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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Symbotic, Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Sullivan, Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Cyrulik, Hollis, NH (US);
Stephen C. Toebes, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Symbotic LLC, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/70 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage and retrieval system including a storage structure having storage shelves, each storage shelf having slats for supporting stored items where the slats are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, an autonomous transport vehicle including at least one sensor configured to sense each of the slats and output a signal indicating when a slat is sensed, and a controller for verifying a location of the autonomous transport vehicle within the storage structure based on at least the output signal.