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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Locus Robotics Corp., Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Charles Johnson, Ashland, MA (US);
Bruce Welty, Boston, MA (US);
Sean Johnson, Danvers, MA (US);
Luis Jaquez, Burlington, MA (US);
Locus Robotics Corp., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for assigning orders to a plurality of robots fulfilling orders in a warehouse with the assistance of a plurality of operators. The method includes providing a first robot of the plurality of robots to a be assigned an order set, including one or more orders to be fulfilled and assessing the locations of at least one of the plurality of robots or at least one of the plurality of operators in the warehouse. The method also includes selecting an anchor location in the warehouse and generating an order set for the first robot correlated to the anchor location in the warehouse. The method also includes assigning the order set to the first robot for fulfillment.