Systems, methods, and apparatuses for loading, storing, and dispensing objects

A storage system comprising:

• a frame comprising a shelf;
• a plurality of doors attached to the frame along a dispensing side, wherein each door of the plurality of doors can be opened and closed independently through operation of a corresponding release mechanism;
• a plurality of spring-down dividers arranged along the shelf, wherein the plurality of spring-down dividers is configured such that when an object in stored on the shelf, for any spring-down divider of the plurality of spring-down dividers for which the object is placed on top of, a weight of the object compresses the spring-down divider down to essentially lay flat against the shelf, and for the spring-down dividers of the plurality of spring-down dividers that are immediately adjacent to where the object lies between the spring-down dividers serve to define a storage compartment in which the object is stored;
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• a controller that, for the storage compartment, is configured to cause operation of the corresponding release mechanism for a series of the plurality of doors corresponding to a dimension of the storage compartment in unison to release the object stored in the storage compartment.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a system controller, identifying data for an object to be stored in a storage system;
• sending, by the system controller, a communication having at least a portion of the identifying data to a production system;
• receiving, by the system controller, a communication confirming that the object is to be stored in the storage system;
• providing, by the system controller and based at least in part on the communication, an indication to an individual who is loading the object into the storage system that the object has been confirmed for storing in the storage system;
• receiving, by the system controller and from a shelf controller, location data comprising a shelf identifier for a shelf of the storage system on which the object has been placed and at least one of a cell identifier or border identifiers identifying a position on the shelf where the object has been placed, wherein the shelf controller is associated with the shelf and the shelf controller receives at least one signal from at least one sensor identifying at least one of the cell identifier or the border identifiers corresponding to at least one cell associated with the position on the shelf where the object has been placed;
• combining, by the system controller, the identifying data and location data to generate object data;
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• storing, by the system controller, the object data so that the object data is available to the system controller to use in dispensing the object from the storage system.