US Patent Issued to Fresh BioSystems on Dec. 2 for "Robotic gripper harvesting system, and methods of harvesting produce" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,480, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Fresh BioSystems LLC (Aptos, Calif.).

"Robotic gripper harvesting system, and methods of harvesting produce" was invented by Robert J. Rossi (Carmel, Calif.) and David B. Rossi (Aptos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary harvester comprises a cutting and gripping unit, comprising: a top frame; a base ring structure; a plurality of supports arranged in a circular configuration to form a cage-like structure, wherein proximal ends of the plurality of supports are affixed to the top frame and distal ends of the plurality of supports are affixed to the base ring structure; a set of grip...