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公开(公告)号:US20220055231A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-24
申请号:US17504977
申请日:2021-10-19
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , 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
摘要: An end effector is disclosed for an articulated arm. The end effector includes a valve assembly including a plurality of supply channels, each supply channel including a supply conduit, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the supply conduit, and a supply conduit plug. The supply conduit is in fluid communication with a vacuum source. During use, each supply conduit is either at vacuum such that the pressure within the supply conduit is substantially at a vacuum pressure, or is at a pressure that is substantially higher than vacuum pressure because the supply conduit plug has moved to block a portion of the supply conduit. The pressure sensor of each supply conduit provides a pressure sensor signal responsive to whether the pressure in the conduit is either substantially at vacuum or is at a pressure that is substantially higher than vacuum.
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公开(公告)号:US11203115B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-21
申请号:US16825010
申请日:2020-03-20
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: A programmable motion system is disclosed that includes a dynamic end effector system. The dynamic end effector system includes an end effector that is coupled via a dynamic coupling to the programmable motion system, wherein the dynamic coupling provides that at least a portion of the end effector may spin with respect to an other portion of the end effector.
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公开(公告)号:US11123866B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
申请号:US16408065
申请日:2019-05-09
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: A processing system is disclosed for providing processing of homogenous and non-homogenous objects in both structured and cluttered environments. The processing system 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 at an input location, a grasp acquisition system for acquiring the object using the end effector to permit the object to be moved from the plurality of objects to one of a plurality of destination bins, and a motion planning system for determining a changing portion of a trajectory path of the end effector from the object to a base location proximate to the input location, and determining an unchanging portion of a trajectory path of the end effector from the base location to a destination bin location proximate to a destination bin, wherein the unchanging portion of the trajectory path is chosen to provide a path from the base location to the destination bin location that is consistent with paths taken by other objects.
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公开(公告)号:US20210101749A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-08
申请号:US17124925
申请日:2020-12-17
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: 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:US10941000B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US15934396
申请日:2018-03-23
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Benjamin Cohen , Michael Dawson-Haggerty , William Hartman Fort , Christopher Geyer , Victoria Hinchey , 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
摘要: 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. The identified processing location is associated with the identifying indicia and the identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing locations along a first direction. The step of moving the acquired object includes moving the programmable motion device along a second direction that is substantially parallel with the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US10913614B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-09
申请号:US16703540
申请日:2019-12-04
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects.
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公开(公告)号:US10894674B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-19
申请号:US15926767
申请日:2018-03-20
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: Thomas Wagner , Kevin Ahearn , John Richard Amend, Jr. , Benjamin Cohen , Michael Dawson-Haggerty , William Hartman Fort , Christopher Geyer , Victoria Hinchey , 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
摘要: A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects is disclosed. The storage, retrieval and processing system includes a storage bin system for receiving at a first end thereof, a plurality of storage bins providing storage of a plurality of objects, a retrieval conveyance system at a second end of the storage bin system that is generally opposite the first end of the storage bin system, where the retrieval conveyance system is in communication with the plurality of storage bins, a programmable motion device in communication with the retrieval conveyance system for receiving the storage bins from the plurality of storage 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 destination bin system for receiving the selected object from the end effector of the programmable motion device at first end of the destination bin system, and the destination bin system provides access to the plurality of destination bins at a second end thereof that is generally opposite the first end of the destination bin system.
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公开(公告)号:US10857682B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-08
申请号:US16704463
申请日:2019-12-05
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a high flow vacuum source that provides an opening with an area of high flow vacuum at the end effector such that objects may be engaged while permitting substantial flow of air through the opening, and a load detection system for characterizing the load presented by the object.
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公开(公告)号:US20200377308A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:US16995015
申请日:2020-08-17
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
IPC分类号: B65G47/49 , G05B19/418 , B65G47/40 , B65G47/82
摘要: A processing system is disclosed for processing objects. The processing system includes a perception system for providing perception data regarding an object, and a primary transport system for providing transport of the object along a primary direction toward a processing location that is identified based on the perception data.
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公开(公告)号:US20200369470A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16993364
申请日:2020-08-14
申请人: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
发明人: 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
摘要: 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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