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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoko Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 13/082 (2013.01); B25J 13/084 (2013.01); B25J 15/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gripping control device according to the present disclosure includes: a detector that detects displacement in a normal direction of each of a plurality of elastic bodies each having a curved surface shape, the plurality of elastic bodies provided for each of a plurality of fingertips that is in contact with a gripped object; and a calculation section that calculates a contact surface normal of each of the fingertips to the gripped object on the basis of a result of detection by the detector.