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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2021
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Bretton Anderson, Westford, MA (US);
Calvin Toothaker, Medford, MA (US);
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed for use with a vacuum source. The end-effector includes an end-effector attachment portion for attaching the end-effector to the programmable motion device, the end-effector attachment portion including a vacuum channel coupled to the vacuum source, a contact portion of the end-effector for contacting an object to be acquired by the contact portion of the end-effector, a flexible intermediate section including a contact end of the flexible intermediate portion proximate the contact portion of the end-effector, the flexible intermediate section of the end-effector being intermediate the end-effector attachment portion and the contact portion of the end-effector, the flexible intermediate section including a bellows portion that extends radially outwardly of the vacuum channel, and a bellows insert that extends into the flexible intermediate section.