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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
David Sweeney, Cambridge, GB;
Andromachi Chatzieleftheriou, Cambridge, GB;
Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Cambridge, GB;
Hugh Williams, Cambridge, GB;
Richard John Black, Cambridge, GB;
Russell Joyce, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A storage library system comprises a plurality of slots for storing items, a plurality of rails, and a robot for interacting with said items. The robot has at least two foot arrangements each having a respective gripping mechanism for releasably engaging that foot arrangement with the rails. The robot also has a transfer mechanism for moving the robot, while a first one or more of the foot arrangements remains engaged with a first of the rails, from a first position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a second of the rails to a second position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a third of the rails. The robot also has an end-effector for interacting with the items in the slots.
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