Grabit, Inc.

Patrick Wang

Harsha Prahlad

Susan Kim

Matthew Thomas Leettola

Patrick Conall Regan

Kuo-Hung Lee

Chih-Chi Chang

Dragan Jurkovic

Chang-Chu Liao

Richard J Casler

Kenneth Tan

Po Cheng Chen

Aishwarya Varadhan

John Mathew Farren

Jon Smith

Ming-Feng Jean

Howard Fu

Honam Ko

Tsung Tai Chien

TaeHoun Kim

Robert Roy

Charlie S Duncheon

Greg Miller

Pat Bournes

Eric Winger

Steven J Annen

Qingde Chen

John Matthew Farren

Taehoun Kim

Tae-Houn Kim

Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology for the pick-up and release of materials, respectively.

Methods and systems for electroadhesion-based manipulation in manufacturing

Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology, either as a sole modality of handling such materials or in concert with vacuum for the pick up and release of materials, respectively.

Methods and systems for combined negative pressure and electroadhesion-based manipulation in manufacturing

Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology, either as a sole modality of handling such materials or in concert with at least one mechanically actuated modality for the pick-up and release of materials, respectively. The mechanically actuated modality in one embodiment is configured as a netting configured to be placed over a contact surface of an electroadhesive plate to facilitate the handling of an object.

Methods and systems for electroadhesion-based manipulation and mechanical release in manufacturing

Provided herein are solutions to automated material handling comprising systems that allow automated 'each pick handling' without requiring the complexity of robotic grasping. Numerous examples of pre-configurable and reconfigurable transport containers, partitioning devices, and automated container configuration stations are described in addition to methods of use and associated material handling systems that utilize such containers. Further described are containers that are individually configured or customized according to specific lot sizes to more efficiently and optimally contain, store and distribute articles as a component of a picking system. Configurable containers or 'totes' may be customized on a per-order basis to create optimally configured containers that maximize the use of space in a container, on a single-item-per-space basis, regardless of item quantity, size or volume, by customizing the size of each space within a container or tote. Still further, each containment area comprises a releasable surface that allows for picking of an item by utilizing gravity in lieu of a robotic gripper.

Automated item handling with reconfigurable totes

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Patrick Wang