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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Monotony.ai, Inc., Allston, MA (US);
Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kevin M. LeBlanc, Medford, MA (US);
Wilson J. Mefford, Watertown, MA (US);
Elliot Sinclair Pennington, Lexington, MA (US);
Laura E. Schwartz, Newtonville, MA (US);
Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);
Carter J. Ithier, Hooksett, NH (US);
Samuel Duffley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for autonomously folding a deformable article includes a rotatable platform configured to receive the deformable article and at least one movable elongation in operable communication with at least one elongation drive. The at least one movable elongation is configured to raise and lower from the surface of the rotatable platform, move parallel to the surface, and manipulate the deformable article to thereby fold the deformable article at one of the one or more fold lines. The device includes a table drive configured to rotate the rotatable platform about a central axis such that the at least one elongation aligns with one of the one or more fold lines, and at least one sensor configured to detect the deformable article position and orientation on the rotatable platform. A controller is in operable communication with the at least one elongation drive, the table drive, and the at least one sensor.