Patent ID: 11939081
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method of capturing an object, the method comprising:
approaching an end effector with a passive receptacle of the object, wherein the end effector comprises the end effector according to claim 1;
contacting the first roller wheel, the second roller wheel, and/or the third roller wheel with the passive receptacle; and
capturing the object by capturing the passive receptacle via the end effector by rotating the first roller wheel in a first direction, rotating the second roller wheel in a second direction, and rotating the third roller wheel in a third direction, thereby pulling at least a portion of the passive receptacle past a first centerline of the first roller wheel, past a second centerline of the second roller wheel, and past a third centerline of the third roller wheel.