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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2023
Agility Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Martin Fevre, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Tyler Morrison, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Taylor Apgar, Portland, OR (US);
Alejandro Perez, Manchester, NH (US);
Agility Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes moving a robot toward a shelf carrying a tote. The method further includes nonprehensilely tilting the tote and nonprehensilely pulling the tote toward a body of the robot. The tilting and pulling occur while the tote is in contact with the shelf and while exerting a first compressive force on the tote via contact between opposing arms of the robot and respective side portions of the tote spaced apart from one another along a width of the tote. Next, the method includes repositioning the arms and prehensilely lifting the tote from the shelf while exerting a second, greater compressive force on the tote via contact between the arms and the respective side portions of the tote. Finally, the method includes carrying the tote away from the shelf via legged locomotion.