US 11,591,194 B2 · Method and system for robotic pick-and-place comprising a container floor mounted to a transformable end of a lift mechanism and a set of container walls to define a container working volume with a working depth extends beyond a picking workspace of a robotic arm

Abstract

The system can include: a container 110, a set of sensors 120, and a controller 130. The system can optionally include a robot 140. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to monitor and/or maintain a fullness level of a container. The system can additionally or alternatively function to enable robotic picking out of the container (e.g., in a pick-and-place setting). The system can additionally function to maintain candidate objects within reach of the robot's end effector to increase robot uptime while minimizing the extent of the robot's required motion (e.g., in the z-axis).

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a frame;
a lift mechanism having a fixed end mounted to the frame and a transformable end defining a lift axis;
a set of container walls fixed to the frame and defining an interior having a uniform cross-section along the lift axis between a base end and a lip;
and
a container floor mounted to the transformable end and arranged within the interior of the set of container walls between the base end and the lip, wherein the set of container walls and the container floor cooperatively define a container working volume having a working depth extending between the lip and the container floor along the lift axis, wherein the working depth extends beyond a picking workspace of a robotic arm.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/375,875Filed 14 Jul 2021 · us provisional application

Priority

14 Jul 2020

Published

US 2022/0016758 A120 Jan 2022

Granted

28 Feb 2023

Term ends

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Classification25 codes

B66F 7/065
With platforms supported by levers for vertical movement: scissor linkages, i.e. X-configuration
B66F 7/0666
Scissor linkages, i.e. X-configuration: multiple scissor linkages vertically arranged
B25J 9/1697
Characterised by use of sensors other than normal servo-feedback from position, speed or acceleration sensors, perception control, multi-sensor…:…
B65B 69/00
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Method and system for robotic pick-and-place comprising a container floor mounted to a transformable end of a lift mechanism and a set of container walls to define a container working volume with a working depth extends beyond a picking workspace of a robotic arm

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Method and system for robotic pick-and-place comprising a container floor mounted to a transformable end of a lift mechanism and a set of container walls to define a container working volume with a working depth extends beyond a picking workspace of a robotic arm

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Abstract

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