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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Anthony Messina, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technoloigies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/10 (2006.01); B65G 41/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 41/008 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 15/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inventory management system includes a first robotic device and a second robotic device. The first robotic device includes a first conveyor removably docked with a first head of the first robotic device. The second robotic device includes a second conveyor removably docked with a second head of the second robotic device. The first robotic device includes a first conveyor controller that communicates conveyor control signals to a second conveyor controller of the second robotic device. The conveyor control signals specify operations to activate the second motor of the second conveyor.