Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous condensing of pallets of items in a warehouse
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Application No.: US16110301Application Date: 2018-08-23
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Publication No.: US10453002B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Christopher Hance , Daniel Shaffer
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/04
- IPC: G06Q10/04 ; B65G57/02 ; G06Q10/08 ; G05B15/02 ; B65G61/00 ; B65G57/00 ; B65G1/137

Abstract:
Examples described may enable consolidating pallets of items in a warehouse. An example method includes receiving real-time item information including pallet locations in a warehouse and inventory of items arranged on the pallets; based on the real-time item information, identifying a set of pallets of which at least one pallet includes less than a threshold quantity of a type of item; receiving real-time robotics information and determining, based on the real-time item and robotics information, an amount of time to condense the items on the set of pallets into a single pallet and a quantity of pallets that will become empty as a result of condensing the items; and, based on the amount of time being less than a threshold time and the quantity of pallets exceeding a threshold quantity of pallets, causing robotic devices to condense the items into the single pallet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180365603A1 Autonomous Condensing Of Pallets Of Items In A Warehouse Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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