US Patent Issued to HONG KONG CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS ROBOTICS on June 16 for "Robotic end effectors and robotic fingers thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,337, issued on June 16, was assigned to HONG KONG CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS ROBOTICS Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Robotic end effectors and robotic fingers thereof" was invented by Yunhui Liu (Hong Kong), Jianshu Zhou (Hong Kong), Hanwen Cao (Hong Kong), YiChuan Li (Hong Kong) and Tsz Fung Au (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, provided is a robotic end effector, comprising a palm; a plurality of robotic fingers that are operatively connected to the palm, each finger comprising: a finger base having a proximal end portion that is operatively connected to the palm and an opposing, distal end portion; and a suction cup, wherein e...