Gripper tools for object grasping, manipulation, and removal
AssigneeAppharvest Technology, Inc.
InventorsRyan R. Knopf, Jason A. Chrisos, Joshua Aaron Lessing, Ryan Wasserman
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a collection tool configured to independently grasp and cut a tether of a target object for removal from an environment. The collection tool may include a body securable to a robotic arm of a collection robot, a base secured to the body, a plurality of fingers having proximal ends attached to the base, the plurality of fingers constructed and arranged to grasp the target object at distal ends of the plurality of fingers, and a blade coupled to one of the base or body and configured to cut the tether to which the target object is attached while the target object is held by the plurality of fingers.
Claims48
A collection tool comprising:
- a body securable to a robotic arm of a collection robot;
- a base secured to the body;
- a plurality of fingers having proximal ends attached to the base, the plurality of fingers constructed and arranged to grasp a target object at distal ends of the plurality of fingers;
- and
- a blade coupled to one of the base or body and configured to cut a tether to which the target object is attached while the target object is held by the plurality of fingers.
A method of collecting a target object utilizing the collection tool of any of the above claims, comprising:
- enveloping the target object with the plurality of fingers on the collection tool;
- grasping the target object with the plurality of fingers on the collection tool;
- cutting the tether of the target object;
- and
- removing the target object from a surrounding environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.