公开(公告)号：US20230271323A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18109611

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： Zhouwen Sun ,  Michael Fisher ,  Robert Holmberg ,  Harry Zhe Su ,  Talbot Morris-Downing ,  Timothy Ryan ,  Samir Menon

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/12 ,  B25J5/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1669 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/126 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  B65G67/02

Abstract: A robotic system is disclosed which includes a robotic arm having n degrees of freedom, the robotic arm comprising a base and a set of serially connected links and joints connected to the base; an enabler joint assembly comprising a mounting location at which the base of the robotic arm is mounted and having a rotational axis, offset from the mounting location, about which the enabler joint assembly is configured to rotate the mounting location; and a processor configured to control a first set of motors associated with the n degrees of freedom of the robotic arm and an enabler joint motor comprising the enabler joint assembly to control operation of the robotic arm within an extended operating space defined at least in part by the n degrees of freedom of the robotic arm and an (n+1)th degree of freedom provided by the enabler joint assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20230242353A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18100751

申请日：2023-01-24

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： David Leo Tondreau, III ,  Jordan Cedarleaf-Pavy ,  Austen Poteet ,  Harshit Shah ,  Timothy Ryan ,  Talbot Morris-Downing ,  Toby Leonard Baker ,  Shitij Kumar ,  Rob Markota

IPC: B65G47/90 ,  B65G47/88 ,  B65G47/14 ,  B65G47/18

CPC classification number: B65G47/905 ,  B65G47/8892 ,  B65G47/1492 ,  B65G47/18 ,  B65G2203/0225 ,  B65G2203/0241 ,  B65G2203/025 ,  B65G2203/041 ,  B65G2203/042

Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for controlling a gating structure to mediate a flow of items an input source to a pick area. The system includes: (i) the gating structure, which is configured to use a plurality of gate elements to mediate a flow of items from the input source to the pick area, (ii) a sensor configured to provide a sensor output associated with the pick area, and (iii) a processor configured to provide a control input to the gating structure to adjust a configuration of one or more of the plurality of gating elements based at least in part on the sensor output. The sensor output comprises the sensor output comprises one or more of a flow rate, a number, and an orientation of objects in an area associated with picking of objects by one or more robots. The control input is determined based at least in part on one or more of the flow rate, the number, and the orientation of objects in the area associated with picking of objects by one or more robots.

公开(公告)号：US20220324658A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17550408

申请日：2021-12-14

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： Jordan Cedarleaf-Pavy ,  Austen Poteet ,  Timothy Ryan ,  David Leo Tondreau, III ,  Adam Kell ,  Harshit Shah

IPC: B65G47/90

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220289502A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17202040

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： Zhouwen Sun ,  Harry Zhe Su ,  Talbot Morris-Downing ,  David Leo Tondreau, III ,  Toby Leonard Baker ,  Timothy Ryan ,  Ayush Sharma ,  Raphael Georg Wirth ,  Cyril Nader

IPC: B65G47/91 ,  B25J15/06 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08

Abstract: A robotic singulation system is disclosed. In various embodiments, sensor data including data associated with an item present in a workspace is received. The sensor data is used to determine and implement a plan to autonomously operate a robotic structure to move and place the item singly in a corresponding location in a singulation conveyance structure. The plan takes into consideration an attribute of the item determined based at least in part on the sensor data.