B25J 13/085
Force or torque sensors
Official title: {Force or torque sensors (B25J13/082, B25J13/084 take precedence)}
B25J13/085 (Force or torque sensors) appears on 1,378 US grants and 1,767 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Real-time collision and overspeed detection system for collaborative robot using joint-wise current-based torque control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307254 A1BRILS Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Force and torque sensing in a surgical robot setup arm1,196US 9,895,813 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2018
- Force estimation for a minimally invasive robotic surgery system1,074US 9,707,684 B2The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), Represented By the European Commission · 2017
- Force estimation for a minimally invasive robotic surgery system1,024US 9,855,662 B2The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), Represented By the European Commission · 2018
- Configurable robotic surgical system with virtual rail and flexible endoscope520US 9,737,371 B2Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc. · 2017
- Torque sensors471US 10,161,816 B2Cmr Surgical Limited · 2018