US Patent Issued to Piaggio Fast Forward on Aug. 18 for "Door opening detection for a mobile robot" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,759, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Piaggio Fast Forward Inc. (Boston).

"Door opening detection for a mobile robot" was invented by Brad Steiner (Boston) and Derek McColl (Melrose, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are disclosed that allow a robot, equipped with sensors and processors, to develop maps of its surroundings as it moves through a human environment, and to use these maps to detect and identify open doors, which it can then move through. Robots are disclosed to develop and use such maps to detect and identify open doors and move therethrough."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2025, under Application No. 19/2...