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

Claim 25:
26. A system for exchanging a tool on an end effector of a programmable motion device, said system comprising:
an exchange station that includes a first pair of slotted arms for removing a first tool from an attachment portion of an end effector of the programmable motion device and a second pair of slotted arms for attaching a second tool onto the attachment portion of the end effector in a continuous motion,
wherein the first tool is removed from the attachment portion of the end effector by moving the attachment portion of the end effector in a single direction of continuous motion between the first pair of slotted arms and wherein the second tool is attached to the attachment portion of the end effector by continuing to move the attachment portion of the end effector in the single direction of continuous motion between the second pair of slotted arms that holds the second tool.