Abstract
According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventors Abate, Andy (Albany, OR, US), Domres, Ryan (Albany, OR, US), Thrush, Dylan (Corvallis, OR, US), filed on August 10, 2020, was published online on February 6, 2024. The assignee for this patent, patent number 11892288, is Agility Robotics Inc. (Tangent, Oregon, United States). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "There are many devices that use a transmission to control the application of power generated by a motor. A car, for example, uses a transmission to convert the power of the car's motor into motion that provides the car's wheels a desired torque and speed to propel the car in a variety of different situations. For another example, a robot may use a transmission in an actuator to amplify the torque of a motor while reducing its speed for connection to an end-effector. For robots, it is often important to also know the position and/or location of an end-effector of the robot so that one can appropriately direct the actuator to hold the end-effector in a position and/or at a desired location, or to apply a desired force.
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