Systems and methods for transferring items using multiple robotic devices

A system for picking up and transferring a variety of different types of merchandise items, the system comprising:

• a robotic arm at an item assembly area for picking up and moving a first set of merchandise items, the first set of merchandise items comprising items less than at least one of a predetermined size threshold and a predetermined weight threshold;
• a cartesian robot at the item assembly area for picking up and moving a second set of merchandise items, the second set of merchandise items comprising items equal to or exceeding at least one of the predetermined size threshold and the predetermined weight threshold;
• a merchandise database containing a plurality of records of merchandise, the plurality of records identifying the first set of merchandise items identified as transferable by the robotic arm and the second set of merchandise items identified as transferable by the cartesian robot;
• a control circuit communicatively coupled to the robotic arm, the cartesian robot, and the merchandise database, the control circuit to:
• identify a merchandise item being transported to the item assembly area;
• determine, from the merchandise database, that the merchandise item is in the first set or second set of items;
• direct the merchandise item to the robotic arm when the merchandise item is in the first set of items;
• and
• direct the merchandise item to the cartesian robot when the merchandise item is in the second set of items.