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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US);
John Richard Amend, Jr., Arlington, MA (US);
Benjamin Cohen, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Hartman Fort, Stratham, NH (US);
Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Jennifer Eileen King, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Thomas Koletschka, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Cap Koval, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kyle Maroney, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Matthew T. Mason, Atlanta, GA (US);
William Chu-Hyon McMahan, North Cambridge, MA (US);
Gene Temple Price, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Smith, Wexford, PA (US);
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US);
Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US);
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A system including a programmable motion device and an end effector for grasping objects to be moved by the programmable motion device is disclosed. The system includes a vacuum source that provides a high flow vacuum such that an object may be grasped at an end effector opening while permitting a substantial flow of air through the opening, and a dead-head limitation system for limiting any effects of dead-heading on the vacuum source in the event that a flow of air to the vacuum source is interrupted.