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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2021
Schmalz Flexible Gripping Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Joshua Aaron Lessing, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kevin Alcedo, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Ryan Richard Knopf, Melrose, MA (US);
Daniel Vincent Harburg, Amsterdam, NL;
Schmalz Flexible Gripping Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide modular robotic systems that allow one or more operation parameters of a robotic actuator, or group of actuators, to be dynamically configured or reconfigured. The operation parameters may be, for example, the X, Y, and/or Z position of the actuator or group of actuators with respect to other actuators, the arrangement of the actuator(s) into an array or matrix, the rotation or pitch of an actuator, the distance between actuators, the grip strength or grip surface of an actuator, etc. Accordingly, the same robotic manipulator(s) may be used for multiple purposes in multiple different contexts, manipulators can be swapped out on-the-fly, and robotic systems may be dynamically reconfigured to perform new tasks.