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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Vecna Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventor:

Daniel Theobald, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

VECNA ROBOTICS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for enabling a user to move items from one container to another. The method includes identifying a location of a user who will transfer items from a first container, attached to a first robot, to a second container, attached to a second robot, positioning the first container at a first position near the location of the user and positioning the second container via movement of the second robot at a second position near the location of the user. The method includes providing instructions to the user regarding how many items to move from the first container to the second container, receiving at least one item in the second container from the user and moving the second container from the second position to a destination position for the at least one item.


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