System and method of scanning items within enclosure using synthetic aperture radar on a humanoid robot
AssigneeWaveye, Inc.
InventorsGor Hakobyan, Levon Budagyan, Narek Rostomyan
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Abstract
A method and system for inferring characteristics of one or more objects using a humanoid robotic system equipped with a radar sensor by generating a trajectory, moving manipulating arms of the humanoid robotic system according to the generated trajectory, generating, a synthetic radar aperture from the movement of the manipulating arms, generating, by the radar sensor, a synthetic aperture radar image; and inferring the characteristics of the one or more objects from the synthetic aperture radar image.
Claims20
A method of inferring characteristics of one or more objects, comprising:
- generating a trajectory at a humanoid robotic system equipped with a radar sensor;
- moving manipulating arms of the humanoid robotic system according to the generated trajectory;
- generating, a synthetic radar aperture from the movement of the manipulating arms;
- generating, by the radar sensor, a synthetic aperture radar image;
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- inferring the characteristics of the one or more objects from the synthetic aperture radar image.
A humanoid robotic system comprising:
- manipulating arms configured to grasp a non-transparent container;
- a computing device configured to generate a trajectory;
- a radar sensor configured to generate a synthetic aperture radar image of one or more objects within the non-transparent container based on a synthetic radar aperture obtained from a movement of the manipulating arms that tracks the generated trajectory;
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- a signal processing unit configured to infer characteristics of the one or more objects from the synthetic aperture radar image.
A distribution facility comprising:
- a conveyance area configured to receive one or more non-transparent containers stacked on a transport platform;
- a humanoid robotic system comprising:
- manipulating arms configured to grasp a particular non-transparent container,
- a computing device configured to generate a trajectory,
- a radar sensor configured to generate a synthetic aperture radar image of one or more objects within the particular non-transparent container based on a synthetic radar aperture obtained from a movement of the manipulating arms that tracks the generated trajectory, and
- a signal processing unit configured to infer characteristics of the one or more objects from the synthetic aperture radar image;
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- an inventory storage area having a rack corresponding to a category and configured to receive the one or more non-transparent containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.