Walmart Apollo, LLC

Edwin H Reed

Paul Edward Durkee

Bradley Johnson

Stuart William Clark

Joshua Wayne Chaney

Method and systems for an autonomous storage and retrieval tower integrated with a fulfillment system.

Autonomous storage and retrieval tower

Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are provided for processing items within an automated storage and retrieval device. A scanned machine-readable identifier associated with an item is received at an automated storage and retrieval device. A determination is made whether the machine-readable identifier that was scanned is a container identification (ID). The machine-readable identifier is identified based on pre-defined criteria when the machine-readable identifier is determined not to be a container ID. The machine-readable identifier is mapped to an existing order using stored order information. A container ID is created by the fulfillment system and passed back to the automated storage and retrieval device. The item is stored in the automated storage and retrieval device using the created container ID.

Growing community of inventors

Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Edwin H Reed