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US 12,151,890 B2Granted
Warehouse automation systems and methods
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
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.
Claims25
A cart comprising:
- a storage location for receiving products for transport;
- and
- a control system adapted to control the cart to automatically move around an area where products are stored and to guide a person to tasks in the area, wherein a movement speed of the cart is adjusted based on a distance of the person from the cart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.