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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Peter R. Wurman, Acton, MA (US);
Raffaello D'Andrea, Wollerau, CH;
Michael T. Barbehenn, North Reading, MA (US);
Andrew Edward Hoffman, Lunenburg, MA (US);
David C. Koehler, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Michael Cordell Mountz, Lexington, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method of rotating an inventory holder includes moving an inventory holder towards a rotation area along a straight segment of a path with a first face of the inventory holder facing a first direction. The rotation area includes a portion of a workspace designated for rotation of inventory holders. The method further includes moving the inventory holder into the rotation area along a first arced segment with an orientation of the first face perpendicular to the first arced segment. The method additionally includes executing a rotation maneuver within the rotation area and moving the inventory holder out of the rotation area along a second arced segment with a second face facing the first direction.