B25J 13/081
Touching devices
Official title: {Touching devices, e.g. pressure-sensitive}
B25J13/081 (Touching devices) appears on 814 US grants and 1,019 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Event-driven visual-tactile sensing and learning for robots6 Oct 2026US 12,752,434 B2National University of Singapore
- Optical tactile sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,754,084 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Gripping control device and gripping control method15 Sep 2026US 12,734,683 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Enhanced mobility wearable article with sensory cushioning system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,521 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Remote control system, remote control method, and remote control program for performing haptic control8 Sep 2026US 12,728,541 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- System for singulating fabric layers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295816 A1Silana GmbH
- Robotic foot sensor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295860 A1Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Flexible pressure sensors, robot hands, and methods of fabrication24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284902 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Apparatus, system and method for providing a haptic reticle gripper end effector24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284907 A1Jabil Inc.
- End effector17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273772 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distribution type tactile sensor308US 5,010,774 AThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Stretchable interconnects using stress gradient films189US 6,743,982 B2Xerox Corporation · 2004
- Gripper force sensor/controller for robotic arm174US 4,600,357 AHeath Company · 1986
- Portable dextrous force feedback master for robot telemanipulation172US 5,004,391 ARutgers University · 1991
- Asymmetric six-degree-of-freedom force-transducer system for a computer-controlled manipulator system148US 4,132,318 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1979