G05D 1/0227
Using mechanical sensing means
Official title: {using mechanical sensing means, e.g. for sensing treated area}
G05D1/0227 (Using mechanical sensing means) appears on 613 US grants and 641 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for creating an environment map and mobile, self-moving appliance28 Jul 2026US 12,693,669 B2BSH Hausgeräe GmbH
- Autonomous mobile robot21 Jul 2026US 12,685,421 B2Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Control device for mobile object, control method for mobile object, and storage medium14 Apr 2026US 12,602,054 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface31 Mar 2026US 12,591,239 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Generating a local mapping of an agricultural field for use in performance of agricultural operation(s)24 Mar 2026US 12,584,764 B2Deere & Company
- Automatic accompanying system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084310 A1National Yang Ming.Chiao Tung University
- Control of autonomous mobile robots29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026666 A1iRobot Corporation
- Robot localization and mapping accommodating non-unique landmarks29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029790 A1iRobot Corporation
- Systems and methods for automated loading and unloading at a dock station27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361103 A1Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
- Delivery vehicle, an automated storage and retrieval system and a method of transporting storage containers between an automated storage and retrieval grid and a second location6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340225 A1Autostore Technology AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Home cleaning robot729US 6,459,955 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2002
- Method and system for multi-mode coverage for an autonomous robot467US 6,809,490 B2iRobot Corporation · 2004
- Computer peripheral floor cleaning system and navigation method458US 5,995,884 A1999
- Method and system for robot localization and confinement445US 6,690,134 B1iRobot Corporation · 2004
- Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods436US 7,332,890 B2iRobot Corporation · 2008