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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Soft Robotics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Curhan, Bedford, MA (US);
Brendan Cavanaugh, Bedford, MA (US);
William Gunner, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
SOFT ROBOTICS, INC., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0023 (2013.01); B25J 15/0253 (2013.01); B25J 15/10 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01); B65B 5/105 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01); B65G 47/908 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for picking polybagged articles includes targeting the polybagged article, placing a multistage gripper adjacent the polybagged article, tenting, pressing on, or suspending the polybagged article from the tenting tool, and gathering the polybagged article with a perimeter gripper.