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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Hds Mercury, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Aravind Durai, Long Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
HDS Mercury, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/12 (2006.01); B65G 60/00 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B65G 69/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/38 (2006.01); B60P 1/43 (2006.01); B60P 1/52 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0471 (2013.01); B60P 1/38 (2013.01); B60P 1/43 (2013.01); B60P 1/52 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 60/00 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65G 69/006 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/12 (2013.01); B65G 2207/34 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for moving payloads is described. It uses one or more mobile robots. Each mobile robot comprises a payload bearing platform with a transfer mechanism with multiple degrees of freedom of movement. The system includes one or more stack exchangers having a set of alignment mechanisms, and at least one payload transfer ramp. The mobile robots pass through the stack exchanger and pick up a payload or drop off a payload.