Patent ID: 11932986
Assignee: MONOTONY.AI, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  B | IPC D

Claim 29:
30. A device for autonomously folding a deformable article, comprising:
a rotatable platform configured to receive the deformable article on a surface thereof;
at least one elongation in operable communication with at least one elongation drive, the at least one elongation configured to
raise and lower from the surface of the rotatable platform,
move parallel to the surface, and
fold the deformable article at one or more fold lines,

a table drive configured to engage the rotatable platform and rotate the rotatable platform about a central axis one or more times such that the at least one elongation aligns with two or more fold lines of the one or more fold lines;
at least one sensor configured to detect a position and an orientation of the deformable article on the rotatable platform; and
at least one controller in operable communication with the at least one elongation drive, the table drive, and the at least one sensor, the at least one controller being configured to achieve a final folded state that is at or within a predetermined footprint area by iteratively one or more times
receiving one or more output signals from the at least one sensor,
determining, based on the received one or more output signals, at least one of an article type, size, thickness, and position of the deformable article on the rotatable platform,
determining based on the at least one of the determined article type, determined article size, determined article thickness, and the position, one fold line of the two or more fold lines of the deformable article,
instructing the table drive to rotate the platform to align the determined one fold line of the deformable article with the at least one elongation suspended above the platform, and
instructing the at least one elongation to fold the deformable article at the one fold line.