DANIEL RODRIGUEZ

ENTREPRENEUR / INVENTOR / COMPUTER SCIENTIST

"I build the company, the technology, and the operating model as one system."

For more than two decades, I have built enterprise platforms and founded ventures across successive technology cycles—from software and robotics to AI, fintech, and decentralized infrastructure.My work spans the full path from recognizing an opportunity and defining the strategy to assembling the team, creating the technology, and bringing the model into real-world operation—with a focus on practical, durable value.

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Patent No.: US10,228,694B2 - DRONE AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODSApplied Date: Mar. 2017
Granted Date: Mar. 2019

Daniel is the inventor of U.S. Patent 10,228,694 B2, “Drone and Robot Control Systems and Methods,” issued on March 12, 2019. The patent covers the ALIVE architecture, a common operating foundation for managing robotic devices across land, air, sea, and space. It addresses motion control, dynamic and plug-and-play sensor configuration, field-data processing, localization, and area mapping.ALIVE was designed to replace separate software stacks for each hardware configuration with a unified robotics ecosystem. It supports hardware control, computer vision, audio processing, machine-learning workflows, operator authentication, remote control, swarm coordination, security, and fleet operations. By combining control, perception, mapping, and data processing, the architecture enables robotics to function as scalable enterprise infrastructure rather than as isolated machines.The architecture builds on established work in robotics, UAV safety, modular platforms, and autonomous navigation. Its cited prior art includes the General Purpose Robotics Operating System, Safely Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civilian Airspace, Systems and Methods for Drone Navigation, Trainable Modular Robotic Apparatus and Methods, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platform. ALIVE extends these foundations into an integrated platform supporting applications such as agriculture, infrastructure inspection, logistics, security, surveying, and search and rescue.The patent family has since been cited by more than 50 later patent families, including technologies from the U.S. Air Force, NVIDIA, General Electric, TuSimple, Nuro, and Wing Aviation. These citations span bio-hybrid aerial vehicles, immersive remote operation, automated robotic surveying, semantic image localization, autonomous delivery fleets, UAV logistics, swarm robotics, industrial inspection, and sensor-driven navigation.Related robotics and AI work was recognized by CIOReview among the 20 Most Promising Robotics Solution Providers of 2016 and 20 Most Promising AI Solution Providers of 2017. Daniel also participated in the 2016 AI XPRIZE challenge, was included among the Top 100 AI Leaders in Business, and built robotics-focused online communities reaching tens of thousands of followers between 2008 and 2012.

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These citations place the patent within later work involving autonomous robotics, drone logistics, industrial inspection, autonomous vehicles, machine vision, remote operation, swarm coordination, delivery infrastructure, security, and sensor-driven navigation.Patent citations indicate that the work was considered relevant during later patent disclosure or examination; they do not, by themselves, imply a partnership, license, endorsement, adoption, or commercial relationship with any cited organization.

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