Grippers are provided that include a pair of opposing gripping jaws, a gripper coupler disposed on one of the pair of gripping jaws and a transport attachment releasably coupled to the gripper coupler by an attachment coupler. Transport systems and methods of operating a gripper are also provided.

A robotic system including a storage structure provided with vertical members supporting a grid collectively defining grid spaces and a plurality of storage containers arranged in vertical stacks for storing inventory items, each one of the vertical stacks configured to be arranged within a respective one of the grid spaces. One or more load handling robots are installed upon the grid and include a lifting device extendable in a vertical direction to extract one or more storage containers from the vertical stacks and transport the extracted storage container to a station. The robotic system further includes one or more manipulator robots installed at the station and within a single grid space. The one or more manipulator robots include a picking arm provided with a pneumatic gripping tool arranged to pick an inventory item from the transported storage container and place the picked item into an order container.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for supplying and recovering collets and ejector hoods. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus includes a cabinet unit configured to accommodate a collet and an ejector hood, a mounting robot configured to withdraw the ejector hood accommodated in the cabinet unit and mount the withdrawn ejector hood on an ejector, and a replacement robot configured to withdraw the collet accommodated in the cabinet unit and replace the withdrawn collet.

A programmable motion system is disclosed that includes a dynamic end effector system. The dynamic end effector system includes a plurality of acquisition units that are provided at an exchange station within an area accessible by the programmable motion device, and a coupling system for coupling any of the plurality of acquisition units to an end effector of the programmable motion device such that any of the acquisition units may be automatically selected from the exchange station and used by the programmable motion device without requiring any activation or actuation by the exchange station and without requiring any intervention by a human.

A vacuum mount for an inspection and maintenance robot, includes a vacuum mount housing configured for releasable coupling to the inspection and maintenance robot, at least one vacuum pump provided in the vacuum mount housing; and at least one vacuum foot articulatably coupled to the vacuum mount housing. The at least one vacuum foot receives a source of negative pressure from the at least one vacuum pump. The vacuum mount housing includes power and communications independently from the inspection and maintenance robot so as to be capable of generating the source of negative pressure when not coupled to the inspection and maintenance robot.

A robotic system that includes a storage structure, a container handling robot, and a manipulator robot is provided herein. The storage structure includes vertical members supporting a grid having a first set of rails and a second set of rails that collectively define grid spaces, and a plurality of storage containers arranged in vertical stacks within a respective one of the grid spaces. The container handling robot is arranged to move along the first and second set of rails and includes a lifting device to extract one or more storage containers from the vertical stacks and to transport the one or more storage containers about the grid. The manipulator robot is installed within a footprint of a single grid space and includes one or more vacuum generators, and a picking arm provided with a pneumatic gripping tool for picking an inventory item from the one or more storage containers.

A robotic tool changer system through magnetic coupling force and all-round mechanical locking includes a first coupling unit, a plurality of second coupling units, and a plurality of tool changer grippers. The first coupling unit is fixed to a robot arm. The first coupling unit includes a first locking unit and a first magnetic unit. Each second coupling unit is detachably connected to one of the tool changer grippers and includes a second locking unit and a second magnetic unit. When the first coupling unit is moved to approach one of the second coupling units at a predetermined distance, the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit are coupled to each other by a magnetic coupling force, then the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit are fixed to each other through all-round mechanical locking of the first locking unit and the second locking unit.

The present invention relates to a robotic maneuvering system for maneuvering objects by means of an adhesive attachment. The robotic maneuvering system comprises a gripper finger connected to a gripper arm. The gripper finger is configured to grasp an object to be manipulated, by means of an adhesive contact. The gripper arm maneuvers the object to a desired location and the gripper finger releases the object at the desired location. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.

A medical device and a storage box for a medical article are provided, where the medical device at least includes a main case having at least two exposed chamber outer walls and an accommodation compartment for accommodating a medical article. The at least two exposed chamber outer walls enclose an accommodation chamber to accommodate a functional module. The accommodation compartment is disposed on the main case and adjacent to the accommodation chamber. The accommodation compartment includes at least one exposed compartment outer wall, and the at least one exposed compartment outer wall is connected to the at least one chamber outer wall of the main case. The medical device enables the medical article to be well accommodated in the accommodation compartment, and the accommodation compartment can be flexibly configured onto the medical device to decrease the space occupied by the accommodation compartment.

A robotic system including a storage structure provided with vertical members supporting a grid collectively defining grid spaces and a plurality of storage containers arranged in vertical stacks for storing inventory items, each one of the vertical stacks configured to be arranged within a respective one of the grid spaces. One or more load handling robots are installed upon the grid and include a lifting device extendable in a vertical direction to extract one or more storage containers from the vertical stacks and transport the extracted storage container to a station. The robotic system further includes one or more manipulator robots installed at the station and within a single grid space. The one or more manipulator robots include a picking arm provided with a pneumatic gripping tool arranged to pick an inventory item from the transported storage container and place the picked item into an order container.