ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,434, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FIGURE AI INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Kinematics of a mechanical end effector" was invented by Jake Goldsmith (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Stevens (San Jose, Calif.) and Jacob Daniel Webb (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical end effector for a humanoid robot includes a plurality of identical finger assemblies. Each of the finger assemblies is removably connected to a frame. Each of the finger assemblies is fully self-contained and operable independently of every other one of the finger assemblies and independently of every other component connected to the frame. Each of ...