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US 11,685,602 B2Granted
Warehouse automation systems and methods
Assignee6 River Systems, LLC
InventorsRylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
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Abstract
A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
Claims26
A cart, comprising:
- a storage location for receiving products for transport;
- and
- a control subsystem adapted to control the cart to automatically move and guide a person around an area where products are stored, wherein guiding the person around the area includes adjusting a movement speed of the cart based on a distance of the person from the cart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.