ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,080, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Liberty Robotics Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).
"Method and system for manipulating a multitude of target items supported on a substantially horizontal support surface one at a time" was invented by G. Neil Haven (Clearwater, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for manipulating (i.e. such as by picking) a multitude of target items supported on a substantially horizontal support surface one at a time. The support surface supports a configuration of substantially identical items aligned substantially perpendicular to the support surface. The method includes the steps of providing a pl...