US 12,128,561 B2
Material picker assembly
Matthew Stanton, Denver, CO (US); Jacob Fitzgerald, Wheat Ridge, CO (US); and Jason M. Calaiaro, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,368.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,606, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111519 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1612 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 13/081 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B25J 15/0625 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A material picker assembly, comprising:
a connector configured to be attached to an actuator device; and
a plurality of picker mechanisms, wherein a first picker mechanism from the plurality of picker mechanism includes a respective suspension element that is configured to absorb impact on the first picker mechanism by one or more objects,
wherein after the first picker mechanism has gripped an object, the respective suspension element is operable to be rotated away from a center of the material picker assembly based on an angle θ, wherein the angle θ is dynamically determined based on a current location of the first picker mechanism, a location associated with a deposit location of the object, and a force of a positive airflow to be used to punt the object.