Adhesive-based robot gripper
AssigneePickommerce Ai Robotics Ltd
InventorsAmir SHAPIRO, Gal LEVY, Kfir NISSIM
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adhesive-based tool gripper for a robot, comprising: (a) a supplying axle configured to mount a supplying bobbin of adhesive tape; (b) a receiving axle configured to mount a tape-receiving bobbin; a bottom pad; (c) a tape course within the tool gripper beginning at said supplying bobbin, passing below said bottom pad, while an adhesive side of the tape faces down, and ending at said receiving bobbin; and a tape advance mechanism configured to advance the tape, thereby refreshing a tape section below said bottom pad.
Claims18
An adhesive-based tool gripper for a robot, comprising:
- (a) a supplying axle configured to mount a supplying bobbin of adhesive tape;
- (b) a receiving axle configured to mount a tape-receiving bobbin;
- (c) a bottom pad;
- (d) a tape course within the tool gripper beginning at said supplying bobbin, passing below said bottom pad, while an adhesive side of the tape faces down, and ending at said receiving bobbin;
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- (e) a tape advance mechanism configured to advance the tape, thereby refreshing a tape section below said bottom pad.
A method for operating an adhesive-based robot controller, comprising:
- (a) providing an adhesive-based tool gripper comprising a casing;
- (b) providing a bottom pad within said casing;
- (c) further providing within the casing a supplying tape axle and a receiving tape axle;
- (d) mounting on each said axles a supplying tape bobbin and a receiving tape bobbin, respectively, and positioning the adhesive tape such that it begins in said supplying tape bobbin, passes below said bottom pad, and ends at said receiving tape bobbin;
- (e) joining the tool gripper to a robot's arm;
- (f) directing the arm towards an article, attaching a tape section below said bottom pad to the article, lifting the article, positioning the article at a desired location, and releasing the article;
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- (g) advancing the tape to locate a refreshed tape section below said bottom pad and repeating the procedure from the directing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.