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OT-2026-000001393

Automated mechanical gripper with universal gripping

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
ELSASSER RYAN, MANN SCHUYLER, RUIZ DANIEL, SCAGLIONE JOSEPH
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IBM
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US-2026084322-A1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 26 March 2026
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Abstract

Mechanical gripping of a component in an automated work environment can include positioning first and second moveable grippers in opposed relation to one another. Each of the first and the second moveable grippers including actuatable pins arranged in an array, and the arrays of actuable pins are in opposed relation to one another. The actuatable pins are movably attached to a backplate on each of the first and second moveable grippers to slide in an inward direction into apertures, respectively, in the backplate when compressed by an inward force. In response to the actuable pins contacting an object between the first and second moveable grippers when the first and second movable grippers are moved toward each other to grasp the object, the actuatable pins contacting the object depressing inwardly into the backplates on each of first and second moveable grippers, respectively.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001393, “Automated mechanical gripper with universal gripping,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:05:33 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001393.

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