Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“The invention generally relates to programmable motion sys tems and relates in particular to end effectorsfor programmable motion devices (i.e., robotic systems) for use in object processing such as object sortation.“End effectors for robotic systems, for example, may be employed in certain appl ications to selectand grasp an object, and then move the acquired object very q uickly to a new location. End effectorsthat are designed to very securely grasp an object during movement may have limitations regarding howquickly and easily they may select and grasp an object from a jumble of dissimilar objects. Conver sely, endeffectors that may quickly and easily grasp a selected object from a j umble of dissimilar objects may havelimitations regarding how securely they may grasp an acquired object during rapid movement, particularlyrapid acceleration and deceleration (both angular and linear).
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