Patent ID: 11945103
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An end-effector for a programmable motion device, said end-effector comprising a body that includes a contact portion, said body providing an open interior through which a vacuum is provided to the contact portion, and said contact portion including at least one surface that is adapted to be drawn inward responsive to the vacuum such that the at least one surface remains in contact with an object while the at least one surface faces at least partially inward toward the open interior,
the contact portion including a shroud that surrounds a collapsible dome having a plurality of apertures defined therein, wherein the at least one surface of the contact portion includes an inner surface of the shroud and at least a portion of the collapsible dome that extends below the shroud.