Robotic system for identifying items

A method, comprising:

• autonomously operating a robotic structure having a robotic arm to pick an item using an end effector of the robotic arm along a predetermined path from a source location to a destination location, wherein a number of identifiers for the item are known in advance;
• moving, by the end effector, the picked item in a manner that improves a likelihood that at least one identifier on the picked item is obtained by one or more sensors;
• comparing a number of obtained identifiers associated with the picked item to a number of expected identifiers;
• and
• autonomously operating the robotic structure to place the item at the destination location based at least in part on the comparison.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• autonomously operating a robotic structure having a robotic arm to pick an item using an end effector of the robotic arm along a predetermined path from a source location to a destination location, wherein a number of identifiers for the item are known in advance;
• moving, by the end effector, the picked item in a manner that improves a likelihood that at least one identifier on the picked item is obtained by one or more sensors;
• comparing a number of obtained identifiers associated with the picked item to a number of expected identifiers;
• and
• autonomously operating the robotic structure to place the item at the destination location based at least in part on the comparison.