Patent ID: 11964386
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An end-effector of a programmable motion device, said end-effector comprising a body that provides an open interior, said open interior being coupled to a vacuum source, and said body including a contact surface for contacting an object to be grasped by the end effector, said contact surface including at least one aperture through which a vacuum is provided, and said body further including an outer surface that surrounds the contact surface facing away from the open interior, and the body providing that when the flow of air drawn by the vacuum source through the at least one aperture of the contact surface is reduced due to the at least one aperture being at least partially blocked, the contact surface is drawn upward into the open interior and the outer surface of the body collapses around the object being grasped at least partially within the open interior of the body,
wherein the end effector further includes a stop member for limiting movement of the contact surface into the open interior.