US Patent Issued to Palladyne on Sept. 1 for "Robotic article handling end effector" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,309, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Palladyne Corp. (Salt Lake City).

"Robotic article handling end effector" was invented by Fraser M. Smith (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic article management system for acquiring and managing an article, the robotic article management system comprising a platform, a robot positioning member supported by the platform and having a robotic end effector interface, and a robotic end effector supported by the robot positioning member via the robotic end effector interface. The robotic end effector can include an extendable arm comprising a first support member, a capture devic...