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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Jason Bellar, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Donald Ray High, Anderson, MO (US);
Jeremy L. Velten, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Robert Cantrell, Herndon, VA (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A disclosed system for transporting items to destination locations, for example when receiving inventory at large retail locations, includes a conveyor assembly comprising a plurality of docking locations; an item identifier operable to read identification data; an orchestrator operable to, based at least on the identification data, pair items with transporter solutions; and a sorting controller operable to, based at least on the identification data and the pairings, route items to specific docking locations where transporter solutions are docked. Transporter solutions may include autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) that bid on delivery tasks and can adjust shelf height in order to facilitate loading and unloading. The AGVs can thus provide an effectively seamless conveyor solution—either rollers on the conveyor surface move items or rollers on the underside of the AGV move the AGV with the items.