High density container support structure for use with robotic systems

A support structure system comprising:

• a base comprising a platform and a set of legs, the set of legs configured to position the platform a first set distance above a surface that supports the legs, the base having a rectangular profile;
• a plurality of vertical supports orientated orthogonally with respect to the platform and coupled to the base;
• a center post coupled to a mid-region of the platform and oriented orthogonally with respect to the platform and parallel with respect to the plurality of vertical supports;
• a first shelf assembly comprising a first shelf portion, a second shelf portion, a third shelf portion, and a fourth shelf portion, each of the first, second, third, and fourth shelf portions are arranged along a first plane, oriented in a different direction than other shelf portions from the first, second, third, or fourth shelf portions of the first shelf assembly, and offset from the other shelf portions such that a first void sized to receive and couple to the center post is formed between the first, second, third, and fourth shelf portions;
• a second shelf assembly comprising a fifth shelf portion, a sixth shelf portion, a seventh shelf portion, and an eighth shelf portion, each of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth shelf portions are arranged along a second plane, oriented in a different direction than other shelf portions from the fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth shelf portions of the second shelf assembly, and offset from the other shelf portions such that a second void sized to receive and couple to the center post is formed between the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth shelf portions, the second shelf assembly is positioned a second set distance along the center post from the first shelf assembly;
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• a first set of guides coupled to the fifth shelf portion, a second set of guides coupled to the sixth shelf portion, a third set of guides coupled to the seventh shelf portion, and a fourth set of guides coupled to the eighth shelf portion;
• wherein the first shelf portion, the fifth shelf portion, and the first set of guides form a first container receiving area, the second shelf portion, the sixth shelf portion, and the second set of guides form a second container receiving area, the third shelf portion, the seventh shelf portion, and the third set of guides form a third container receiving area, and the fourth shelf portion, the eighth shelf portion, and the fourth set of guides form a fourth container receiving area.