公开(公告)号：US10953551B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16201382

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Erica Aduh ,  Gregory Coleman ,  Andrew Marchese ,  Beth Marcus ,  Manikantan Nambi

IPC: B25J15/00 ,  B25J15/06 ,  B25J15/12

Abstract: A soft actuator for a suction-cup end effector bends or deforms in response to air pressure within bladders in the actuator. The walls of the air bladders, upon pressurization, expand to contact adjacent structure, such as other expanding air bladders, to move a constraining layer of the actuator from a rest position toward an actuated position. A gripper for engaging items is formed by the soft actuator and a suction cup.