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Automated robotic workstation and methods of operation thereof

  • US 20040047765A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2002
  • Published: 03/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a robotic arm of the type having an effector that is detachably coupled to the arm via a latching mechanism that includes first portion disposed on the effector and a second portion disposed on the arm, the improvement comprising a release at least one of (i) disposed on the effector separately from the first portion of the latching mechanism and (ii) disposed on the arm separately from the second portion of the latching mechanism, the release effecting a torque on at least one of the first and second portions of the latching mechanism at least partially countering a torque effected on that portion of the latching mechanism by at least one of the effector and an article carried thereby.

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