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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Calvin Toothaker, Medford, MA (US);

Alexander Paxson, Acton, MA (US);

Victoria Hinchey, Winchester, MA (US);

John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);

Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US);

Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);

Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B25J 17/0258 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01); B25J 18/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A programmable motion robotic system is disclosed that includes a plurality of arm sections that are joined one to another at a plurality of joints to form an articulated arm; and a hose coupling an end effector of the programmable motion robotic system to a vacuum source, the hose being attached, in a joint portion of the hose, to at least two adjacent arm sections of the plurality of arm sections mutually attached to a joint of the plurality of joints such that the joint portion of the hose remains substantially outside of any plane defined by motion of the mutually adjacent arm sections when rotated about the joint.


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