Systems and methods for providing mobile shuttle load handling systems
AssigneeBerkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Corey Michal, William Farmer, Guoming Alex Long
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Abstract
An object processing system including at least one automated mobile shuttle is disclosed that includes a mobile chassis unit for moving the automated mobile shuttle in a first direction, a payload for supporting at least one object thereon, said payload including a plurality of tines, and a payload translation system for translating the payload toward a receiving surface in at least a second direction that is orthogonal with respect to the first direction, the payload translation system providing that the plurality of tines are adapted to engage recessed areas within the receiving surface.
Claims31
An object processing system including at least one automated mobile shuttle comprising:
- a mobile chassis unit for moving the at least one automated mobile shuttle in a first direction;
- a payload for supporting at least one object thereon, said payload including a plurality of tines;
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- a payload translation system for translating the payload toward a receiving surface in at least a second direction that is orthogonal with respect to the first direction, said payload translation system providing that the plurality of tines are adapted to engage recessed areas within the receiving surface.
An object processing system including at least one automated mobile shuttle comprising:
- a mobile chassis unit for moving the automated mobile shuttle in at least one direction;
- a payload for supporting at least one object on a payload surface, said payload surface including a first payload surface portion and a second payload surface portion;
- and
- a segmented payload elevation system for independently raising and lowering either the first payload surface portion or the second payload surface portion along a third direction that is orthogonal with respect to the at least one direction.
A method of handling a payload of an automated mobile shuttle, said method comprising:
- providing a mobile chassis unit for moving the automated mobile shuttle in at least one horizontal direction;
- supporting at least one object on a payload surface of a payload, said payload surface including at least one tine;
- moving the payload in a second horizontal direction such that the at least one tine that moves between crests of a corrugated storage shelf of the object processing system;
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- independently raising and lowering either the first payload surface portion or the second payload surface portion along a third vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.