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>>U.S. Patent No. 11,230,000 and other Patents Pending. Curious about the claims on that patent. Robotics is already hard enough, I'm sure it will become easie
by barelyauser 4y ago
>>U.S. Patent No. 11,230,000 and other Patents Pending.
Curious about the claims on that patent. Robotics is already hard enough, I'm sure it will become easier with people suing each other because "you copied my wheeled robot with an arm attached to it!".
- Bjartr 4y agoThe claims are reasonably specific actually[1] If your robot doesn't have these specific design choices, plus some others, it's not in violation. * Have a unibody base * Have an arm that is raised and lowered along a trapezoidal rail by a belt-driven linear actuator * Have a fisheye camera mounted on the center pole [1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US11230000B2/en?oq=11%2c230%2c000 https://patents.google.com/patent/US11230000B2/en?oq=11%2c23...
- amelius 4y agoAre these claims OR-ed or AND-ed? Anyway, a base that looks like a Roomba, with a pole and an arm attached to it doesn't strike me as novel.
- Bjartr 4y agoPatent claims are AND. IANAL, but my understanding is if what you built doesn't match the claims exactly, it's not infringing. So, in this case, using a non-belt-driven linear actuator, or using a square rail, or using a two piece base would all be ways of avoiding infringement.