IP Library Granted Patent US 11,312,014
Granted Patent B2
US 11,312,014 · App. 16/565,186 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

System and method for robotic gripping utilizing dynamic collision modeling for vacuum suction and finger control

Inventors: Jun Jeong (San Francisco, CA); Bryan Whittington (San Francisco, CA); Petr Lipay (San Mateo, CA); Thomas John Hummel (San Mateo, CA); David Gabriel Hallock (San Francisco, CA); Adrian Martin (San Francisco, CA); Hugo Seize (San Francisco, CA); Kevin George (San Francisco, CA); Sara Wojciechowski (San Francisco, CA); Nicholas Keyes (San Francisco, CA); Adam Rizkalla (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Kindred Systems Inc.
B25J9/1612B25J9/1676B25J9/1697B25J15/0028B25J15/0616B25J15/08B25J19/04
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Patent No.
US 11,312,014
App. No.
16/565,186
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a robotic gripping system and method that utilizes vacuum suction and finger grasping, wherein the suction and grasping are actuated based on a dynamic collision model. In an exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to generating collision scenes of a surrounding environment which is used to determine possible collisions in a motion path, and which is used to selectively actuate the vacuum suction and/or finger grasping.

Claims (13)

1. A method of controlling a robotic apparatus for manipulating objects, comprising:

capturing an image of an environment surrounding the robotic apparatus;

generating a collision scene from the image, wherein the collision scene indicates the presence or absence of objects in the environment surrounding the robotic apparatus;

generating a first pose for the robotic apparatus;

generating a motion path for the robotic apparatus;

determining if the first pose will allow the robotic apparatus to complete the motion path based on comparing the motion path to the collision scene; and

generating a second pose if the first pose does not allow the robotic apparatus to complete the motion path.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second poses include a specific orientation of at least one finger coupled to the robotic apparatus.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second poses include a specific orientation of at least two fingers coupled to the robotic apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collision scene is generated based on capturing an image within a threshold area surrounding the robotic apparatus.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying the motion path if the first pose or the second pose does not allow the robotic apparatus to complete the motion path.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion path includes waypoints between a start state and an end state.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first pose and the second pose include an extension distance for a suction gripper coupled to the robotic apparatus.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded May 1, 2023
From: KINDRED SYSTEMS INC.
To: OCADO CANADA HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 063503/0314 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 1, 2023
From: OCADO CANADA HOLDINGS INC.
To: KINDRED SYSTEMS II INC.
Reel/Frame 063503/0343 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT Recorded May 1, 2023
From: KINDRED SYSTEMS II INC.
To: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063503/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: JEONG, JUN; WHITTINGTON, BRYAN; LIPAY, PETR; HUMMEL, THOMAS JOHN; HALLOCK, DAVID GABRIEL; MARTIN, ADRIAN; SEIZE, HUGO; GEORGE, KEVIN; WOJCIECHOWSKI, SARA; KEYES, NICHOLAS; RIZKALLA, ADAM
To: KINDRED SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 059246/0572 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62729258 · Sep 10, 2018
Related Publication 20200078939A1 · Mar 12, 2020