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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Parris S. Wellman, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 15/008 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39466 (2013.01); Y10S 901/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Inventory handlers can include one or more gripping elements connected with a gripping assembly. The gripping element or elements can be subjected to shear force when in contact with inventory items such that the anisotropically adhesive surface engages an inventory item with an adhesive force. Inventory systems can employ robotic inventory handlers as described to lift and displace inventory items using the adhesive force.