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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:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Nimble Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Simon Kalouche, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nimble Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/36 (2006.01); B60P 1/43 (2006.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1376 (2013.01); B25J 9/026 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B25J 15/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/36 (2013.01); B60P 1/43 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02);
Abstract

A robotic order fulfilment system for picking inventory. The system includes a piece picking robot configured to pick inventory from a plurality of containers arranged on shelving. The robot includes a base moveable relative to the shelving in a horizontal direction, a vertical post extending from the base, a platform linearly moveable along the vertical post, a suction system arranged to secure and move a select one of the containers from the shelving to expose an open top of the select one of the containers, and a picking arm configured to pick an item from the select one of the containers after the open top has been exposed. An order fulfilment method using the piece picking robot is also provided.


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