US Patent Issued to MUJIN on Nov. 11 for "Robotic system with gripping mechanisms, and related systems and methods" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,063, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MUJIN Inc. (Tokyo).

"Robotic system with gripping mechanisms, and related systems and methods" was invented by Hironori Mizoguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Robotic systems with griping mechanisms, and related systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the robotic system includes a robotic arm and an end-of-arm tool coupled to the robotic arm. The end-of-arm tool can include a housing, a vacuum-gripping component, and a clamping component. The vacuum-gripping component can be operably coupled to a lower surface of the housing to apply a suction force to an upper s...