End-of-arm suction gripper

Abstract

Title: End-of-arm suction gripper Abstract The disclosure relates to an end-of-arm suction gripper for gripping an object from a pile of objects held by a container. The suction gripper comprises a frame carrying an array of suction cups that defines a planar quadrilateral gripping face for being brought in engagement With the object. The array of suction cups includes a staggered subarray Where the suction cups are arranged in rows that are staggered With respect to each other to form a triangular pattern. The staggered subarray forms an acute angled vertex of the gripping face.