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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, IN;
Venkatesh Prasad Bangalore Srinivas, Bangalore, IN;
Pradeep Prabhakar Kamble, Bangalore, IN;
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, IN;
Abstract
Object manipulation space optimization is a challenging task and used in applications such as heat treatment operation and transport packaging. Traditionally manual intervention is involved to grasp and place the objects for ensuring multi object stacking with zero gap between adjacent objects. This leads to higher cost infrastructure and low productivity. Further, conventional gripper devices fail to optimize object manipulation space and are unable to handle objects of different cross sections with larger lengths. The present disclosure provides a gripper apparatus addressing a single gripper design comprising an adaptor holding unit with a provision for different modular object holding units which are varied in accordance with size, shape and length of the object to be grasped and placed by the gripper apparatus. The modular object holding unit comprises a plurality of fingers which are actuated for grasping and stacking one or more objects such that object manipulation space is optimized.