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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
John G. Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US);
Christopher Hofmeister, Hampstead, NH (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A workstation receives bots carrying order totes and bots carrying product totes for transfer of goods from the product totes to the order totes. The workstation comprises a robot for automated transfer of goods between the product and order totes, but may also have a station for an operator to perform manual transfer. Cameras may be provided to capture images of the product and/or order totes to identify contents of totes and to identify positions where goods are to be picked from the product totes and placed into the order totes.