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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Tye Michael Brady, Southborough, MA (US);
John Gregory Longtine, Sudbury, MA (US);
Timothy Stallman, Groton, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Features are disclosed for an overpackage that can contain an object and provide for automated identification and handling of the object by a robotic retrieval system. The automated identification and handling are enabled through self-identifying marks on the overpackage that indicate the identity of the overpackage as well as the relative location of the mark on the overpackage. Using the location information, a robot or other autonomous actor of the robotic retrieval system can identify a path to a pick point and detect whether the proper pick point is engaged through additional identifiers on the overpackage or a pick point.