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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;
Duncan Russell, Hatfield, GB;
Panagiotis Sotiropoulos, Hatfield, GB;
OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Hatfield, GB;
Abstract
An affordance is disclosed which allows a robot system to pick an expanded range of items using a single type of end effector, without requiring the use of different end effectors. The affordance includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is arranged to be grasped by an end effector of the robot system and the second layer is arranged to adhere to the item. A system having an affordance and a robot system with an end effector arranged to grasp at least one item from storage by way of the affordance is also disclosed.
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