Cleaning station for robotic end effectors

This invention describes a way for a robotic arm to clean its gripper, or "end-of-arm tool." After the robot uses its gripper to pick up an item, it moves the gripper to a special cleaning station. The station has a basin where the gripper is submerged in a cleaning liquid for a specific amount of time before the robot picks up another item.

Why it matters: The fundamental challenge of integrating a cleaning cycle into a robot's workflow without significant downtime or complex contamination sensing remains. No specific technological shift since 2020 has simplified this core problem.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: ModerateBasin, cleaning agent, robot programming

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