Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Nicholas Mendenhall

Jeremy Samuel De Bonet

Jacob Alex Siegel

Nicholas McMahon

Nicholas Franklin

Zihui Zhang

Sydney Tye Minnis

Nathan Pius O'Neill

Paul Eugene Munger

Ryan F Conroy

Patrick Chow

Venkata Srikiran Bodapati

James Olney

Matthieu Liger

Nicholas Paul Rush

Travis Glover

Amy Margaret Curneen

Seth Whittington

A delivery vehicle with sensors having overlapping fields of view is described herein. In an example, a cargo bay is mounted to a chassis. A sensor system is mounted to the cargo bay and includes a plurality of cameras that have a first collective 360° field of view along a first plane and that form pairs of adjacent cameras. The cameras in each one of the pairs have overlapping fields of view along the first plane. The sensor system also includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit collectively light along the first collective 360° field of view. A first light source of the plurality of light sources is mounted adjacent to a first camera of the plurality of cameras.

Delivery vehicle with sensors having overlapping field of views

A robotic delivery vehicle may be capable of providing sufficient insulation for perishable items without sacrificing the delivery robotic delivery vehicles' travel range by using passive cooling configurations. Passive cooling configurations may include improving the insulation performance of the robotic delivery vehicle as well as incorporating cooling elements. The robotic delivery vehicle may include a cargo bay liner and a vehicle lid that covers and encloses a cargo bay from the external environment. The cargo bay liner may include an insulated bottom and at least one insulated wall extending from the insulated bottom, wherein the at least one insulated wall and the insulated bottom define a cargo volume. The lid may define a lid volume and is configured to selectively enclose the cargo volume.

Insulated cargo bay on robotic transport vehicle

A fixture includes a plurality of brackets. Accessories such as wire hooks, shelves, bins, and so forth may be supported by one or more brackets. A load cell supports each bracket and generates a signal that is indicative of changes to the bracket as items are added or removed from the accessory. The brackets include features such as tabs that prevent accessories from moving laterally. The fixtures are easily reconfigured to accommodate accessories of different sizes that in turn may support items of different sizes.

Multi-lane weight measuring device

A parallel planar weight sensing device includes an accessory mounting bracket with an upper portion and a lower portion. Part of the accessory mounting bracket extends around a crossmember that also has an upper portion and a lower portion. Affixed to the upper portion of the crossmember is a first load cell while a second load cell is affixed to the lower portion of the crossmember. The upper portion of the accessory mounting bracket is affixed to the first load cell while the lower portion is affixed to the second load cell. An accessory, such as a shelf or hook, may be attached to the accessory mounting bracket and used to stow items. As the load on the accessory changes, such as due to a pick or place of items, a total weight change may be determined by summing the output from the load cells.

Parallel planar weight sensing device

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Nicholas Mendenhall