ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,776, issued on May 26, was assigned to CAMOZZI AUTOMATION S.P.A. (Milan).
"Method for controlling a robotic gripper using friction estimation" was invented by Luca Fiorio (Genoa, Italy), Rocco Antonio Romeo (Rome), Marco Rossi (Gussago, Italy), Alberto Mingotti (Puegnago sul Garda, Italy) and Salvatore Palmieri (Brescia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper which has a friction estimation module configured to estimate static and/or dynamic friction forces acting on gripping jaws is provided. The static friction force is calculated on the basis of constraining reactions whereto the gripping jaws are subjected, the constrainin...