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：US20230321825A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18126306

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： Rohun Kulkarni ,  Harshit Shah ,  Toby Leonard Baker ,  David Leo Tondreau, III ,  Harry Zhe Su ,  Talbot Morris-Downing ,  Darshan Hegde ,  Timothy Ryan

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B25J9/1653 ,  B25J9/0093 ,  B25J9/161 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1633 ,  B25J19/023

Abstract: The present application discloses a system, a method, and a computer system for moving items deemed to be too heavy to be picked up by a robotic arm. The method includes (i) receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with a source conveyor configured to convey items to a pick location, (ii) determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, that an item that is too heavy to be lifted by a robotic arm controlled by the one or more processors has entered the source conveyor, and (iii) providing an output indicating that the item too heavy to be lifted by the robotic arm has been detected.