Telepresence based inventory pick and place operations through robotic arms affixed to each row of a shelf

A method comprising:

• mounting a robotic arm at an end of a row of a shelf of inventory on a set of rails affixed to the row of a shelf;
• permitting the robotic arm to move horizontally along the three axes along the row of the shelf;
• repositioning the robotic arm along any one of the three axes using a set of actuators, wherein each of the set of actuators are any of a backdrivable, an electrosensing, an electric, a magnetic, a hydraulic, and pneumatic actuators;
• contemporaneously mirroring a haptic motion of a human user that is remotely using a positioning device that is communicatively coupled with the robotic arm through an Internet network;
• automatic repositioning of the robotic arm along any one of the three axes using the set of actuators responsive to the haptic motion of the human user remotely using the positioning device;
• placing an item of inventory on a counting platform in front of the robotic arm using an end effector of the robotic arm based on an action of a human that views the item of inventory on the shelf through a camera affixed to the robotic arm which is communicatively coupled with a computing device associated with the human user operating the positioning device;
• moving the item of inventory to a designated location adjacent to the robotic arm using the end effector;
• and
• automatically placing the items in the designated location down through a transport means adjacent to one end of the shelf when a pick operation is completed,
• wherein the designated location is at least one of a tote and a storage bin, and
• wherein the transport means is at least one of a tube and a lift platform to bring the tote from the designated location to a desired location of the shelf.