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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Vecna Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel Theobald, Somerville, MA (US);
Veena Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An elevator system can include an elevator car comprising an elevator floor, the elevator car connected to a control system, wherein the elevator floor is configured to enable a rolling device to roll from a floor level onto the elevator floor, an elevator wireless communication module connected to the control system, an elevator framework in which the elevator car is configured and an elevator motor configured to raise and lower the elevator car as instructed by a mobile robot and as controlled by the control system according to instructions to the elevator system received via the elevator wireless communication module. The elevator system can be attached to a rack of shelves and be used to autonomously move mobile robots up and down to or from respective shelfs and/or a floor level.