Patent ID: 11868840
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A distribution system comprising:
an air-permeable conveyor section that is driven around at least one vacuum roller;
the vacuum roller being provided at a free end of the air-permeable conveyor section and including openings through which a vacuum pressure is applied to a plurality of dissimilar objects at the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section;
a perception system for providing monitoring data regarding actions of the plurality of dissimilar objects as the plurality of dissimilar objects are dropped from the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section; and
a controller for controlling any of a rotational speed of the at least one vacuum roller and the vacuum pressure within the at least one vacuum roller responsive to the monitoring data for providing that the plurality of dissimilar objects each travel a selected distance around the vacuum roller before falling from the free end of the air-permeable conveyor section.