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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Neil Neville, Waltham, MA (US);
Kevin Blankespoor, Arlington, MA (US);
Jennifer Barry, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexander Douglas Perkins, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON DYNAMICS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65G 57/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0096 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B65G 57/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for palletizing by a robot includes positioning an object at an initial position adjacent to a target object location, tilting the object at an angle relative to a ground plane, shifting the object in a first direction from the initial position toward a first alignment position, shifting the object in a second direction from the first alignment position toward a second alignment position, and releasing the object from the robot to pivot the object toward the target object location.