Reinforcement learning is the latest trend in robotics. There is a tremendous growth in the patent application from the year 2017 onwards and most of the applications are published in the year 2019.
The relevant patents are mostly found related to the generic aspects of robotics. There are some patents related to various other applications such as under water robot, mobile robots, robotic arms, industrials robots, humanoids and other application of robotics including hexapod, Quadra pod, soccer playing and so on. Our Article sheds light on the patent overview and also provides for a list of companies who are utilizing reinforcement learning in Robotics.