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公开(公告)号:US12151889B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US17514955
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Cohen , Christopher Geyer , Thomas Koletschka , Jay Link , Joshua Lurz , Matthew T. Mason , Richard Musgrave , Ryan O'Hern , Gene Temple Price , Joseph Romano , Prasanna Velagapudi , Thomas Wagner , Jeremy Saslaw
Abstract: An automated packing system is disclosed for placing a plurality of objects into a shipping container. The system includes a supply bin receiving conveyor for receiving a supply bin at a supply station, a destination container location assessment system for positioning a destination container, a detection system for detecting a plurality of objects within the supply bin responsive to the position of the supply bin on the receiving conveyor as aligned by the alignment system, an object selection system for selecting a selected object from the plurality of objects to be placed into the shipping container, and a programmable motion device for grasping and acquiring the selected object from the plurality of objects at the supply station, and for placing the selected object into the shipping container in a selected orientation.
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公开(公告)号:US12151372B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US16802810
申请日:2020-02-27
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Calvin Toothaker , Alexander Paxson , Victoria Hinchey , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Benjamin Cohen , Christopher Geyer , Matthew T. Mason , Thomas Wagner
Abstract: A programmable motion robotic system is disclosed that includes a plurality of arm sections that are joined one to another at a plurality of joints to form an articulated arm; and a hose coupling an end effector of the programmable motion robotic system to a vacuum source, the hose being attached, in a joint portion of the hose, to at least two adjacent arm sections of the plurality of arm sections mutually attached to a joint of the plurality of joints such that the joint portion of the hose remains substantially outside of any plane defined by motion of the mutually adjacent arm sections when rotated about the joint.
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公开(公告)号:US12151364B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18384874
申请日:2023-10-29
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , Benjamin Cohen , Michael Dawson-Haggerty , Christopher Geyer , Thomas Koletschka , Kyle Maroney , Matthew T. Mason , Gene Temple Price , Joseph Romano , Daniel Smith , Siddhartha Srinivasa , Prasanna Velagapudi , Thomas Allen
Abstract: An end effector system is disclosed for a robotic system that includes a primary acquisition system that includes a primary end effector, and a secondary retention system that substantially surrounds at least a portion of the primary acquisition system, wherein at least a portion of the primary acquisition system may be drawn up within at least a portion of the secondary retention system such that the primary end effector system may be used to select an object from a plurality of objects, and the secondary retention system may be used to secure the object for rapid transport to an output destination.
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公开(公告)号:US12145798B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-19
申请号:US18368585
申请日:2023-09-15
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Benjamin Cohen , Michael Dawson-Haggerty , William Hartman Fort , Christopher Geyer , Jennifer Eileen King , Thomas Koletschka , Michael Cap Koval , Kyle Maroney , Matthew T. Mason , William Chu-Hyon McMahan , Gene Temple Price , Joseph Romano , Daniel Smith , Siddhartha Srinivasa , Prasanna Velagapudi , Thomas Allen
Abstract: A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects is disclosed. The storage, retrieval and processing system includes a plurality of storage bins providing storage of a plurality of objects, where the plurality of storage bins is in communication with a bin conveyance system for moving selected storage bins to a storage bin processing location, a programmable motion device in communication with the bin processing location for receiving a selected storage bin from the plurality of bins, where the programmable motion device includes an end effector for grasping and moving a selected object out of a selected storage bin, and a plurality of destination bins in communication with the bin conveyance system for moving a selected destination bin from a destination bin processing location that is proximate the programmable motion device to the plurality of destination bins.
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公开(公告)号:US12141650B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US18207971
申请日:2023-06-09
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Benjamin Cohen , Michael Dawson-Haggerty , William Hartman Fort , Christopher Geyer , Jennifer Eileen King , Thomas Koletschka , Michael Cap Koval , Kyle Maroney , Matthew T. Mason , William Chu-Hyon McMahan , Gene Temple Price , Joseph Romano , Daniel Smith , Siddhartha Srinivasa , Prasanna Velagapudi , Thomas Allen
Abstract: A method of processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects and directing the plurality of objects toward an input area from at least one input conveyance system, acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at the input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, and moving the acquired object toward an identified processing location using the programmable motion device, said identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location being provided as one of a plurality of processing locations that are radially spaced from the programmable motion device.
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公开(公告)号:US12134525B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-05
申请号:US17742611
申请日:2022-05-12
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Bretton Anderson , John Richard Amend, Jr.
Abstract: A container jostling system for jostling objects within a container is disclosed, where the container is positioned on a conveyor that includes a plurality of rollers that are mutually spaced from one another. The container jostling system includes at least one container contact element that is movable vertically between at least two rollers of the conveyor, and is movable horizontally in a direction that is substantially parallel with the at least two rollers.
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公开(公告)号:US20240359328A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18761968
申请日:2024-07-02
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas WAGNER , Kevin AHEARN , Benjamin COHEN , Michael DAWSON-HAGGERTY , Christopher GEYER , Thomas KOLETSCHKA , Kyle MARONEY , Matthew T. MASON , Gene Temple PRICE , Joseph ROMANO , Daniel Carlton SMITH , Siddhartha SRINIVASA , Prasanna VELAGAPUDI , Thomas ALLEN
CPC classification number: B25J9/1669 , B07C3/18 , B07C5/36 , B25J9/0093 , B25J9/1612 , B25J9/1664 , B25J9/1687 , B25J9/1697 , B25J19/04 , G05B19/4183 , G05B2219/32037 , G05B2219/39106 , G05B2219/39295 , G05B2219/39476 , G05B2219/39484 , G05B2219/39504 , G05B2219/39548 , G05B2219/40053 , G05B2219/40078 , G05B2219/40116 , G05B2219/40538 , G05B2219/45045 , Y02P90/02
Abstract: A sortation system is disclosed that includes a programmable motion device including an end effector, a perception system for recognizing any of the identity, location, and orientation of an object presented in a plurality of objects, a grasp selection system for selecting a grasp location on the object, the grasp location being chosen to provide a secure grasp of the object by the end effector to permit the object to be moved from the plurality of objects to one of a plurality of destination locations, and a motion planning system for providing a motion path for the transport of the object when grasped by the end effector from the plurality of objects to the one of the plurality of destination locations, wherein the motion path is chosen to provide a path from the plurality of objects to the one of the plurality of destination locations.
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公开(公告)号:US12129127B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US18384893
申请日:2023-10-30
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas Allen , Benjamin Cohen , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Joseph Romano
CPC classification number: B65G43/08 , B65G37/005 , B65G67/40
Abstract: A system is disclosed for receiving a plurality of objects from an elevated trailer of a tractor trailer. The system includes a collection conveyor extending between a base end and a coupled end, the coupled end being rotatably coupled to an evacuation conveyor, said collection conveyor including an object facing surface between the base end and the coupled end for receiving the plurality of objects, said collection conveyor being rotatably adjustable with respect to the evacuation conveyor at the coupled end, and both the evacuation conveyor and the coupled end of the collection conveyor being elevationally adjustable.
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公开(公告)号:US20240330626A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18735398
申请日:2024-06-06
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas Wagner , Matthew T. Mason , Christopher Geyer , John Richard Amend, JR. , Kyle Maroney , Joseph Romano , Victoria Hinchey , Jeffrey Kittredge , Andrew Gauthier , Lakshman Kumar , Prasanna Velagapudi
CPC classification number: G06K7/10693 , B07C5/3412 , B65G1/1378 , B65G25/04 , B65G47/12 , B65G47/18 , B65G47/46 , B65G47/962 , B65G2203/041
Abstract: An induction system for filtering the induction of objects to an object processing system is disclosed. The induction system includes an evaluation means for evaluating at least one characteristic of an object, and a routing system for routing the object in one of a plurality of directions responsive to the evaluated characteristic, at least one of the plurality of directions leading to the object processing system.
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公开(公告)号:US20240327145A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18620846
申请日:2024-03-28
Applicant: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
Inventor: Joseph Corey MICHAL
CPC classification number: B65G67/24 , B65G47/918
Abstract: An object processing system is disclosed that includes a mobile system for moving from a proximal location toward a plurality of objects in a trailer of a tractor trailer, said mobile unit including at least one conveyor section for transporting any objects on the at least one conveyor section out of the trailer, the at least one conveyor section including a leading edge at a front of the mobile system as the mobile system moves toward the collection of objects in the trailer, and a pair of front wheel assemblies that each include a pair of wheels mounted on a frame that is pivotally attached to a chassis of the mobile system, wherein each wheel assembly includes a drive system that is also mounted on the frame such that the wheel assemblies are pivotable with respect to the chassis while being driven by the drive system.
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