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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Parris S. Wellman, Reading, MA (US);
Beth A. Marcus, Bedford, MA (US);
Gregory Coleman, Somerville, MA (US);
Manikantan Nambi, Malden, MA (US);
Erica Aduh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy G. Dietz, Reading, MA (US);
Leonard Thomas Lilliston, III, Sudbury, MA (US);
Margaret Jean Williams George, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jonas Eichenberger, Zürich, CH;
Mathias Moser, Zürich, CH;
Dominique Ernst, Zürich, CH;
Ueli Schlaepfer, Affoltern am Albis, CH;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects described herein include an end effector capable of prehending items using impactive and astrictive forces. The end effector includes an interface system having a deformable mounting plate and a pliable body member attached to the mounting plate. The end effector further includes a linkage system between a plurality of actuators and the interface system. The linkage system connects to lateral portions of the mounting plate.