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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Zhouwen Sun, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Holmberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shitij Kumar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeesu Baek, San Mateo, CA (US);
Joseph Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Kishore Ranganath Ramakrishnan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Lovett, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An end effector is disclosed. The end effector includes a first set of one or more suction cups of a first size having a first diameter, and a second set of one or more suction cups of a second size having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The end effector further includes a first actuation mechanism configured to apply suction to at least a subset of the first set of suction cups independently of actuation of the second set of suction cups and a second actuation mechanism configured to apply suction to at least a subset of the second set of suction cups independently of actuation of the first set of suction cups.