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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Tye Brady, Southborough, MA (US);
Anthony Catacchio, Nashua, NH (US);
Brendan Patrick Collins, Manchester, NH (US);
Gregory Longtine, Sudbury, MA (US);
Jon Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Taylor Tobin, Nashua, NH (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Features are disclosed for an end effector for automated identification and handling of an object. The end effector includes an entangling structure that can be positioned over an entanglement point of an overpackage in which a desired object is location using sensors. Using the location information, the end effector can identify a path to the entanglement location and detect whether the overpackage is engaged by detecting environmental changes at the end effector.