ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,526, issued on July 29, was assigned to INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT RESEARCH CENTER, BEIJING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SCIENCES (Beijing).

"Flexible-rigid integrated gripper for harvesting fruits and vegetables in breaking-off manner and harvesting robot" was invented by Ya Xiong (Beijing), Lichao Yang (Beijing), Yuanyue Ge (Beijing), Sen Lin (Beijing), Haitao Li (Beijing) and Liping Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible-rigid integrated gripper for harvesting fruits and vegetables in a breaking-off manner, and a harvesting robot. The flexible-rigid integrated gripper for harvesting fruits and vegetables in a br...