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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Kyle A. Crum, Bayside, WI (US);
Robert H. Schmidt, Mequon, WI (US);
David A. Vasko, Hartland, WI (US);
Neil R. Bentley, Boston, MA (US);
Tracy M. Clark, Boston, MA (US);
Michael D. Cook, Mequon, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial transportation system includes one or more movers and a robot system. The robot system is configured to load one or more items on the surface of respective movers and unload the one or more items from the surface of respective movers. Each of the one or more movers includes a first surface configured to provide reversible adhesion between the mover and an item loaded on the mover. The reversible adhesion of the surface is activated at loading and deactivated at unloading.