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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Ryan M. Luckay, Vienna, VA (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for loading and unloading containers of items from transport vehicles and moving containers of items to and from desired locations using automated robots are disclosed. The system includes one or more automated robots, a base station, and one or more vehicle-based systems. The automated robots are configured to move to, lift, and carry containers of items. The base station is configured to coordinate the movements of the automated robots. The vehicle-based systems are associated with transport vehicles and configured to communicate information about containers on the transport vehicles to the base station or automated robots. The vehicle-based systems may call the one or more automated robots to automatically load or unload the transport vehicles.