US 12,280,495 B2
Robotic manipulator with camera and tactile sensing
Rajkumar Muthusamy, Abu Dhabi (AE); Huda Alyammahi, Abu Dhabi (AE); Muhammad Umer Hameed Shah, Abu Dhabi (AE); Omar Fuad Faris, Abu Dhabi (AE); Irfan Hussain, Abu Dhabi (AE); Yahya Hashem Zweiri, Abu Dhabi (AE); Dongming Gan, Abu Dhabi (AE); and Seneviratne Mudigansalage Seneviratne, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,770.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,212, filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0072207 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 19/023 (2013.01) [B25J 13/084 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic manipulator, comprising:
an end effector configured to engage with an object;
sensors positioned on the robotic manipulator, each of the sensors configured to detect data associated with the object; and
an actuator coupled with the end effector and configured to move a portion of the end effector relative to the robotic manipulator;
wherein the sensors comprise a tactile sensor configured to engage with the object; and
wherein the tactile sensor comprises one or more transparent rigid layers, configured to engage with the object and allow light to travel through the one or more layers.