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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy G. Dietz, Reading, MA (US);
Pablo Hernández-Becerro, Somerville, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated intelligent opening of cardboard containers and related container types devices. In one embodiment, an example system may include a container opening device, and a controller configured to determine a first image of a first package, determine, using the first image, a first cut path for the container opening device, and determine, using the first image, a first type of packaging material of the first package. The controller may determine, using the first type of packaging material and a first machine learning model, a first amount of axial force to apply to the external surface of the first package via the container opening device, and cause the container opening device to (i) apply the first amount of axial force to the external surface of the first package, and (ii) move along the first cut path to open the first package.