Inventor

Kevin Blankespoor

Inventor

Arlington, MA, US

Overview

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Patents

2007–2021

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 38 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B25Jprimary

B25JManipulators24%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests24%

B62DMotor vehicles23%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general10%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables9%

G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings4%

G01LMeasuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure4%

F15BSystems acting by means of fluids in general2%

G06NComputing arrangements based on specific computational models1%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer1%

PatentTitleYear

11,124,252Mitigating sensor noise in legged robots2021 10,888,999Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing2021 10,851,810Actuator limit controller2020 10,802,508Mobile robot2020 10,780,578Reaching mobile robots2020 10,668,624Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing2020 10,583,879Mitigating sensor noise in legged robots2020 10,550,860Actuator limit controller2020 10,528,051Auto-height swing adjustment2020 10,496,094Systems and methods for ground plane estimation2019 10,434,651Failure mode2019 10,406,690Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing2019 10,351,189Whole body manipulation on a legged robot using dynamic balance2019 10,300,969Slip detection for robotic locomotion2019 10,226,870Yaw slip handling in a robotic device2019 10,220,518Touch-down sensing for robotic devices2019 9,969,087Leg collision avoidance in a robotic device2018 9,931,753Methods and devices for automatic gait transition2018 9,926,025'Slip avoidance'2018 9,908,240'Ground plane compensation for legged robots'2018 9,895,804'Failure mode'2018 9,833,899Adaptive response to load2017 9,804,600'Systems and methods for ground plane estimation'2017 9,789,611'Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing'2017 9,789,919'Mitigating sensor noise in legged robots'2017 9,663,165'Slip avoidance'2017 9,623,568'Yaw slip handling in a robotic device'2017 9,618,937'Slip detection using robotic limbs'2017 9,594,377'Auto-height swing adjustment'2017 9,561,592'Ground plane compensation for legged robots'2017 9,546,672'Actuator limit controller'2017 9,499,219'Touch-down sensing for robotic devices'2016 9,446,518'Leg collision avoidance in a robotic device'2016 9,387,896'Slip avoidance'2016 9,387,588'Handling gait disturbances with asynchronous timing'2016 9,352,470'Yaw slip handling in a robotic device'2016 9,259,838'Systems and methods for ground plane estimation'2016 7,224,543'Method and apparatus for reducing off-track writes in data storage devices'2007

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2007Patents assigned to MAXTOR CORP (1)· patent assignee history

2007Based in Framingham, MA, US· patent location history

2016–2018Patents assigned to GOOGLE INC (21)· patent assignee history

2016–2021Based in Arlington, MA, US· patent location history

2016–2019Based in Mountain View, CA, US· patent location history

2017–2021Patents assigned to BOSTON DYNAMICS INC (22)· patent assignee history

2017Based in Waltham, MA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
BOSTON DYNAMICS INC	22	2017–2021
GOOGLE INC	21	2016–2018
MAXTOR CORP	1	2007

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Arlington, Massachusetts, US	29	2016–2021
Mountain View, California, US	7	2016–2019
Waltham, Massachusetts, US	1	2017
Framingham, Massachusetts, US	1	2007