Patent ID: 11911903
Assignee: EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for picking and perturbing items in a bin, the apparatus comprising:
a picking element, wherein the picking element is configured to pick up an object from the bin;
a perturbation element, wherein the perturbation element comprises a compressed air valve and is configured to reposition one or more objects within the bin; and
a robotic arm comprising the picking element and the perturbation element, wherein the robotic arm is configured to:
move the picking element based on an output of at least one machine learning algorithm such that the picking element can pick up the object from the bin; and
reposition the one or more objects within the bin by moving the perturbation element and blowing compressed air into the bin according to a perturbation sequences of a plurality of perturbation sequences, wherein the perturbation sequence comprises movement in a plurality of directions relative to the bin and is chosen by at least one different machine learning algorithm trained to receive at least one image of the bin and select the perturbation sequence of the plurality of perturbation sequences based at least in part on an arrangement of the one or more objects within the bin visible in the at least one image.