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公开(公告)号:US11905058B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17240777
申请日:2021-04-26
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号: B65B5/10 , B65B5/00 , B65B5/08 , B65G1/137 , G06Q10/08 , B25J9/00 , G05B19/418 , B66F9/06 , G06Q10/0631 , G06Q10/0832 , G06Q10/0833 , G06Q10/087 , G06Q50/28
CPC分类号: B65B5/10 , B25J9/0096 , B65B5/00 , B65B5/08 , B65G1/1373 , B65G1/1378 , B66F9/063 , G05B19/41895 , G06Q10/06315 , G06Q10/087 , G06Q10/0832 , G06Q10/0833 , G06Q50/28 , G05D2201/0216
摘要: A system and method are disclosed for supplying one or more goods to a physical store location. The goods may be received at a distribution center (DC). At the DC, the goods may be decanted from their shipping containers into one or more sub-totes, which are contained within one or more product totes. The sub-totes may be transferred from the one or more product totes to one or more order totes based on a velocity of movement of the plurality of goods at the physical store location.
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公开(公告)号:US12084281B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18132080
申请日:2023-04-07
申请人: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
CPC分类号: B65G1/1378 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/065 , B65G47/681 , B65G47/905
摘要: An apparatus is disclosed including a robotic system having a robotic picking workstation, tote storage and retrieval and transit decks. The system has bots that autonomously transport totes from the storage and retrieval system to the robotic picking workstation via the transit decks. The robotic picking workstation may have a picking lane where a robotic handler transports eaches from totes on the bots to order totes in the workstation. The robotic picking workstation further has a queuing buffer where bots are cued for the picking lane.
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公开(公告)号:US12071306B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-27
申请号:US17745611
申请日:2022-05-16
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人: William J. Fosnight , Christopher Hofmeister , John G. Lert, Jr. , Stephanie Waite , Julian Warhurst
CPC分类号: B65G1/1373 , F25D11/003 , G05D1/0276 , G06Q10/087 , B66F9/063
摘要: An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.
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公开(公告)号:US12024366B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17971406
申请日:2022-10-21
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号: B65G1/137 , B65G1/10 , G05B15/02 , G06Q10/087
CPC分类号: B65G1/1373 , B65G1/10 , B65G1/1371 , G05B15/02 , G06Q10/087
摘要: A system and method are disclosed relating to an automated store or system including an automated fulfillment section having a storage structure for storing fungible and/or non-fungible goods. The fungible and/or non-fungible goods may be retrieved from storage in response to a customer order. The system and method of the present technology allows retrieved fungible and/or non-fungible goods to be sorted and packed in accordance with stored customer preferences.
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公开(公告)号:US11820600B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17235038
申请日:2021-04-20
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
CPC分类号: B65G1/1378 , G05D1/0088 , G06Q10/087 , G06T7/70 , G06V40/20 , B65G1/0492 , B65G2201/0258 , B65G2203/041 , B65G2203/044 , G05D1/0287 , G05D2201/0216
摘要: A workstation is disclosed for transferring objects between containers such as product and order totes in an order fulfillment system. The workstation may include an object pick system, for example including a measuring array or a machine vision system, which directs and monitors the transfer of objects between the containers.
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公开(公告)号:US11778956B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US15947551
申请日:2018-04-06
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
摘要: A vertical farming system includes a storage structure having racks of storage shelves for housing plant-carrying containers. Mobile robots travel around the racks to transfer containers of plants to and from the storage shelves. Under direction of a central control system, one or more mobile robots may transport a container from a storage location to a workstation. Once there, care may be provided for the plant, including water and/or other nutrients, and data may be gathered on the plant. This may be done by an owner of the plant, or by an automated service robot positioned at the workstation. Data gathered on the plant, including for example photographs, may be sent by email or other communications schemes to an owner of the plant.
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公开(公告)号:US12110183B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17338814
申请日:2021-06-04
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
CPC分类号: B65G1/1378 , B25J9/1697 , B65G1/0485 , B65G1/1375 , B65G47/905 , B65G2201/0258 , B65G2203/041 , B65G2209/06 , B65G2811/0663
摘要: A workstation receives bots carrying order totes and bots carrying product totes for transfer of goods from the product totes to the order totes. The workstation comprises a robot for automated transfer of goods between the product and order totes, but may also have a station for an operator to perform manual transfer. Cameras may be provided to capture images of the product and/or order totes to identify contents of totes and to identify positions where goods are to be picked from the product totes and placed into the order totes.
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公开(公告)号:US12006149B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17843124
申请日:2022-06-17
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
CPC分类号: B65G1/0492 , B65G1/0478 , B65G1/1378
摘要: A system and method for storage and retrieval are provided. The system includes a multi-level storage structure, and mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote, container, or object. This system and method can be used in order-fulfillment applications in which one or more workstations accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a put location, and an input/output interface induct material into the system and discharge fulfilled orders from the system. The mobile robots are further configured to move from level to level in the multi-level storage structure via inclined or vertical tracks without requiring a vertical lift or vertical conveyor.
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公开(公告)号:US11952215B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17499783
申请日:2021-10-12
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人: John G. Lert, Jr.
IPC分类号: B65G1/137 , B65G1/04 , B66F9/06 , G05B19/418 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087 , G06Q20/12 , G06Q30/06 , G06Q30/0601 , G06K7/14
CPC分类号: B65G1/1373 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/137 , B66F9/063 , G05B19/41815 , G06Q10/087 , G06Q20/12 , G06Q30/06 , G06Q30/0617 , G06Q30/0633 , G06Q30/0635 , G06Q30/0641 , G06Q30/0643 , G06K7/1413
摘要: A combination automated-service and self-service store for implementation at brick-and-mortar retail locations is provided. The store and corresponding method of implementation is an automated-service model in which robots, deployed at the brick-and-mortar location, fill orders for fungible goods placed by customers either online or in-store. The store also includes a shopping section where customers can select/order items and/or personally select non-fungible goods. The store includes a shopping section for non-fungible goods that customers prefer to pick out by hand and a back end automated order fulfillment section for other goods (e.g., fungible goods, dry goods, etc.). The two sets of goods are merged to a delivery bundle and delivered together for pickup by the customer. The combination automated-service and self-service store combines the convenience of online shopping and self-service shopping using an unconventional approach that reduces costs for the retailer and simultaneously increases customer satisfaction.
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公开(公告)号:US20240013144A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18222320
申请日:2023-07-14
申请人: Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号: B65G1/137
CPC分类号: B65G1/1378
摘要: An automated self-service store is disclosed including a shopper accessible level having inventory for selection by a shopper, and an item storage and replenishment area for storing inventory. The self-service store further includes mobile robots for replenishing inventory at the shopper accessible level from the item storage and replenishment area.
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