Patent ID: 11964830
Assignee: AMP ROBOTICS CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A suction gripper cluster device, comprising:
a mounting assembly coupled to a positioning actuator mechanism; and
a plurality of suction gripper mechanisms coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the plurality of suction gripper mechanisms comprises a first suction gripper mechanism that includes:
a first linear shaft element coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the first linear shaft element is operable to travel through the mounting assembly; and
a first air conveyor device coupled to the first linear shaft element, wherein the first air conveyor device comprises:
a housing that includes an intake port and an outlet port;
an air input port; and
an airflow generator defined within the housing, wherein the airflow generator is coupled to the air input port, wherein the airflow generator is configured to cause an airflow to enter the intake port and exit the outlet port in response to a supply of air into the air input port; and

wherein a first subset of the plurality of suction gripper mechanisms is selected to emit a vacuum force during a capture action to collectively capture a target object based at least in part on detected attribute information of the target object; and
wherein a second subset of the plurality of suction gripper mechanisms is not selected to emit the vacuum force during the capture action to collectively capture the target object based at least in part on the detected attribute information of the target object.