Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stable grasp point selection for robotic grippers with machine vision and ultrasound beam forming
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Application No.: US14794648Application Date: 2015-07-08
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Publication No.: US09889564B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Harm Stefan Cronie
- Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Turk IP Law, LLC
- Main IPC: B25J9/16
- IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract:
Technologies are generally described for grasp point selection for robotic grippers through machine vision and ultrasound beam based deformation. The grasp point selection may aim to increase a probability that the grasp points on an object behave in a substantially similar way when a robotic gripper executes a corresponding grasp on the object. According to some examples, an outline of an object may be extracted from a three-dimensional (3D) image of the object and a set of points may be selected as candidate grasp points from the outline based on the candidate grasp points' potential to achieve force closure. One or more ultrasound transducers may be used to exert a local force on the candidate grasp points through an ultrasound beam and resulting local deformations may be recorded. Final grasp points may be selected based on having similar response to the force applied by the ultrasound transducers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170008172A1 STABLE GRASP POINT SELECTION FOR ROBOTIC GRIPPERS WITH MACHINE VISION AND ULTRASOUND BEAM FORMING Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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