Warehouse automation systems and methods
Assignee6 River Systems, LLC
InventorsRylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
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Abstract
A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
Claims30
A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of carts for transporting products for customer orders within a warehouse, the plurality of carts adapted to be employed in at least one of picking the products from the warehouse and restocking the products in the warehouse;
- and
- a controller adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control and automatically move the first cart at a controller determined speed to lead the first person around the warehouse.
A method for automating and improving operating productivity of a warehouse comprising the steps of:
- associating a first person with a first one of a plurality of carts for transporting products for customer orders within a warehouse, the plurality of carts employed in at least one of picking the products from the warehouse and restocking the products in the warehouse;
- determining, with a controller, a speed at which to move the first cart;
- and
- controlling and automatically moving the first cart at the controller determined speed to lead the first person around the warehouse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.