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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2019
Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Farhang Bidram, West Vancouver, CA;
Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for transporting a plurality of articles is disclosed. The apparatus includes a wheeled chassis, and a platform disposed on the wheeled chassis. The apparatus also includes a manipulator coupled to the wheeled chassis and operably configured to load a first article of the plurality of articles at a first position on the platform, or unload the first article of the plurality of articles from the first position on the platform. The apparatus further includes at least one actuator operably configured to cause successive relative rotational movements between the manipulator and the platform to provide access to successive rotationally spaced apart positions on the platform for loading or unloading each subsequent article in the plurality of articles.