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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2021
Monotony.ai, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Elliot Sinclair Pennington, Lexington, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Samuel Duffley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Samuel M. Felton, Belmont, MA (US);
Wilson J. Mefford, Somerville, MA (US);
Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US);
Ross O. Schlaikjer, Somerville, MA (US);
Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);
Noa M. Rensing, West Newton, MA (US);
Marissa A. Bennett, Waltham, MA (US);
MONOTONY.AI, INC., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously separating a mass of clean laundry into single articles for folding and/or packing include autonomous separating device. The device includes a platform including a plurality of sequential work volumes and a stationary floor extending between an inlet end and an outlet end of the platform, a plurality of arms disposed in series along the platform for rotating, tilting, extending, and retracting a terminal gripper of each arm into an associated work volume for grabbing at least one of a plurality of laundry articles and passing the at least one laundry article to an adjacent work volume for grasping and hoisting by an adjacent arm. The device includes a bin, platform, conveyor and/or repositioning robot adjacent the outlet end for receiving each single article one at a time as each separate article passes beyond the outlet end.