ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,940, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Dexterity Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Robotic foam dispenser" was invented by Robert Moreno (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Andrew Dupree (San Francisco) and Salvador Perez (Jersey City, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that dispenses spacer material is disclosed. The device may be implemented in connection with a robotic palletization/depalletization system. The device may include a mounting hardware configured to mount the device on or adjacent to an end effector of a robotic arm, a communication interface configured to receive a control signal, and an actuator configured to dispense a qua...