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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Symbotic, Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen C. Toebes, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Robert Sullivan, Wilmington, MA (US);
Forrest Buzan, Dunstable, MA (US);
Assignee:
Symbiotic, LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, the autonomous transport robot includes a payload bed having at least one reference datum surface and at least one payload justification device, the at least one payload justification device being configured to position a payload on the payload bed in substantial contact with the at least one reference datum surface to place the payload in a predetermined position on the payload bed.