An illustration from Daifuku’s patent No. 10035667 demonstrates an industrial robot that will automatically unload products, such as boxes or cases, from trucks. The robot will selectively remove boxes with a “suction cup-based gripper arm” and place the product on a “powered transportation path.” [Illustration: USPTO]
An illustration from Patent No. 10028566 demonstrates Midlothian inventor Maureen Reynolds’ personal hygiene assistant that may help an impaired user put on deodorant. The system may include two openings to hold the case of deodorant while the mechanism rotates. [Illustration via USPTO]
An illustration from Toyota’s patent No. 10024667 that demonstrates a wearable “intelligent earpiece” that can recognize objects to give social and environmental awareness to the user. The earpiece includes one camera, GPS and a processor connected to the inertial measurement unit (IMU).