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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2025
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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/04 (2006.01); B60M 1/30 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 5/02 (2013.01); B25J 9/042 (2013.01); B25J 9/14 (2013.01); B25J 9/161 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 15/0061 (2013.01); B25J 15/02 (2013.01); B25J 15/0441 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B25J 17/02 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01); B25J 19/005 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B25J 19/04 (2013.01); B60M 1/30 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01); B65G 47/918 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robotic system that includes a storage structure, a container handling robot, and a manipulator robot is provided herein. The storage structure includes vertical members supporting a grid having a first set of rails and a second set of rails that collectively define grid spaces, and a plurality of storage containers arranged in vertical stacks within a respective one of the grid spaces. The container handling robot is arranged to move along the first and second set of rails and includes a lifting device to extract one or more storage containers from the vertical stacks and to transport the one or more storage containers about the grid. The manipulator robot is installed within a footprint of a single grid space and includes one or more vacuum generators, and a picking arm provided with a pneumatic gripping tool for picking an inventory item from the one or more storage containers.


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