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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Enrique Gonzalez Diaz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Fan Wang, Woburn, MA (US);
Jane Shi, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A gripping tool includes first and second fingers coupled to a base member such that a distance between the first and second fingers is adjustable. First and second grippers are attached to the first and second fingers, respectively. The first and second grippers each have a compliant gripping surface and are each selectively expandable so as to reduce the distance and grip select portions of an item. A first actuator is operatively coupled to the first gripper and is configured to selectively expand the first gripper in a first direction. A second actuator is operatively coupled to the second gripper and is configured to selectively expand the second gripper in a second direction. At least one of the first and second actuators is configured to vary an expansion force of the respective first gripper in the first direction or the second gripper in the second direction.