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US 2025/0145376 A1Published application
Storage and retrieval system
AssigneeOcado Innovation Limited
InventorTim STEINER
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a storage and retrieval system which can be operated to efficiently deliver goods, for example groceries, using two different methods. Capacity within one or more delivery vehicles may be assigned to orders placed in advance for later delivery and also for rapid orders for quick delivery.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a first set of parallel tracks extending in an X-direction;
- a second set of parallel tracks extending in a Y-direction transverse to the first set in a substantially horizontal plane, the first set and the second set forming a grid pattern comprising a plurality of grid spaces;
- a plurality of stacks of storage containers located beneath the first set and the second set and arranged such that each of the plurality of stacks is located within a footprint of a single grid space of the plurality of grid spaces;
- a transporting device configured to move on the first set and second set in the X and Y directions above the plurality of stacks and transport a storage container from the plurality of stacks;
- a collecting station configured to receive the storage container transported by the transporting device and transfer an item from the storage container into a container;
- and
- one or more hardware processors programmed to:
- for each of a plurality of vehicles:
- portion a first portion of a vehicle load capacity for filling by a first method;
- and
- portion a second portion of the vehicle load capacity for filling by a second method.
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A method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of vehicles:
- portioning, by one or more hardware processors, a first portion of a vehicle load capacity for filling by a first method;
- and
- portioning, by the one or more hardware processors, a second portion of the vehicle load capacity for filling by a second method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.