Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Xujie Wang

Longyu Zhao

Tri Minh Quach

Canaan Seaton

Joseph Eaton

John McCauley Swinford

Bryan Beard

Tyler B Rodgers

Bob Samac

A control system for an automated singulation system is provided. The control system detects a presence of a first item on a first conveyor and detects a presence of a second item on a second conveyor while the first item is present on the first conveyor. The second conveyor transfers items onto the first conveyor and is at a lower height than the second conveyor. The first conveyor is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the second conveyor. In response to detecting the presence of the second item, a location of the first item along a length of the first conveyor is determined. The first conveyor and the second conveyor are controlled based at least on the location of the first item.

Control system for automated singulation system

An automated system for singulating items is provided. The automated system includes a singulation apparatus. The singulation apparatus includes multiple conveyor modules and a vertical frame structure. Each of the multiple conveyor modules has an identical physical structure. The vertical frame structure provides multiple horizontal mounting locations, each at a different height along the vertical frame structure. Each of the conveyor modules is mounted to a different one of the multiple horizontal mounting locations.

Robotic surgical tool with pivotable transmission linkage on translating carriage

An apparatus for unloading tote contents is provided. The apparatus includes an arm assembly, a door assembly connected to the arm assembly, and first and second drivers configured to rotate the arm assembly and the door assembly about first and second axes, respectively. The arm assembly is configured to pick up a tote from a first conveyor belt. The door assembly is configured to secure at least one item within the tote and provide a ramp for unloading the at least one item from the tote onto a second conveyor belt.

Tote flipper

Automated singulation system

Systems and methods to separate and present items for picking and movement to various downstream systems may include an item separation system, a vision system, and an item picking system controlled or instructed by a control system. The control system may instruct an item separation system comprising a plurality of conveyors at various positions, orientations, or heights to separate and present items at a picking area. The vision system may capture imaging data of items at the picking area. The control system may identify items or pickable surfaces. The control system may further instruct an item picking system to pick and move items from the picking area to various downstream systems and/or may instruct the item separation system to change aspects of movement of items to further separate and present items at the picking area.

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Xujie Wang