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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Lisso, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment processes. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, the inventory capacity of a mobile robot field is enhanced by vertically expanding the storage space that is readily accessible by mobile robots that facilitate an order sortation process. In result, the handling of inventoried items is reduced, and the efficiency of order fulfillment processes is increased.