Symbotic LLC

Biotheryx, Inc.

Casepick Systems, LLC

Neurotheryx Canada Ltd.

Mobile Industrial Robots Inc.

Robert T Sullivan

Frank Mercurio

Paul E Erdman

Leah M Fung

Stephen C Toebes

Aparajita Hoskote Chourasia

Eduardo Torres

Kirill K Pankratov

Larry M Sweet

John Lert

Juergen D Conrad

Nathan Ulrich

Michael Cyrulik

Forrest Buzan

Foster Hinshaw

Robert Hsiung

Todd E Kepple

Justin Holwell

Gregory Thronson

Fabrizio Mastronardi

Armen Manoukian

Sam Scanga

Christopher Kiley

Imelda Lam

Jared Ploss

Andrew Eccles

David Aaron Hecht

Paul Perry

William Fannin

Kyle WH Chan

Dimitry Vasilyev

Stephen Toebes

Kyle Wh Chan

An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous transport vehicle, a transfer deck that defines a transport surface for the vehicle, at least one reciprocating lift, a first and second pickface interface station connected to the deck and spaced apart from each other, each station forming a pickface transfer interfacing between the vehicle on the deck and the lift at each station so that a pickface is transferred between the lift and the vehicle at each station, wherein the vehicle is configured to pick a first pickface at the first station, traverse the deck and buffer the first pickface, or at least a portion thereof, at the second station so that the second station has multiple pickfaces buffered on a common support in an order sequence of pickfaces according to a predetermined case out order sequence of mixed case pickfaces.

Storage and retrieval system

A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having, picking aisles, storage locations, disposed within the picking aisles, and at least one transfer deck providing access to the picking aisles, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport located on each storage level for transporting the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to create a primary access path through the transfer decks and picking aisles to a predetermined one of the storage locations and at least one secondary access path to the predetermined one of the storage locations when the primary path is impassable.

A method for transporting a payload pickface, the method comprising an autonomous transport vehicle payload bed of an autonomous guided transport vehicle and providing a transfer arm disposed in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed and defining at least a portion of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed so that a payload pickface is seated on and stably held in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed by at least a portion of the transfer arm for autonomous guided transport vehicle travel, the transfer arm being configured to extend along a first axis to transfer the payload pickface to and from the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed, and effecting picking and placing of the payload pickface with the transfer arm including fingers that define a payload bed support surface of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed.

Automated bot with transfer arm

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Wilmington, MA, United States of America

Robert T Sullivan