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US 2021/0264353 A1Published application
System and Method of Asynchronous and Automated Order Fulfillment
AssigneeVecna Robotics, Inc.
InventorsDaniel THEOBALD, Siddharth Ram CHHATPAR
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for fully automated order fulfillment. A method includes identifying a shelf tote having an item contained therein for transfer to an order tote; dispatching a first carrier to pick up the shelf tote and a second carrier to pick an order tote; causing the picker to pick the item from the shelf tote while the shelf tote is moving through the transfer station; and transferring the item to the order tote by the picker.
Claims20
A transfer station comprising:
- a picker component operating at least in two dimensions;
- a control system in communication with the picker component;
- and
- a communication component connected to the control system, wherein the communication receives information about a first robotic carrier dispatched to pick up a shelf tote and a second robotic carrier dispatched to pick up an order tote, the first robotic carrier and the second robotic carrier travelling to the transfer station after picking up the shelf tote and the order tote, wherein the control system causes the picker component to pick an item from the shelf tote while the shelf tote is moving through the transfer station and transfer the item to the order tote.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a transfer station, an identification of a shelf tote having an item contained therein for transfer to an order tote;
- identifying the shelf tote arriving at the transfer station;
- identifying the order tote arriving at the transfer station;
- causing a picker at the transfer station to pick the item from the shelf tote while the shelf tote is moving through the transfer station;
- and
- transferring, by the picker in the transfer station, the item to the order tote.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.