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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Autostore Technology As, Nedre Vats, NO;
Øystein Gjerdevik, Skjold, NO;
Joakim Aleksander Myrbakken, Skudeneshavn, NO;
AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats, NO;
Abstract
Storage containers may be stored a storage system including a framework structure. A robotic consolidation station for use in the storage system includes a first conveyor pathway for transfer of storage containers accommodating items to be picked, a second conveyor pathway for transfer of storage containers in which items are to be consolidated or have been consolidated, and a robotic picking arm arranged to reach the first conveyor pathway and the second conveyor pathway. Each of the first conveyor pathway and the second conveyor pathway includes a first end and a second end. Each first end may be operatively connected to a container outlet of the framework structure for transfer of storage containers from the framework structure and each second end may be operatively connected to a container inlet of the framework structure for transfer of storage containers into the framework structure. The first conveyor pathway includes a picking section. The second conveyor pathway includes a consolidation section. The robotic picking arm is arranged such that items may be picked from a first storage container arranged upon the picking section by use of the robotic picking arm and transferred to a second storage container arranged upon the consolidation section by use of the robotic picking arm. The first conveyor pathway is independently operable of the consolidation section and arranged such that a first storage container may be transferred from a container outlet to a container inlet via the picking section while a second storage container is arranged upon the consolidation section.