Robotic picking line for serialized products

A system for managing an inventory comprising serialized products, the system comprising:

• an intake station, wherein the intake station comprises:
• a product transport system;
• an intake transport system;
• and
• an intake sensor having a field-of-view directed towards the intake transport system and positioned such that items on the intake transport system fall within the field-of-view;
• a plurality of robot-accessible bins;
• a robot programmed to load product units to the plurality of robot-accessible bins;
• a product sensor having a field-of-view directed towards the product transport system and positioned such that items at a first position on the product transport system fall within the field-of-view;
• and
• a computer system comprising at least one processor and operatively associated electronic storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computer system to:
• receive from the intake sensor a first tray identifier describing a first tray present on the intake transport system;
• associate the first tray identifier with a first serial identifier of a first product unit of a first serialized product, wherein the first product unit is present on the product transport system;
• derive a position of the first product unit on the product transport system, wherein deriving the position of the first product unit on the product transport system comprises receiving from the product sensor data describing the first serial identifier;
• instruct the product transport system to transport the first product unit to the first tray;
• and
• instruct the robot to place the first tray containing the first product unit at a first bin selected from the plurality of robot-accessible bins.

A system for managing an inventory comprising serialized products, the system comprising:

• an intake station, wherein the intake station comprises:
• an intake transport system;
• a product transport system, wherein the product transport system is positioned above the intake transport system;
• and
• an intake sensor having a field-of-view directed towards the intake transport system and positioned such that items on the intake transport system fall within the field-of-view;
• a plurality of robot-accessible bins;
• a robot programmed to load product units to the plurality of robot-accessible bins;
• and
• a computer system comprising at least one processor and operatively associated electronic storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computer system to:
• receive from the intake sensor a first tray identifier describing a first tray present on the intake transport system;
• associate the first tray identifier with a first serial identifier of a first product unit of a first serialized product, wherein the first product unit is present on the product transport system;
• instruct the product transport system to transport the first product unit to the first tray, wherein transporting the first product unit to the first tray comprises dropping the first product unit from the product transport system to the tray on the intake transport system;
• and
• instruct the robot to place the first tray containing the first product unit at a first bin selected from the plurality of robot-accessible bins.