System and method using robots to assist humans in order fulfillment
AssigneeFetch Robotics, Inc.
InventorsMelonee Wise, Michael Ferguson
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Abstract
A system using one or more robots to assist a human in order fulfillment includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operationally connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising inventory items; an order robot operationally connected to the server, the order robot configured to assist a human to pick an order item from the inventory items; and a human-operated device operably connected to one or more of the server, the inventory storage, and the order robot, the human-operated device configured to assist the human to pick the order item.
Claims43
A method using one or more robots to assist a human in order fulfillment, comprising:
- receiving, by an order robot, a selection of the order robot by the human;
- receiving, by the order robot, from a server, an order comprising an order item;
- receiving, by the order robot, from the server, a direction to assist the human to pick the order;
- receiving, by the order robot, an assist trigger configured to trigger the order robot to assist the human to pick the order item;
- assisting the human, by the order robot, in response to the assist trigger, to pick the order item;
- receiving, by the order robot, from the server, an instruction to carry the order item to a final destination;
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- carrying the order item to the final destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.