Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tote induction in warehouse order fulfillment operations
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Application No.: US16262315Application Date: 2019-01-30
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Publication No.: US11078019B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Michael Charles Johnson , Bruce Welty , Sean Johnson , Luis Jaquez
- Applicant: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Applicant Address: US MA Wilmington
- Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Wilmington
- Agency: Sunstein LLP
- Main IPC: B65G1/137
- IPC: B65G1/137 ; G06Q10/08 ; B25J5/00 ; B25J9/16 ; B65G1/04 ; G05D1/02 ; G05B19/418

Abstract:
A method for assigning orders to a plurality of robots fulfilling orders in a warehouse with the assistance of a plurality of operators. The method includes providing a first robot of the plurality of robots to a be assigned an order set, including one or more orders to be fulfilled and assessing the locations of at least one of the plurality of robots or at least one of the plurality of operators in the warehouse. The method also includes selecting an anchor location in the warehouse and generating an order set for the first robot correlated to the anchor location in the warehouse. The method also includes assigning the order set to the first robot for fulfillment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200239232A1 TOTE INDUCTION IN WAREHOUSE ORDER FULFILLMENT OPERATIONS Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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