US 12,403,615 B2
Appropriately gripping objects by robots
Jill S. Dhillon, Jupiter, FL (US); Vinod A. Valecha, Pune (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Tushar Agrawal, West Fargo, ND (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,226.
Prior Publication US 2025/0073923 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/008 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for appropriately gripping objects by robots, the method comprising:
identifying a target object to be gripped by a robotic arm of a robot, wherein the robotic arm contains a plurality of pores configured to secrete an adhesive for gripping objects;
determining attributes of the target object;
selecting one or more pores of the plurality of pores of the robotic arm to be enabled to secrete the adhesive based on the attributes of the target object;
determining an adhesion level corresponding to an amount of the adhesive to be secreted by the selected one or more pores of the plurality of pores of the robotic arm based on the attributes of the target object; and
activating the selected one or more pores of the plurality of pores of the robotic arm to secrete the adhesive according to the adhesion level to grip the target object by the robotic arm.