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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Kinema Systems Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sachin Chitta, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Hershberger, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karl Pauwels, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kinema Systems Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40006 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40607 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described that enable robotic picking systems to locate and pick boxes from an unstructured pallet using computer vision and/or one or more 'exploratory picks' to determine the sizes and locations of boxes on the pallet.