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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Ben Edwards, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Brian C. Roth, Bentonville, AR (US);
Paul Durkee, Centerton, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Examples provide a system for decanting items from a set of cases into a set of storage totes in preparation for induction into an automated tote storage device. A set of robotic decanting devices includes at least one robotic de-palletizing device configured to remove a selected case comprising a set of items from a pallet at a de-palletizing station. A stationary robotic case opener device opens each case as it moves along a conveyor device. A set of sensor devices scans cases and/or contents of cases to identify each item removed from each case. A stationary robotic picker device removes each item from each case and places each item into an appropriate destination tote. A robotic tote transfer device moves the destination tote to an induction point of the storage device. A decant manager component updates inventory to include items placed into each tote inducted into the storage device.