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公开(公告)号：US20240043213A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-08
申请号：US18349872
申请日：2023-07-10
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
IPC: B65G1/137 , G05D1/00 , G01C21/20 , G05D1/02 , G06Q10/087
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , G05D1/0088 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0225 , B65G1/137 , G05D1/0285 , G06Q10/087 , G05D1/0297 , G05D1/0274 , B65G1/1378 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system with a robot execution system (REX) is described. In an example implementation, a REX may induct, into the hybrid modular storage fetching system, an order identifying items to be fulfilled by automated guided vehicles (AGVs) at an order fulfillment facility. The REX may generate at task list including tasks for a first and second AGV, instruct the first AGV to retrieve a first item in the order from a first storage area based on the task list and deliver the first item to a pick-cell station. The REX may also instruct the second AGV to retrieve a second item of the order from a second storage area and deliver the second item to the pick-cell station. The REX may communicate with other components of the hybrid modular storage fetching system to coordinate the paths of the AGVs to fulfill the order.
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公开(公告)号：US20230356948A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-09
申请号：US18353002
申请日：2023-07-14
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
CPC classification number: B65G1/1375 , B65G1/0492 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0225 , B60P1/00 , B66F9/06 , B60P1/02 , B65G1/0435 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, an automated guided vehicle of the hybrid modular storage fetching system includes a drive unit that provides motive force to propel the automated guided vehicle within an operating environment. The automated guided vehicle may also include a container handling mechanism including an extender and a carrying surface, the container handling mechanism having three or more degrees of freedom to move the carrying surface along three or more axes. The container handling mechanism may retrieve an item from a first target shelving unit using the carrying surface and the three or more degrees of freedom and place the item on a second target shelving unit. The automated guided vehicle may also include a power source coupled to provide power to the drive unit and the container handling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US20180137454A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-17
申请号：US15814564
申请日：2017-11-16
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Girish Kulkarni , Michael Bhaskaran , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/146 , B64D1/02 , G05D1/0027 , G05D1/021 , G05D1/0212 , G05D1/101 , G08G1/205 , G08G5/0013 , G08G5/0021 , G08G5/0026 , G08G5/0034 , G08G5/0043 , G08G5/0069
Abstract: An example system may comprise a docking station remotely located from a fulfillment center, a fulfillment system, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV). The fulfillment system manages the fulfillment center and the docking station, receives a request to ship an item, determines an item transfer point based on a delivery point, and calculates a flight path to the item transfer point. The fulfillment system loads the item at the fulfillment center via a handling mechanism of the UAV and deploys the UAV to the item transfer point using the flight path. The AGV is coupled for wireless communication with the fulfillment system, the docking station, and the AGV. The item transfer point indicates a geographical location where the item is to be transferred from the UAV to one of the docking station and the AGV based on the delivery point.
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公开(公告)号：US12037195B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-16
申请号：US18353002
申请日：2023-07-14
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
CPC classification number: B65G1/1375 , B60P1/00 , B60P1/02 , B65G1/0435 , B65G1/0492 , B66F9/06 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0234 , B65G1/1378 , B65G2209/06 , G05D1/0274 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, an automated guided vehicle of the hybrid modular storage fetching system includes a drive unit that provides motive force to propel the automated guided vehicle within an operating environment. The automated guided vehicle may also include a container handling mechanism including an extender and a carrying surface, the container handling mechanism having three or more degrees of freedom to move the carrying surface along three or more axes. The container handling mechanism may retrieve an item from a first target shelving unit using the carrying surface and the three or more degrees of freedom and place the item on a second target shelving unit. The automated guided vehicle may also include a power source coupled to provide power to the drive unit and the container handling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US11697554B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US16809361
申请日：2020-03-04
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
IPC: B65G1/137 , G05D1/00 , G01C21/20 , G05D1/02 , G06Q10/087
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , B65G1/137 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0285 , G05D1/0297 , G06Q10/087 , B65G1/1378 , G05D1/0274 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system with a robot execution system (REX) is described. In an example implementation, a REX may induct, into the hybrid modular storage fetching system, an order identifying items to be fulfilled by automated guided vehicles (AGVs) at an order fulfillment facility. The REX may generate at task list including tasks for a first and second AGV, instruct the first AGV to retrieve a first item in the order from a first storage area based on the task list and deliver the first item to a pick-cell station. The REX may also instruct the second AGV to retrieve a second item of the order from a second storage area and deliver the second item to the pick-cell station. The REX may communicate with other components of the hybrid modular storage fetching system to coordinate the paths of the AGVs to fulfill the order.
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公开(公告)号：US20240367907A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18773376
申请日：2024-07-15
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
IPC: B65G1/137 , B60P1/00 , B60P1/02 , B65G1/04 , B66F9/06 , G05D1/246 , G05D1/247 , G05D1/661 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, an automated guided vehicle of the hybrid modular storage fetching system includes a drive unit that provides motive force to propel the automated guided vehicle within an operating environment. The automated guided vehicle may also include a container handling mechanism including an extender and a carrying surface, the container handling mechanism having three or more degrees of freedom to move the carrying surface along three or more axes. The container handling mechanism may retrieve an item from a first target shelving unit using the carrying surface and the three or more degrees of freedom and place the item on a second target shelving unit. The automated guided vehicle may also include a power source coupled to provide power to the drive unit and the container handling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US11893535B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-06
申请号：US16940138
申请日：2020-07-27
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan , Rodney Gallaway
IPC: G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/0875 , G01C21/20 , G05D1/02 , B65G43/00
CPC classification number: G06Q10/0875 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0285 , G05D1/0297 , B65G43/00 , B65G2209/06 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, the system may include a warehouse execution system adapted to generate a picking schedule for picking pick-to-cart and high-density storage items, and an AGV dispatching system adapted to dispatch a cart automated guided vehicle and a modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle based on the picking schedule. The cart automated guided vehicle may be adapted autonomously transport a carton through a pick-to-cart area and to a pick-cell station. The modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle may be adapted to synchronously autonomously transport a modular storage unit containing items to be placed in the cartons from a high-density storage area to the pick-cell station.
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公开(公告)号：US11053076B1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
申请号：US16687519
申请日：2019-11-18
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Vikranth Gopalakrishnan , Daniel Jarvis , Rodney Gallaway , Michael Bhaskaran
Abstract: Technology for optimizing carton induction in an order fulfillment picking system is described. In an example embodiment, a method, implemented using one or more computing devices, may include receiving scan data reflecting status of cartons being conveyed by a conveying system, receiving confirmatory input reflecting pick completion for a subset of the cartons being conveyed by the conveying system, and generating an estimated time of arrival for one or more cartons not yet inducted into the conveying system based on the scan data and the confirmatory input. The method may further include generating a load forecast based on the estimated time of arrival and inducting one or more of the one or more cartons into the conveying system based on the load forecast.
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公开(公告)号：US10803420B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-13
申请号：US15721472
申请日：2017-09-29
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan , Rodney Gallaway
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, the system may include a warehouse execution system adapted to generate a picking schedule for picking pick-to-cart and high-density storage items, and an AGV dispatching system adapted to dispatch a cart automated guided vehicle and a modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle based on the picking schedule. The cart automated guided vehicle may be adapted autonomously transport a carton through a pick-to-cart area and to a pick-cell station. The modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle may be adapted to synchronously autonomously transport a modular storage unit containing items to be placed in the cartons from a high-density storage area to the pick-cell station.
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公开(公告)号：US10479612B1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-19
申请号：US16108012
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Vikranth Gopalakrishnan , Daniel Jarvis , Rodney Gallaway , Michael Bhaskaran
Abstract: Technology for optimizing carton induction in an order fulfillment picking system is described. In an example embodiment, a method, implemented using one or more computing devices, may include receiving scan data reflecting status of cartons being conveyed by a conveying system, receiving confirmatory input reflecting pick completion for a subset of the cartons being conveyed by the conveying system, and generating an estimated time of arrival for one or more cartons not yet inducted into the conveying system based on the scan data and the confirmatory input. The method may further include generating a load forecast based on the estimated time of arrival and inducting one or more of the one or more cartons into the conveying system based on the load forecast.
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