
  Inventors: William C. Nowlin; Paul W Mohr; Bruce M. Schena; David Q. Larkin; Gary Guthart

  3. 32 5876325    Surgical manipulation system
  Inventors: Hitoshi Mizuno; Yuuichi Ikeda; Akihiro Horii; Shuichi Takayama; Akio Nakada; Naoki Uchiyama; Yasuhiro Ueda; Koichi Umeyama; Sakae Takehana

  3. 32 6424885    Camera referenced control in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus
  Inventors: Gunter D. Niemeyer; Gary S. Guthart; William C. Nowlin; Nitish Swarup; Gregory K. Toth; Robert G. Younge

  3. 32 8816628    Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses
  Inventors: William C. Nowlin; Paul W. Mohr; Bruce M. Schena; David Q. Larkin; Gary S. Guthart

  6. 31 6331181    Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use
  Inventors: Michael J. Tierney; Thomas G. Cooper; Chris A. Julian; Stephen J. Blumenkranz; Gary S. Guthart; Robert G. Younge

  7. 30 8749190    Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses
  Inventors: William C. Nowlin; Paul W. Mohr; Bruce M. Schena; David Q. Larkin; Gary S. Guthart

  7. 30 8786241    Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses
  Inventors: William C. Nowlin; Paul W. Mohr; Bruce M. Schena; David Q. Larkin; Gary S. Guthart

  9. 28 6459926    Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery
  Inventors: William C. Nowlin; Gary S. Guthart; J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.; Gunter D. Niemeyer

  9. 28 6991627    Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity
  Inventors: Akhil J. Madhani; J. Kenneth Salisbury

 
 
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