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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2020
Fetch Robotics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Diehr, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Cairl, Astoria, NY (US);
Sarah Elliott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Levon Avagyan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rohan Bhargava, San Jose, CA (US);
Russell Toris, San Jose, CA (US);
John W. Stewart, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derek King, San Jose, CA (US);
Melonee Wise, San Jose, CA (US);
Niharika Arora, San Jose, CA (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A system includes: a cart including: four legs; at least one shelf, each shelf attached to each of the legs; the cart having a generally rectangular shape, a width of the cart being longer than a length of the robot, a length of the cart being longer than a length of the robot; four wheels, each wheel attached to a different leg at a bottom of the leg, the wheels configured to roll to facilitate movement of the cart; and a robotic dock, the robotic dock comprising four docking receptacles at ninety degree angles from adjacent docking receptacles; and a robot comprising: a sensor; and a docking module, the docking module comprising retractable docking pins, each retractable docking pin configured, when extended upward, to mate with a corresponding docking receptacle, thereby securing the robot to a bottom shelf of the cart.