Fetch Robotics, Inc.

Zebra Technologies Corporation

David Dymesich

Melonee Wise

Stefan Nusser

David Robson

Aaron Hoy

Brian Cairl

Levon Avagyan

Niharika Arora

Carl Saldanha

Robert Chatman, Iii

Derek King

Sarah Elliott

Steffen Fuchs

Jenna Guergah

Katrin Beauchaud

Brian Richard Cairi

Uwe Meister

Mason Cole

Lonai Anthraper

Louis Abastas

Robert Isaiah Chatman, Iii

David Lin

Robert Lang

Vishnu Sudheer Menon

Alison Cheng

A method includes: obtaining a task definition for a mobile robot, the task definition including (i) a position on an item support carried by the mobile robot, and (ii) an identifier of an item to be placed at the position to form a unit load with the item support; controlling the mobile robot carrying the item support to travel to a pick location for receiving the item from a picker; controlling an output device to render an indication of the position for the picker at the pick location; responsive to placement of the item at the position by the picker, controlling the mobile robot to travel to a handling location.

Automated unit load fulfillment methods and systems

A method includes: capturing, via a navigational sensor of a mobile automation apparatus, three-dimensional point cloud data depicting a portion of an aisle containing a support structure, the support structure having a forward plane facing into the aisle; generating, from the point cloud data, a two-dimensional projection in a facility coordinate system; retrieving, from a stored map, an expected location of the forward plane of the support structure in the facility coordinate system; selecting, from the projection, a subset of regions satisfying a positional criterion relative to the location of the forward plane; determining, based on the selected subset of regions from the projection, an actual location of the forward plane of the support structure in the facility coordinate system; and providing the actual location of the forward plane to a navigational controller of the mobile automation apparatus.

System and method for support structure detection

A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.

Method and system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using robots

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