Alexander Alspach

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Somerville, MA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Lifting robots
- Patent number 12,234,137
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Robots and sensor systems having compliant members
- Patent number 12,162,738
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Robust and perceptive manipulation through soft-bubble grippers and...
- Patent number 12,151,361
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Rares A. Ambrus
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Pressure sensor devices and robots including the same
- Patent number 12,071,334
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Sensor devices including force sensors and robots incorporating the...
- Patent number 12,071,335
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Wheel well mounted depth sensors for tire monitoring
- Patent number 12,065,134
- Issue date Aug 20, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for estimating shape, contact forces, and pose...
- Patent number 12,048,998
- Issue date Jul 30, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Robots having a lift actuator and a tilt structure for lifting and...
- Patent number 12,017,897
- Issue date Jun 25, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Structures and sensor assemblies having engagement structures for s...
- Patent number 11,993,498
- Issue date May 28, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Systems for determining location using robots with deformable sensors
- Patent number 11,951,633
- Issue date Apr 9, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Sensors having a deformable layer and a rugged cover layer and robo...
- Patent number 11,891,288
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Input devices having a deformable membrane and methods of using the...
- Patent number 11,819,999
- Issue date Nov 21, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Abhijeet Agnihotri
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Robot arm assemblies including fingers having deformable sensors
- Patent number 11,806,864
- Issue date Nov 7, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Systems and methods for estimating shape, contact forces, and pose...
- Patent number 11,667,039
- Issue date Jun 6, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...
- Patent number 11,628,576
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Robot arm assemblies including fingers having deformable sensors
- Patent number 11,584,026
- Issue date Feb 21, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Calibration device and calibration procedure for fluid filled sensor
- Patent number 11,585,715
- Issue date Feb 21, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Systems for determining location using robots with deformable sensors
- Patent number 11,577,395
- Issue date Feb 14, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Methods and systems for calibrating deformable sensors using camera
- Patent number 11,536,621
- Issue date Dec 27, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Deformable sensor with rotatable sensing components for detecting d...
- Patent number 11,472,039
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...
- Patent number 11,465,296
- Issue date Oct 11, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Variable geometry and stiffness control for fluid filled sensor
- Patent number 11,408,788
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for determining pose of objects held by flexibl...
- Patent number 11,389,968
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Deformable sensors having multiple time-of-flight emitters
- Patent number 11,185,994
- Issue date Nov 30, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...
- Patent number 11,007,652
- Issue date May 18, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
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Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...
- Patent number 10,668,627
- Issue date Jun 2, 2020
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Systems and methods of calibrating a depth-IR image offset
- Patent number 10,628,968
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Duy-Nguyen Ta-Huynh
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Robots with compliant contact and geometry sensors having varying t...
- Patent number 10,549,428
- Issue date Feb 4, 2020
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
DYNAMICALLY INFLATABLE DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES
- Publication number 20240017422
- Publication date Jan 18, 2024
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SHEAR FORCE ESTIMATION WITH OFF-AXIS MEMBRA...
- Publication number 20230341279
- Publication date Oct 26, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Andrew M. Beaulieu
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
INVERSE TENDON ACTUATED FINGERS FOR ACTIVE GRASPING
- Publication number 20230330869
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Andrew M. Beaulieu
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
GRIPPING ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
- Publication number 20230321848
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Andrew M. Beaulieu
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING SHAPE, CONTACT FORCES, AND POSE...
- Publication number 20230294299
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
COLLAPSIBLE SPLINED FINGERS FOR RATCHETING ENGAGEMENTS AND HIGH NOR...
- Publication number 20230294302
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Andrew M. Beaulieu
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SURFACE SLIP DETECTION
- Publication number 20230264366
- Publication date Aug 24, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ROBOTS INCLUDING A LIFT ACTUATOR AND BODY STRUCTURE FOR LIFTING OBJ...
- Publication number 20230256594
- Publication date Aug 17, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING ROBOTS WITH DEFORMABLE SENSORS
- Publication number 20230158674
- Publication date May 25, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING FINGERS HAVING DEFORMABLE SENSORS
- Publication number 20230150148
- Publication date May 18, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SENSOR DEVICES INCLUDING FORCE SENSORS AND ROBOTS INCORPORATING THE...
- Publication number 20230147247
- Publication date May 11, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICES AND ROBOTS INCLUDING THE SAME
- Publication number 20230133205
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
LIFTING ROBOTS
- Publication number 20230137427
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SENSORS HAVING A DEFORMABLE LAYER AND A RUGGED COVER LAYER AND ROBO...
- Publication number 20230138728
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ROBOTS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS HAVING COMPLIANT MEMBERS
- Publication number 20230136803
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
STRUCTURES AND SENSOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURES FOR S...
- Publication number 20230138629
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ROBOTS HAVING A LIFT ACTUATOR AND A TILT STRUCTURE FOR LIFTING AND...
- Publication number 20230138330
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ROBOT END EFFECTOR
- Publication number 20230139968
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON VEH...
- Publication number 20230010445
- Publication date Jan 12, 2023
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DEFORMABLE SENSORS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POSE AND FORCE AGAINST...
- Publication number 20220410403
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING DEFORMABLE SENSORS
- Publication number 20220355488
- Publication date Nov 10, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
DEFORMABLE SENSOR WITH ROTATABLE SENSING COMPONENTS FOR DETECTING D...
- Publication number 20220339793
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
WHEEL WELL MOUNTED DEPTH SENSORS FOR TIRE MONITORING
- Publication number 20220314970
- Publication date Oct 6, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
INPUT DEVICES HAVING A DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE AND METHODS OF USING THE...
- Publication number 20220234212
- Publication date Jul 28, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Abhijeet Agnihotri
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Robust and Perceptive Manipulation Through Soft-Bubble Grippers and...
- Publication number 20220024048
- Publication date Jan 27, 2022
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Rares A. Ambrus
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE GEOMETRY AND STIFFNESS CONTROL FOR FLUID FILLED SENSOR
- Publication number 20210302248
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATING DEFORMABLE SENSORS USING CAMERA
- Publication number 20210302249
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FLUID FILLED SENSOR
- Publication number 20210302255
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
DEFORMABLE SENSORS HAVING MULTIPLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT EMITTERS
- Publication number 20210299886
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING ROBOTS WITH DEFORMABLE SENSORS
- Publication number 20210252709
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Alexander Alspach
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Alexander Alspach

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Lifting robots

Robots and sensor systems having compliant members

Robust and perceptive manipulation through soft-bubble grippers and...

Pressure sensor devices and robots including the same

Sensor devices including force sensors and robots incorporating the...

Wheel well mounted depth sensors for tire monitoring

Systems and methods for estimating shape, contact forces, and pose...

Robots having a lift actuator and a tilt structure for lifting and...

Structures and sensor assemblies having engagement structures for s...

Systems for determining location using robots with deformable sensors

Sensors having a deformable layer and a rugged cover layer and robo...

Input devices having a deformable membrane and methods of using the...

Robot arm assemblies including fingers having deformable sensors

Systems and methods for estimating shape, contact forces, and pose...

Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...

Robot arm assemblies including fingers having deformable sensors

Calibration device and calibration procedure for fluid filled sensor

Systems for determining location using robots with deformable sensors

Methods and systems for calibrating deformable sensors using camera

Deformable sensor with rotatable sensing components for detecting d...

Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...

Variable geometry and stiffness control for fluid filled sensor

Systems and methods for determining pose of objects held by flexibl...

Deformable sensors having multiple time-of-flight emitters

Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...

Deformable sensors and methods for detecting pose and force against...

Systems and methods of calibrating a depth-IR image offset

Robots with compliant contact and geometry sensors having varying t...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

DYNAMICALLY INFLATABLE DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES

SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SHEAR FORCE ESTIMATION WITH OFF-AXIS MEMBRA...

INVERSE TENDON ACTUATED FINGERS FOR ACTIVE GRASPING

GRIPPING ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING SHAPE, CONTACT FORCES, AND POSE...

COLLAPSIBLE SPLINED FINGERS FOR RATCHETING ENGAGEMENTS AND HIGH NOR...

SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SURFACE SLIP DETECTION

ROBOTS INCLUDING A LIFT ACTUATOR AND BODY STRUCTURE FOR LIFTING OBJ...

SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING ROBOTS WITH DEFORMABLE SENSORS

ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING FINGERS HAVING DEFORMABLE SENSORS

SENSOR DEVICES INCLUDING FORCE SENSORS AND ROBOTS INCORPORATING THE...

PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICES AND ROBOTS INCLUDING THE SAME

LIFTING ROBOTS

SENSORS HAVING A DEFORMABLE LAYER AND A RUGGED COVER LAYER AND ROBO...

ROBOTS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS HAVING COMPLIANT MEMBERS

STRUCTURES AND SENSOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURES FOR S...

ROBOTS HAVING A LIFT ACTUATOR AND A TILT STRUCTURE FOR LIFTING AND...

ROBOT END EFFECTOR

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON VEH...

DEFORMABLE SENSORS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POSE AND FORCE AGAINST...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING DEFORMABLE SENSORS

DEFORMABLE SENSOR WITH ROTATABLE SENSING COMPONENTS FOR DETECTING D...

WHEEL WELL MOUNTED DEPTH SENSORS FOR TIRE MONITORING

INPUT DEVICES HAVING A DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE AND METHODS OF USING THE...

Robust and Perceptive Manipulation Through Soft-Bubble Grippers and...

VARIABLE GEOMETRY AND STIFFNESS CONTROL FOR FLUID FILLED SENSOR

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATING DEFORMABLE SENSORS USING CAMERA

CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR FLUID FILLED SENSOR

DEFORMABLE SENSORS HAVING MULTIPLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT EMITTERS

SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING ROBOTS WITH DEFORMABLE SENSORS