公开(公告)号：US12124240B1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17710599

申请日：2022-03-31

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gaurav D Ghare ,  Eric D Anderson ,  Bin Zhu ,  Abraham Cantwell ,  Thomas Alexandre Moulard ,  Ibolya Horvath ,  Chetan Banthiya ,  David Prody

IPC: G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/0297 ,  G05B2219/50391

Abstract: A management system for a heterogenous robot fleet provides standard application programmatic interfaces (APIs) for use by inventory management systems in generating complex applications, wherein calls to the API are formatted in a standard format and cause the management system to orchestrate cross-fleet operations that involve multiple different types of robots that are operating in a common facility. Also, the management system for a heterogenous robot fleet provides a unified view of the heterogenous robot fleets of the facility.

公开(公告)号：US11254506B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16711013

申请日：2019-12-11

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Stephane Robin ,  Abraham Cantwell ,  Andrew Tinka ,  Keith Richardson

IPC: B65G11/02 ,  B07C3/00 ,  B66F9/06 ,  B65G1/06 ,  G05B19/418 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B25J5/02 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C3/18

Abstract: Within a sortation center, robotic drives may coordinate to sort packages. In some instances, first robotic drives on a third floor may deposit packages into first chutes that transfer the packages to a second floor. Awaiting second robotic drives on the second floor may receive the packages and may deposit the packages into second chutes that transfer the packages to a first floor. At the first floor, the packages may arrive into a container associated with shipping the packages. Depositing the packages in the first chutes may align the packages with a respective container on the first floor in a first direction and depositing the packages in the second chutes may align the packages with their respective container on the second floor in a second direction.