Patents by Inventor Thomas Martin KLINGE

Thomas Martin KLINGE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Robot and method for retrieval of a target article
    Patent number: 11279556
    Abstract: A method and an associated robot for retrieval of a target article from an article stack are disclosed. The article stack comprising the target article and a first non-target article being positioned on top of the target article, the target article being arranged in the article stack with a lower target article face being at a first vertical stack position. The method comprises: identifying the target article; positioning a platform having a platform surface in a first vertical platform position wherein the platform surface is at the first vertical stack position or below the first vertical stack position; repositioning the target article and the first non-target article in a first horizontal direction onto the platform; and repositioning the first non-target article opposite the first horizontal direction off the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MOVEBOT APS
    Inventors: Thomas Martin Klinge, Kristian Kassow
  • ROBOT AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL OF A TARGET ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20200189845
    Abstract: A method and an associated robot for retrieval of a target article from an article stack are disclosed. The article stack comprising the target article and a first non-target article being positioned on top of the target article, the target article being arranged in the article stack with a lower target article face being at a first vertical stack position. The method comprises: identifying the target article; positioning a platform having a platform surface in a first vertical platform position wherein the platform surface is at the first vertical stack position or below the first vertical stack position; repositioning the target article and the first non-target article in a first horizontal direction onto the platform; and repositioning the first non-target article opposite the first horizontal direction off the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: MOVEBOT APS
    Inventors: Thomas Martin KLINGE, Kristian KASSOW