US 12,330,872 B2
Robotic system for identifying items
Zhouwen Sun, San Mateo, CA (US); Robert Holmberg, Mountain View, CA (US); Shitij Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jeesu Baek, San Mateo, CA (US); Joseph Li, San Jose, CA (US); Kishore Ranganath Ramakrishnan, Raleigh, NC (US); Andrew Lovett, San Mateo, CA (US); Cyril Nader, Palo Alto, CA (US); Farshid Farhat, Santa Clara, CA (US); and David Leo Tondreau, III, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Dexterity, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/406,983.
Application 18/406,983 is a continuation of application No. 17/246,356, filed on Apr. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,905,115.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140712 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1371 (2013.01) [B07C 5/3412 (2013.01); B07C 5/362 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0063 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A robotic system, comprising:
a communication interface; and
one or more processors coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
autonomously operate a robotic structure having a robotic arm to pick an item using an end effector of the robotic arm along a predetermined path from a source location to a destination location according to a plan, wherein a number of identifiers for the item are known in advance;
move the picked item according to the plan;
determine to perform an active measure at least in part to obtain an identifier determined to be missing based on information received via the communication interface from one or more sensors, wherein the processor is configured to determine to perform the active measure by comparing a number of obtained identifiers to a number of expected identifiers, wherein the identifier is determined to be missing after the comparison; and
autonomously operate the robotic structure to place the item at the destination location based at least in part on the plan.