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Sony patents robot software that plans safe, fast movements

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a software system that helps robots figure out the best way to move. It uses a method called 'graph of convex sets' to calculate paths that are as fast as possible while avoiding collisions and staying within physical limits.

Why it mattersThis filing focuses on making robot movement planning more efficient and reliable, which is a key step for automating complex physical tasks.

In the filing’s own words

A microservice solves task and motion plans using a graph-of-convex-sets approach. The goal is to achieve time-optimal robot trajectories that are guaranteed to satisfy constraints, such as collision avoidance, end-effector pose and recipe-specific dynamic limits. The planning service includes a plurality of microservices, including one or more of a motion planner, an artifact builder, a visualizer, a planner, a service API and a service client. The planning service can use a combination of discrete and smooth optimizations under a graph of convex sets approach.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A motion planning system for providing a motion plan for robot motion, comprising: a motion planner receiving a motion planning problem and generating the motion plan; an artifact builder generating one or more planning artifacts; a visualizer displaying the given context in a visualizer session; and a service client providing an interface for an end user.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
MICROSERVICE-BASED SOLUTION FOR ROBOT MOTION PLANNING
Publication number
US20260326295A1
Application number
19185940
Filed
Apr 22, 2025
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

B25J 9/1664 Operations & transport
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