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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Neil Neville, Waltham, MA (US);
Kevin Blankespoor, Arlington, MA (US);
Jennifer Barry, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander Douglas Perkins, Arlington, MA (US);
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for palletizing includes receiving a target box location for a box grasped by the end-effector, the box having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces. The method also includes positioning the box at an initial position adjacent to the target box location and tilting the box at an angle relative to a ground plane where the angle is formed between the ground plane and the bottom surface. The method further includes shifting the box from the initial position in a first direction to a first alignment position that satisfies a threshold first alignment distance, shifting the box from the first alignment position in a second direction to the target box location that satisfies a threshold second alignment distance, and releasing the box from the end-effector. The release of the box causes the box to pivot toward a boundary edge of the target box location.