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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Parris S. Wellman, Reading, MA (US);
Matthew David Verminski, North Andover, MA (US);
Andrew Stubbs, Waltham, MA (US);
Robert Michael Shydo, Jr., Pelham, NH (US);
Ennio Claretti, Somerville, MA (US);
Boris Aronchik, Brighton, MA (US);
John Gregory Longtine, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1602 (2013.01); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/10 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39468 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39473 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39536 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39543 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39546 (2013.01); Y10S 901/03 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01); Y10S 901/30 (2013.01); Y10S 901/31 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
Robotic arms may be utilized to grasp inventory items within an inventory system. Information about an inventory item to be grasped can be detected and used to determine a grasping strategy in conjunction with information from a database. Instructions for grasping an inventory item can be generated based on the detected information and the database.