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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
John G. Lert, Jr., Quincy, MA (US);
John G. Lert, Jr., Quincy, MA (US);
Symbotic Systems, LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for selecting and combining items in an outbound container through the use of autonomous vehicles, each of which includes means for automatically loading and unloading a payload, to perform both transfer and transport functions in moving containers of items within a workspace via a network of roadways. Under computer control, said autonomous vehicles transfer and transport case containers of item units between incoming receiving stations, intermediate storage locations, and outgoing order-assembly stations where entire containers or individual item units are combined in the outbound container.
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