ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,536, issued on May 27, was assigned to FORTNA Systems Inc. (Mt. Washington, Cayman Islands).
"Vacuum-based end effector, system, and method for detecting parcel engagement and classifying parcels using audio" was invented by Gautam Nain (Fisherville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting parcel engagement and classifying parcels includes: a robot configured to engage and transfer parcels; one or more microphones configured to obtain sound recordings (audio data) and positioned to obtain audio data corresponding to the robot engaging a parcel for transfer; and a control subsystem. The control subsystem includes a c...