US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Sept. 23 for "Robot for gripping an object using dual fingers and object grip method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,437, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot for gripping an object using dual fingers and object grip method thereof" was invented by Hyunseok Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot and a method of controlling same is provided, the robot including: first and second fingers, where finger comprises: a contact part; a light emitter configured to radiate light toward the contact part; a camera configured to capture an image of the respective contact part; and a polarization filter between the light emitter and the contact part, wherein the polarization...