Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “The invention generally relates to robotic and other sortatio n systems and relates in particular to programmable motion systems having an art iculated arm with an end effector that employs vacuum pressure to engage objects in the environment. “Most vacuum grippers employ vacuum pressures well below 50% of at mospheric pressure, and are referred to herein as high vacuum. A typical source for a high vacuum gripper is a Venturi ejector, which produces high vacuum but l ow maximum air flow. Because of the low flow, it is essential to get a good seal between a vacuum gripper and an object, and it is also important to minimize th e volume to be evacuated.
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