US Patent Issued to Berkshire Grey Operating on May 13 for "Systems and methods for object processing using a vacuum gripper that provides object retention by shroud inversion" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,463, issued on May 13, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end-effector of a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end-effector includes a body that provides an open interior, the open interior being coupled to a vacuum source, and the body including a contact surface for c...