US Patent Issued to MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS on Sept. 2 for "Gripping system for an autonomous guided vehicle" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,591, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS A/S (Odense SOE, Denmark).

"Gripping system for an autonomous guided vehicle" was invented by Lars Hjorth Hansen (Tommerup, Denmark) and Mikkel Steen Pedersen (Silkeborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripping system for an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) and such AGV are disclosed herein. The gripping system for automated gripping and pulling/pushing a cart comprises a unique gripping end effector ensuring controlled steering of the cart while allowing rolling of the cart relative to the body of the AGV. The end effector comprises means for indication of sta...