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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2023
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US);
John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Hartman Fort, Stratham, NH (US);
Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Victoria Hinchey, Winchester, MA (US);
Jennifer Eileen King, Oakmont, PA (US);
Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Cap Koval, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gene Temple Price, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US);
Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US);
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A space efficient automated processing system for processing objects is disclosed. The processing system includes an input conveyance system for moving objects from an input area in at least an input conveyance vector that includes an input conveyance horizontal direction component and an input conveyance vertical direction component, a perception system for receiving objects from the input conveyance system and for providing perception data regarding an object, a primary transport system for receiving the object from the perception system and for providing transport of the object along at least a primary transport vector including an primary transport horizontal component and a primary transport vertical component that is generally opposite the input conveyance horizontal direction component, and at least two secondary transport systems, each of which receives the object from the primary transport system and moves the object in either of reciprocal directions.