Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of asynchronous robotic retrieval and delivery of items between two sites
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Application No.: US16785605Application Date: 2020-02-09
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Publication No.: US11312001B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Daniel Theobald
- Applicant: Vecna Robotics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Vecna Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vecna Robotics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Main IPC: B25J9/00
- IPC: B25J9/00 ; B25J9/16 ; B25J5/00 ; B65G1/04 ; B65G1/02 ; G05D1/02 ; G06Q50/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G06N20/00 ; B60L53/80 ; B25J15/00 ; B25J13/06

Abstract:
Asynchronous item delivery utilizes a system including a first depot and a first mobile robot at a first site and a second depot and a second mobile robot at a second site. A centralized control system manages asynchronous delivery of items through the first depot and the second depot such that the first mobile robot can retrieve an item from the first depot and deliver the item to a transportation systems for transition to the second site, such that the second depot at the second site can, in an asynchronous fashion, receive the item and deliver the item to the second mobile robot for transportation to the ultimate destination at the second site. Two or more sites can be coordinated by the centralized control system for management of movement of items through a supply chain using asynchronous item delivery and movement through each respective site to an ultimate destination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200171647A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS ROBOTIC RETRIEVAL AND DELIVERY OF ITEMS BETWEEN TWO SITES Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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