B25J 9/161
Hardware
Official title: {Hardware, e.g. neural networks, fuzzy logic, interfaces, processor}
B25J9/161 (Hardware) appears on 1,298 US grants and 1,871 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 1,298
- Published applications
- 1,871
- Assignees
- 566
- Inventors
- 3,725
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 197 | 199 |
| 2026 | 142 | 209 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Software compensated robotics8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307243 A1Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
- Apparatus and method for 3d scene graph-based spatial exploration for robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307250 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple control-point control system and method of use1,194US 5,285,381 AVanderbilt University · 1994
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- Multi-state model for robot and user interaction308US 8,818,556 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2014
- System and method for controlling a remote medical device guidance system in three-dimensions using gestures290US 9,439,736 B2St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. · 2016
- Feature detection apparatus and methods for training of robotic navigation277US 9,630,318 B2Brain Corporation · 2017