US Patent Issued to Berkshire Grey Operating on March 25 for "Systems and methods for object processing using a passively collapsing vacuum gripper" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,696, issued on March 25, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for object processing using a passively collapsing vacuum gripper" was invented by Jason Yap (Newton, Mass.), Aidan Rose (Waban, Mass.), Gabriel Nelson (Wilmington, Mass.), Matthew T. Mason (Pittsburgh) and Christopher Geyer (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body includes at...