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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Kindred Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Keyes, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Gabriel Hallock, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas John Hummel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jun Jeong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sara Wojciechowski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Whittington, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;
Abstract
A robotic manipulator includes a first stage, a second stage, a third stage, and an actuator that actuates movement of the second stage with respect to the first stage. Movement of the second stage with respect to the first stage passively drives movement of the third stage with respect to the second stage. In some embodiments, the passive driving is achieved using one or more cables. In other embodiments, the passive driving is achieved using rack and pinion components. The robotic manipulator may further include additional stages, wherein movement of preceding stages passively drives movement of succeeding stages.