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- Patent Title: Automated proxy picker system for non-fungible goods
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Application No.: US17234887Application Date: 2021-04-20
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Publication No.: US11694295B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: John G. Lert, Jr. , William J. Fosnight
- Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA North Billerica
- Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06Q50/28 ; B65G1/137 ; G06Q30/0601 ; B65G47/90 ; G06Q30/06

Abstract:
A system and method for providing proxy picking of non-fungible goods within an automated storage and retrieval system is provided, which repurposes one or more automated mobile robots operating within the automated inventory management system to perform a plurality of tasks across multiple different areas of an automated store. The proxy picking system and method are configured to pick individually identified non-fungible goods according to a customer selection on an ordering screen based on measured attributes and images of the goods, the attributes selected by the customer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210264552A1 AUTOMATED PROXY PICKER SYSTEM FOR NON-FUNGIBLE GOODS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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