ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,712, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SHANGHAI FLEXIV ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and FLEXIV LTD. (Cayman Islands, Great Britain).
"Gripper and robot" was invented by Juncai Peng (Shanghai), Xiaojun Wang (Shanghai) and Ran An (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a gripper and a robot. The gripper includes a case, a plurality of gripping assemblies respectively assembled to the case, and a driving assembly configured to move the plurality of gripping assemblies. Each gripping assembly is provided with a fingertip at an end portion, and fingertips of the gripper are configured to cooperate wi...