Patent ID: 11865700
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A system for changing a tool on an end effector of a programmable motion device, said system comprising:
an exchange station that includes control features for removing a first tool from an attachment portion of an end effector of the programmable motion device and attaching a second tool onto the attachment portion of the end effector in a continuous motion,
wherein a first control feature of the exchange station removes the first tool from the attachment portion of the end effector while the attachment portion is moving through the exchange station in one direction, and a second control feature of the exchange station attaches the second tool to the attachment portion of the end effector while the attachment portion of the end effector continues to move in the one direction through the exchange station.