B25J 9/1656
Characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators
Official title: {characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators}
B25J9/1656 (Characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators) appears on 5,466 US grants and 7,489 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 5,466
- Published applications
- 7,489
- Assignees
- 1,686
- Inventors
- 11,731
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 19 | 23 |
| 2004 | 17 | 30 |
| 2005 | 9 | 34 |
| 2006 | 20 | 29 |
| 2007 | 19 | 45 |
| 2008 | 16 | 31 |
| 2009 | 11 | 48 |
| 2010 | 30 | 49 |
| 2011 | 27 | 54 |
| 2012 | 35 | 69 |
| 2013 | 55 | 71 |
| 2014 | 72 | 83 |
| 2015 | 110 | 127 |
| 2016 | 129 | 176 |
| 2017 | 160 | 203 |
| 2018 | 192 | 415 |
| 2019 | 256 | 592 |
| 2020 | 369 | 668 |
| 2021 | 464 | 792 |
| 2022 | 512 | 797 |
| 2023 | 647 | 846 |
| 2024 | 709 | 914 |
| 2025 | 852 | 745 |
| 2026 | 590 | 632 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B25J 9/1664Characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning3,765
- B25J 9/1671Characterised by simulation, either to verify existing program or to create and857
- B25J 9/1661Characterised by task planning, object-oriented languages720
- B25J 9/1669Characterised by special application591
- B25J 9/1658Characterised by programming language102
Recent patents
- System and methods for positioning a manipulator arm by clutching within a null-perpendicular space concurrent with null-space movement6 Oct 2026US 12,751,779 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Manipulability and joint-limit distance optimizing inverse kinematics6 Oct 2026US 12,752,423 B2Intrinsic Innovation LLC
- Method and apparatuses for path planning for a robotic manipulator6 Oct 2026US 12,752,424 B2OMRON Corporation
- Method and apparatus for implementing a safety configuration6 Oct 2026US 12,752,426 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- State estimation using geometric data and vision system for palletizing6 Oct 2026US 12,753,028 B2Dexterity, Inc.
- Method and Apparatus for Generating a Reciprocating Sanding or Polishing Path8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307199 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Modularized home robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307239 A1Trifo, Inc.
- System and Method for Controlling Wheeled Mobile Manipulators8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307246 A1Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
- Controlling robots using multi-modal language models8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307248 A1Google Inc.
- Systems and Methods for Automatic Task Planning for Machine Tending Robotic Applications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307249 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission905US 10,610,313 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2020
- Guided tool change765US 6,645,196 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2003
- Method and system for using a buffer to track robotic movement553US 6,594,550 B1ASM America, Inc. · 2003
- User initiated break-away clutching of a surgical mounting platform491US 9,452,020 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2016
- Methods and apparatus for surgical planning488US 7,607,440 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2009