Patent ID: 11953877
Assignee: NILE, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for picking up, transferring, and positioning a textile for manufacturing of an article, the system comprising:
a pickup tool having a contact surface for capturing the textile with a first pickup force type and a second pickup force type, the contact surface comprising at least one vacuum port;
a vacuum source coupled to the at least one vacuum port of the pickup tool, wherein the vacuum source provides the second pickup force type;
a vision system capable of capturing an image of the textile, wherein the vision system comprises a first camera positioned at a first orientation relative to the textile and a second camera positioned at a second orientation relative to the textile, and wherein the first orientation is different than the second orientation, wherein the first orientation allows the vision system to capture a first image of a first surface of the textile and the second orientation allows the vision system to capture a second image of a second surface of the textile that is opposite to the first surface; and
a computing device configured to activate or deactivate the first pickup force type and the at least one vacuum source to capture or release, respectively, the textile in response to, at least in part, the first image and the second image.