Patent ID: 6216631
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B05D,B82Y,C30B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for robotic manipulation of a plurality of object, comprising:a containera plurality of particulates disposed in said container;a plurality of objects to be manipulated disposed in said container, said plurality of objects being distinct from said plurality of particulates;means for applying energy to said plurality of particulates to establish patterned granular motion thereof and thereby forming a plurality of repeated vertically directed standing waves, said standing waves of said plurality of particulates respectively imparting displacement forces to said plurality of objects; and;signal means coupled to said energy application mean for supplying said energy with predetermined waveforms to dynamically position said standing waves at predetermined positions one with respect to another, said predetermined portions of said standing waves dynamically displacing and arranging said objects in a predetermined configuration.