ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,453, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Sensorized robotic gripping device" was invented by Jeffrey Bingham (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Taylor Alexander (Mountain View, Calif.), Bianca Homberg (Mountain View, Calif.), Joseph DelPreto (Los Altos, Calif.) and Alex Shafer (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic gripping device is provided. The robotic gripping device includes a palm and a plurality of digits coupled to the palm. The robotic gripping device also includes a time-of-flight sensor arranged on the palm such that the time-of-flight sensor is configured to generate time-of-flight d...