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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Hds Mercury Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Louis Borders, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aravind Durai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
HDS Mercury, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 67/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B65G 67/22 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B65G 1/0421 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 65/00 (2013.01); B65G 67/02 (2013.01); B65G 67/22 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for moving payloads is described. It uses one or more mobile robots. Each mobile robot comprises a payload bearing platform, and a payload release latch. The system includes one or more stack exchangers having a set of alignment rails, a payload transfer ramp, and a latch engagement bar. The mobile robots pass through the stack exchanger and pick up a payload or drop off a payload without fully stopping motion.