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US 12,492,036 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing shipping of orders in an order fulfillment center
AssigneeBerkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
InventorsPrasanna Velagapudi, Christopher Geyer, Benjamin Cohen, Joseph Romano, Matthew T. Mason
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Abstract
A standardized shipping tray is disclosed for use in an order fulfillment system. The standardized shipping tray includes a bottom panel that includes raised portions that assist to inhibit rolling on an object within along the bottom panel, and at least two flexible side panels that are adapted to fold inward under a force of a wrapping.
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An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
- an input conveyance system by which objects are provided to at least one programmable motion device;
- a shipping tray conveyance system by which shipping trays are provided to the at least one programmable motion device;
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- a non-transitory computer processing system for storing information regarding geometrical features of at least one shipping tray of the shipping trays, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and
- wherein the at least one programmable motion device places objects into the at least one shipping tray responsive to the geometrical features of the at least one shipping tray, and
- wherein the at least one shipping tray includes at least two flexible side panels, each of the at least two flexible side panels being a rounded panel that is positioned around one of four sides of the bottom panel.
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A method of processing objects, said method comprising:
- receiving objects on an input conveyance system at least one programmable motion device;
- providing shipping trays to the at least one programmable motion device;
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- placing objects onto at least one shipping tray by the at least one programmable motion device responsive to geometrical features of the at least one shipping tray, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray.
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An object processing system comprising:
- a shipping tray that includes a bottom panel having a pattern of bumps, and at least two flexible side panels;
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- a placement planning system for planning placement of objects into the shipping tray by accessing bump pattern data representative of the pattern of bumps on the shipping tray and placement authority data associated with each object to be placed in the shipping tray, the placement authority data being representative of an ability of an object to remain in a position or location when placed, and wherein the placement of objects into the shipping tray is planned at least in part responsive to the placement authority data and is further responsive to the bump pattern data.
An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
- an input conveyance system by which objects are provided to at least one programmable motion device;
- a shipping tray conveyance system by which shipping trays are provided to the at least one programmable motion device;
- a non-transitory computer processing system for storing information regarding geometrical features of at least one shipping tray of the shipping trays, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and said geometrical features facilitating placement of objects into the at least one shipping tray by the at least one programmable motion device;
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- a placement planning system for planning the placement of the objects into the at least one shipping tray, wherein the placement planning system accesses placement authority data representative of a placement authority of an object to be placed in the at least one shipping tray, and wherein the placement planning system plans the placement of the object into the at least one shipping tray at least in part responsive to the placement authority data of the object.
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An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
- an input conveyance system by which objects are provided to at least one programmable motion device;
- a shipping tray conveyance system by which shipping trays are provided to the at least one programmable motion device;
- a non-transitory computer processing system for storing information regarding geometrical features of at least one shipping tray of the shipping trays, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and said geometrical features facilitating placement of objects into the shipping tray by the programmable motion device, wherein the protrusions from the bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray include a pattern of bumps;
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- a placement planning system for planning the placement of objects into the at least one shipping tray, wherein the placement planning system accesses bump pattern data representative of the pattern of bumps on the bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and wherein the placement planning system plans the placement of the object into the at least one shipping tray at least in part responsive to the bump pattern data.
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An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
- an input conveyance system by which objects are provided to at least one programmable motion device;
- a shipping tray conveyance system by which shipping trays are provided to the at least one programmable motion device;
- a non-transitory computer processing system for storing information regarding geometrical features of at least one shipping tray of the shipping trays, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and said geometrical features facilitating placement of objects into the at least one shipping tray by the programmable motion device;
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- a shrink wrap system for applying a shrink wrap to the at least one shipping tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.