Robotic system having shuttle
AssigneeNimble Robotics, Inc.
InventorsSimon Kalouche, Kevin Kruempelstaedter
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Abstract
A robotic system includes a robot having a picking arm to grasp an inventory item and a shuttle. The shuttle includes a platform adapted to receive the inventory item from the picking arm of the robot. The platform is moveable in at least a two-dimensional horizontal plane between a pick-up location located substantially adjacent to the robot and an end location spaced a distance apart from the pick-up location. The system improves efficiency as transportation of the item from the pick-up location to the end location is divided between the robot and the shuttle.
Claims1
A robotic system for sorting items, comprising:
- a put wall having cubbies;
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- a shuttle device, comprising:
- a track extending along a first side of the put wall in a first horizontal direction;
- a post coupled to the track and oriented in a substantially vertical direction, the post being moveable along the track in the first horizontal direction;
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- a platform moveable along the post in an upward direction and a downward direction such that the platform is arranged to receive an item at a pick-up location and to deposit the item into a select one of the cubbies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.