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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Jordan Cedarleaf-Pavy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Austen Poteet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Ryan, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Leo Tondreau, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Kell, Millbrae, CA (US);
Harshit Shah, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic system is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface, and one or more processors coupled to the communication interface and configured to: receive, via the communication interface, data associated with a plurality of items within a workspace, determine to control a flow of items on a chute based at least in part on the data associated with the plurality of items within the workspace, and in response to determining to control the flow of items, implement to control the flow of items at least by controlling a flow disrupter move in a manner that causes the flow of items to change, wherein the flow disrupter is flush with the chute when the flow disrupter is not deployed to impede the flow of items.