Control system for a grasping device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9730815
APP PUB NO 20160051382A1
SERIAL NO

14929800

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A method for operating a grasping device and grasping devices therefrom are provided. The grasping device is configured to use a plurality of parallel, bi-directional state flow maps each defining a sequence of poses for a plurality of joints in the grasping device. The method include receiving at least one control signal, determining a current pose of the grasping device within the one of the plurality of state flow maps currently selected for the grasping device, and selectively actuating the plurality of joints to traverse the sequence of poses, where a direction for traversing the sequence of poses is based on the at least one control signal.

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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNASHVILLE TN

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Dalley, Skyler A Nashville, US 4 29
Goldfarb, Michael Franklin, US 79 1151
Varol, Huseyin Atakan Astana, KZ 19 396

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