# US 11,897,147 B2 · Automated storage optimization and stackable pallets > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,147 B2 - Document ID: US11897147B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/951,232 - Filed: 2020-11-18 - Published: 2022-05-19 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-18 - Assignees: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC - Applicants: Reza Ettehadi Osgouei; Eliah Everhard; Charles Thompson; Mehrdad Gharib Shirangi; Jason Norman - Inventors: Reza Ettehadi Osgouei; Eliah Everhard; Charles Thompson; Mehrdad Gharib Shirangi; Jason Norman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897147B2 ## CPC - B25J 9/1687: {Assembly, peg and hole, palletising, straight line, weaving pattern movement} - B25J 9/0084: {comprising a plurality of manipulators} - B25J 15/0616: {with vacuum} - B65D 19/385: {Frames, corner posts or pallet converters, e.g. for facilitating stacking of charged pallets} - B65G 1/10: with relatively movable racks to facilitate insertion or removal of articles {(cabinets with means for moving compartments up and down A47B51/00; cabinet system, e.g. consisting of cabinets arranged in a row with means to open or close passages between adjacent cabinets A47B53/02)} - B65G 61/00: Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for - B25J 9/026: {Gantry-type} - B25J 15/0019: {End effectors other than grippers} - B25J 15/06: with vacuum or magnetic holding means - B65D 2519/0097: through corner posts - E21B 43/16: Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract Examples described herein provide a system that includes a pallet. The pallet includes a base and a support member extending from the base. The support member is configured to support another pallet upwardly adjacent to and spaced from goods on the pallet. The support member is configured with an indexing feature. The system further includes a robot including a pallet engaging member configured to engage the pallet at the indexing feature on the support member. The system further includes a control system to control the robot based on a task. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a pallet comprising: a base; and a plurality of support members extending vertically from the base, the support members being configured to support another pallet upwardly adjacent to and spaced from goods on the pallet, wherein each of the support members comprises an indexing feature configured to be engaged by a pallet engaging member; a robot comprising the pallet engaging member configured to engage the pallet at the indexing feature of each support member; and a control system to control the robot based on a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the robot further comprises an object engaging member configured to engage one or more of the goods on the pallet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the object engaging member comprises a vacuum gripper. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the pallet engaging member comprises an indexing member to align the pallet engaging member and the pallet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the pallet engaging member comprises an indexing member to engage the indexing feature of the each support member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a sackbot comprising an object engaging member configured to engage one or more of the goods on the pallet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the control system controls the sackbot based on the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a drumbot comprising a suction hose-end of arm tooling. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the control system controls the drumbot based on the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task is received from an autonomous fluid management system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the support member is configured with a second indexing feature. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task is based on at least one of: real-time or near-real-time data collected at a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation; or a fluid plan associated with a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation. ### Claim 13 A pallet comprising: a base; and a plurality of support members extending vertically from the base, the support members being configured to directly support another pallet at an upward end of each support member, the another pallet being upwardly adjacent to and spaced from goods on the pallet, wherein each of the support members comprises an indexing feature configured to be engaged by a pallet engaging member of a robot. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The pallet of claim 13, wherein each of the support members is configured with a second indexing feature. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The pallet of claim 13, wherein the plurality of support members comprises a first support member extending vertically from the base; a second support member extending vertically from the base; a third support member extending vertically from the base, and a fourth support member extending vertically from the base. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The pallet of claim 13, wherein each of the support members comprises a pallet stacking support to support the other pallet upwardly adjacent to the pallet. ### Claim 17 A method comprising: receiving a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task from an autonomous fluid management system, the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task being based on at least one of a fluid plan associated with a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation or real-time data associated with a hydrocarbon exploration and recovery operation; distributing the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task to at least one robot of a plurality of robots based at least in part on a type of the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task; and causing the at least one robot of the plurality of robots to execute the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one robot of the plurality of robots is a gantrybot, and wherein the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task is one of to relocate a pallet or to relocate an item stored on the pallet. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one robot of the plurality is a sackbot, and wherein the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task is to relocate an item stored on a pallet. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one robot of the plurality is a drumbot, and wherein the hydrocarbon exploration and recovery task is to pump a liquid product stored in a drum.