Abstract: A method is disclosed of changing a tool on a programmable motion device. The method includes the steps of moving an attachment portion of an end effector of the programmable motion device in a continuous motion; while the attachment portion of the end effector moves in the continuous motion, engaging one of: the attachment portion of the end effector with the tool, or the tool attached to the attachment portion of the end effector with an exchange system, and continuing to move the attachment portion of the end effector in the continuous motion to change a connection status of the attachment portion of the end effector while the attachment portion of the end effector moves in the continuous motion.

Abstract: An automated carrier system is disclosed for moving objects to be processed. The automated carrier system includes a discontinuous plurality of track sections on which an automated carrier may be directed to move, and the automated carrier includes a base structure on which an object may be supported, and at least two wheels assemblies being pivotally supported on the base structure for pivoting movement from a first position to a second position to effect a change in direction of movement of the carrier.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end-effector of a programmable motion device. The system includes a vacuum source for providing a high flow vacuum, a conduit path leading from the end-effector to the high flow vacuum source, a sensor system for sensing any of a pressure or a flow at any of the end-effector, the conduit path, and the vacuum source, and providing sensor information, and a pneumatic control module including a vacuum pressure adjustment system for adjusting the high flow vacuum within the conduit path responsive to the sensor information.

Abstract: A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects is disclosed. The storage, retrieval and processing system includes a plurality of storage bins providing storage of a plurality of objects, where the plurality of storage bins is in communication with a retrieval conveyance system, a programmable motion device in communication with the retrieval conveyance system for receiving the storage bins from the plurality of bins, where the programmable motion device includes an end effector for grasping and moving a selected object out of a selected storage bin, and a movable carriage for receiving the selected object from the end effector of the programmable motion device, and for carrying the selected object to one of a plurality of destination bins.

Abstract: A front extrusion having a generally U-shape provides top and bottom walls for the enclosure with a front wall extending therebetween. Integral extruded flanges are formed on the outer surfaces of the top and bottom walls and fastener channels are extruded on the inner surfaces of the top and bottom walls near the ends thereof as well as on the inner surfaces at the junction of the top and bottom walls with the front wall. Circuit board grooves are formed on the inner surfaces of the top and bottom walls and a shaped rear-cover groove is formed internally at the free end of each of the top and bottom walls. A rear cover which may be a plate or a rear cover extrusion is inserted laterally in the rear cover groove and trapped therein by left and right side plates which complete the enclosure. Each of the side plates has a hole pattern therein aligned with the fastener channels in the body extrusion.

Abstract: A molded one-piece wall plug having a pair of electrical contacts and a ground contact extending from one flat face thereon. The body of the wall plug is approximately a right circular cylinder with the flat face forming one end of the cylinder. A strain-relief sleeve extends in a tangential direction from the periphery of the body and is spaced above the plane containing the flat face of the plug. A multi-conductor cable is led through the strain-relief sleeve into the interior of the plug body having separate conductors connected to each of the electrical contacts and the ground contact. The tangential direction of departure of the strain-relief sleeve from the periphery of the wall plug body is such as to lead the multi-conductor cable in a direction so that when the electrical contacts are inserted in an electrical wall receptacle the cable will not overly any other receptacle in a standard array of receptacles having two rows and at least one column of receptacles.

Abstract: A termination tool for simultaneously attaching "tip and ring" conductors to adjacent bifurcated electrical terminals on a multiple-terminal block. The multi-conductor termination tool picks up a pair of separate conductors, seats them in adjacent electrical terminals, and cuts the wire on one side of each terminal. The tool has a handle containing an impact device which provides an impulse to a tool termination head adapted to receive the adjacent electrical terminals. The termination head partially seats the conductors in the bifurcated terminals with an initial downward force applied to the handle. The complete conductor seating in the terminals and cutting of the conductors on one side of the terminals is accomplished by the impulse delivered by the impact device.