US Patent Issued to JINGDONG TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 7 for "Position detection apparatus and method of distribution object, robot, distribution apparatus, and controller" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,925, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to JINGDONG TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Beijing).

"Position detection apparatus and method of distribution object, robot, distribution apparatus, and controller" was invented by Zhetao Xu (Beijing) and Jun Xiao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a position detection apparatus and a position detection method of a distribution object, a robot, a distribution apparatus, and a controller, and relates to the field of robots. The apparatus includes: a plurality of ranging sensors arranged on an end surface of a protrusion member of a robot facing a pla...