Patent ID: 11951612
Assignee: XYZ ROBOTICS GLOBAL INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A soft picking tool for a pick and place robotic system, comprising:
a body made of an integrated piece, the body comprising:
a plurality of stiff fingers located on a distal end of the body, and
a portion of a single soft-walled cavity configured to be deformed by application of a positive or negative pressure in the single soft-walled cavity, leading to a motion of the plurality of stiff fingers in response to the deformation of the single soft-walled cavity, from a rest position, towards or away from a medial axis of the soft picking tool;

one or more embedded fingertips, wherein at least one of the plurality of stiff fingers comprises an embedded fingertip embedded on its distal end;
an adapter plate that seals a proximal end of the single soft-walled cavity, the adapter plate comprising an adapter plate medial channel; and
an embedded mounting ring attaching the body to the adapter plate.