Patents
US 12528190 B2: Systems and methods for deformable object manipulation using air
- Granted
- 2026-01-20
- Filed
- 2023-02-10 application 18167584
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods for manipulating deformable objects using air are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for manipulating a deformable object, the system includes a first robot arm having a first gripper, a second robot arm having a second gripper, a blower robot arm having an air pump, and one or more processors programmed to control the first robot arm and the second robot arm to grasp the deformable object using the first gripper and the second gripper, respectively, and to control the blower robot arm to perform a plurality of blowing actions onto the deformable object until an objective is satisfied.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 (ipgb20260120.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 875 patents | US company or organization | Los Altos, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | |
| TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30,553 patents | Foreign company or organization | Toyota, JP | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 26 patents | US company or organization | New York, NY | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhenjia Xu | New York, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | ||
| Cheng Chi | New York, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | ||
| Benjamin Burchfiel | Somerville, MA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | ||
| Eric Cousineau | Cambridge, MA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | ||
| Siyuan Feng | Somerville, MA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 | ||
| Shuran Song | New York, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B25J | Manipulators; chambers provided with manipulation devices | B25J9/1682 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-01-20 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. signed 2026-03-29 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA-SHI, AICHI-KEN | 74439/479 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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