Autonomous Condensing Of Pallets Of Items In A Warehouse

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by a computing system that includes at least one processor cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• determining an expected amount of time for at least one robotic device to condense multiple sets of items into a single set of items, wherein each set of items comprises at least one item;
• based on the expected amount of time, scheduling a condensing time at which to cause the at least one robotic device to condense the multiple sets of items into the single set of items;
• and
• controlling the at least one robotic device to condense the multiple sets of items into the single set of items at the scheduled condensing time.

A system comprising:

• at least one robotic device;
• at least one processor;
• and data storage comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• determining an expected amount of time for the at least one robotic device to condense multiple sets of items into a single set of items, wherein each set of items comprises at least one item;
• based on the expected amount of time, scheduling a condensing time at which to cause the at least one robotic device to condense the multiple sets of items into the single set of items;
• and
• controlling the at least one robotic device to condense the multiple sets of items into the single set of items at the scheduled condensing time.