US Patent Issued to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates on June 23 for "Computer system and method for real-time autonomous path planning and system and method for planning motion of a robotic device and parts thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,809, issued on June 23, was assigned to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Inc. (Brampton, Canada).

"Computer system and method for real-time autonomous path planning and system and method for planning motion of a robotic device and parts thereof" was invented by Robert Magner (Toronto), Adam Philip (Toronto), Robert Lucas (Brampton, Canada) and Bahareh Ghotbi (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for real-time autonomous path planning for a robotic device. The method includes receiving data about the robotic device in a three-dimensional workspace, encapsul...