US Patent Issued to HONG KONG CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS ROBOTICS on June 2 for "Robotic end effectors and soft grippers thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,246, issued on June 2, was assigned to HONG KONG CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS ROBOTICS Ltd. (Hong Kong).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example embodiment is a robotic end effector, comprising: (a) a soft gripper and (b) an electro-hydraulic actuator assembly. The soft gripper comprises: a gripper body comprising a finger connecting portion; and at least two fingers connected to the finger connecting portion. The gripper body further comprises a gripper cavity therein. The fi...