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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Jane Shi, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided herein for utilizing multi-functional storage containers to store items within a facility. An indication may be received that an item is to be stored within some storage container within the facility. The storage container may be a multi-functional storage container configured with a first set of storage compartments designated for items that are to be manually placed and a second set of storage compartments designated for items that are to be robotically placed. A placement method (e.g., robotic or manual) may be determined for the item and a storage component of the storage container selected based at least in part on the determined placement method. Once the storage component is selected, instructions may be provided to a robotic device (for robotic placement) or a computing device (for manual placement) instructing that the item be placed at the selected storage component.