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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Erik C. Sobel, Newton, MA (US);
Calder Phillips-Grafflin, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Aimee Goncalves, Kingston, MA (US);
Guy Danner, Somerville, MA (US);
Ira Spool, Brookline, MA (US);
Jonathan Kalow, Cambridge, MA (US);
Nicholas Brennan, Somerville, MA (US);
Seth Newburg, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph Fenton, Uxbridge, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic grommet installer includes a robotic arm and an installation unit. The installation unit includes a rotary grommet holder rotatively coupled to the robotic arm and an installer coupled to the robotic arm. The rotary grommet holder includes a plurality of grommet chambers spaced circumferentially about a rotational axis of the rotary grommet holder. Each grommet chamber of the plurality of grommet chambers is configured to hold a plurality of grommets. The installer is configured to retrieve a grommet from the rotary grommet holder, wherein the rotary grommet holder is configured to rotate to align the installer with an available grommet positioned within one of the plurality of grommet chambers.