US Patent Issued to Persimmon Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Material-handling robot with multiple semi-independent arms" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,085, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Persimmon Technologies Corp. (Wakefield, Mass.).

"Material-handling robot with multiple semi-independent arms" was invented by Martin Hosek (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including a drive unit; and an arm assembly connected to the drive unit. The arm assembly includes an upper arm connected to a first drive shaft of the drive unit; a first set of forearms connected to a first end of the upper arm; a second set of forearms connected to a second end of the upper arm, where the second set has a different number of forearms than the first set; and a respective end effecto...