ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,631, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Osaro (San Francisco).
"Automated robotic tool selection" was invented by Khashayar Rohanimanesh (San Francisco), Jacob Charles Metzger (San Francisco) and William Davidson Richards (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system automatically selects robot end-effectors for pick-and-place applications using a model-predictive control algorithm. The system may select an end-effector to replace an existing end-effector in order to optimize (or at least increase) throughput. The system uses a predictive model of reward, where reward of each potential grasp for each end tool is par...