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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 29, 2024
Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Quinton Eduard Theron, Charlotte, NC (US);
HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An automated storage system is disclosed. The automatic storage system comprises a storage unit that comprises a pair of racks and a pair of tracks. Each rack having a plurality of shelves configured to store one or more objects, and a pair of tracks coupled, directly or indirectly, to the pair of racks. Each sensor of a plurality of sensors is configured to determine a status of a respective shelf. At least one movable shelf is configured to be positioned within an opening of the storage unit. At least one robotic unit is movably coupled to the pair of tracks and comprises at least one inverted robotic arm. At least one processor is configured to control the at least one inverted robotic arm to place the objects from the at least one movable shelf to a corresponding shelf, based at least on the status of each shelf.