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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Craig Worsley, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a first mobile drive unit and a second mobile drive unit. The first mobile drive unit is operable to dock with a first item holder at a first end of a column of connected item holders. The second mobile drive unit is operable to dock with a second item holder at a second end of the column of connected item holders. The system also includes a management module that is operable to instruct the first mobile drive unit and the second mobile drive units to transport the column of connected item holders from a first location to a second location.