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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Symbotic Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);
Joseph Aubin, Hollis, NH (US);
Alan Grant, Nashua, NH (US);
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
Frederick M. Morgan, Bedford, NH (US);
Karl Koch, North Billerica, MA (US);
Michael Chesna, Saugus, MA (US);
Symbotic LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
An automated order fulfillment facility including one or more rows of storage locations for storing totes or other containers, mobile robots configured to move along and/or between rails to transfer the totes or other containers to and from the storage locations, and an energy absorbing mechanical guard mounted at a point along the rails to block or stop a runaway mobile robot. The energy absorbing mechanical guard may be configured to stop mobile robots traveling at a maximum rate of speed for the mobile robots, without damaging the mobile robots.