B25J 9/1676
Avoiding collision or forbidden zones
Official title: {Avoiding collision or forbidden zones}
B25J9/1676 (Avoiding collision or forbidden zones) appears on 1,071 US grants and 1,417 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 1,071
- Published applications
- 1,417
- Assignees
- 461
- Inventors
- 2,642
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 120 | 97 |
| 2026 | 91 | 93 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for adjusting fail-safe monitoring in an industrial automation plant8 Sep 2026US 12,730,434 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Method for setting virtual boundary of work area ofcollaborative robot based on user interface, and computer program recorded on record-medium for executing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307256 A1BRILS Co., Ltd.
- Method for virtual boundary-based collision avoidance and task control using safety signal linkage of collaborative robot, and computer program recorded on record-medium for executing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307257 A1BRILS Co., Ltd.
- Method for intuitive control of collaborative robots using user-centered graphical interface, and computer program recorded on record-medium for executing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307258 A1BRILS Co., Ltd.
- Learning-based techniques for autonomous agent task allocation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310191 A1Intel Products IP LLC
- Electronic device for cooperative operation of a plurality of robot devices and controlling method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295839 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical robot and method for meeting the performance requirements of a medical robot756US 8,831,779 B2KUKA Laboratories GmbH · 2014
- Detection of undesirable forces on a surgical robotic arm385US 10,145,747 B1Auris Health, Inc. · 2018
- Multiple robot control system using grid coordinate system for tracking and completing travel over a mapped region containing obstructions363US 4,674,048 AAutomax, Inc. · 1987
- Manipulator arm-to-patient collision avoidance using a null-space357US 9,492,235 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2016
- Medical examination and treatment apparatus346US 7,813,838 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2010