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US 8,418,341 B1Granted
Hybrid robotic gripper
AssigneeAutomation, Inc.
InventorTrent P. Fisher
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Abstract
An End-Of-Arm-Tooling for a robot that includes at least one tool mounted upon a section of channel having a generally cruciform cross sectional shape that includes lobes having an arcuate-shaped portion, one end of the section of channel being adapted to be attached to a robot arm.
Claims18
An End-Of-Arm-Tooling for a robot comprising:
- a section of channel having a generally cruciform cross sectional shape that includes lobes having an exterior mounting surface that includes an arcuate-shaped center portion surface that terminates in flat end portions, said arcuate-shaped portion describing an arc of less than ninety degrees, one end of said section of channel being adapted to be attached to a robot arm;
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- at least one tool mounted upon said section of channel.
An End-Of-Arm-Tooling for a robot comprising:
- a section of channel having a generally cruciform cross sectional shape that includes lobes having an exterior mounting surface that includes an arcuate-shaped center portion surface that terminates in flat end portions, said arcuate-shaped portion describing an arc of less than ninety degrees, one end of said section of channel being adapted to be attached to a robot arm;
- a bracket attached to said section of channel;
- a second section of channel having a generally cruciform cross sectional shape that also includes lobes having an arcuate-shaped portion, one end of said second section of channel being attached to said bracket;
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- at least one tool mounted upon said second section of channel.
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A method for attaching a tool to a robot comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a robot having a controllable movable arm;
- (b) attaching a section of channel having a generally cruciform cross sectional shape that includes lobes having an exterior mounting surface that includes an arcuate-shaped center portion surface that terminates in flat end portions with the arcuate-shaped portion describing an arc of less than ninety degrees to the robot arm;
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- (c) attaching a tool to the section of channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.