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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US);
Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Victoria Hinchey, Winchester, MA (US);
Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (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 method of processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an input conveyance system by which input bins of objects may be provided to a processing station that includes the programmable motion device that includes an end effector, perceiving at the processing station identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects at an input area of the input conveyance system, grasping the an acquired object using the end effector, moving the acquired object toward an identified processing container using the programmable motion device, the identified processing container being associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing container being provided as one of a plurality of processing containers at the processing station, and providing an output conveyance system in communication with the processing station, by which processing containers that contain processed objects may be provided.