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公开(公告)号:US12051039B1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US17457906
申请日:2021-12-06
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran , Xiaowei Lu , Christopher Yong
IPC: G06Q10/00 , G06F9/451 , G06Q10/087 , G06N20/00
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G06F9/453 , G06N20/00
Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method may generate an item layout map for a shelving unit, where the shelving unit stores item types associated with a product category. The method may determine product attributes associated with the product category and divider configurations of the shelving unit, where a divider configuration divides the shelving unit into one or more candidate regions. The method may generate an ontology entry associated with a product attribute and the divider configuration based on the item layout map and the divider configuration of the shelving unit, the ontology entry indicating a regional entropy values of a product attribute for the candidate regions generated by the divider configuration. In some instances, the method may generate a guidance instruction related to the product attribute of the product category based on the ontology entry and provide the guidance instruction to a user.
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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:US11630447B1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US16538237
申请日:2019-08-12
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Bhaskaran , Weston Harris , Maimuna Rangwala
IPC: B65G1/137 , G05B19/418 , G05D1/02 , G05D1/00
Abstract: An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is described. In an example implementation, the AGV may include an AGV body; one or more elevator mechanisms coupled to the AGV body; a support surface coupled to the AGV body and vertically movable along the AGV body by the one or more elevator mechanisms, the support surface supporting an object from underneath the object when the object is placed on the support surface; one or more arms coupled to the AGV body and vertically movable along the AGV body by the one or more elevator mechanisms, the one or more arms articulating to move the object from a first position of the object and place the object on the support surface; and an AGV controller configured to control one or more operations of the AGV.
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公开(公告)号:US20210319393A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-14
申请号:US17357996
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran
IPC: G06Q10/08
Abstract: A method determines a processing cluster including one or more stock keeping units (SKUs); divides the processing cluster into a first cluster and a second cluster based on SKU affinities between the one or more SKUs in the processing cluster; determines a first SKU of the first cluster to be replicated to the second cluster based on a demand correlation between the first SKU of the first cluster and a second SKU of the second cluster; replicates the first SKU of the first cluster to the second cluster; responsive to replicating the first SKU of the first cluster to the second cluster, determines whether the first cluster and the second cluster satisfy a defined constraint; and responsive to determining that the first cluster and the second cluster satisfy the defined constraint, assigns the first cluster to a first physical location and assigning the second cluster to a second physical location.
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公开(公告)号:US20210294353A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17341003
申请日:2021-06-07
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran
Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method determines a container containing one or more items associated with one or more item types, the container located at a current position in a storage facility; determines one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines a container utilization likelihood of the container based on the one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines an optimal position for the container in the storage facility based on the container utilization likelihood of the container, the optimal position being different from the current position of the container; and instructing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to transport the container from the current position of the container to the optimal position of the container in the storage facility.
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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:US11681982B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US17357996
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran
IPC: G06Q10/087
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087
Abstract: A method determines a processing cluster including one or more stock keeping units (SKUs); divides the processing cluster into a first cluster and a second cluster based on SKU affinities between the one or more SKUs in the processing cluster; determines a first SKU of the first cluster to be replicated to the second cluster based on a demand correlation between the first SKU of the first cluster and a second SKU of the second cluster; replicates the first SKU of the first cluster to the second cluster; responsive to replicating the first SKU of the first cluster to the second cluster, determines whether the first cluster and the second cluster satisfy a defined constraint; and responsive to determining that the first cluster and the second cluster satisfy the defined constraint, assigns the first cluster to a first physical location and assigning the second cluster to a second physical location.
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公开(公告)号:US11593756B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17341003
申请日:2021-06-07
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor: Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran
IPC: G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087 , B65G1/04 , B65G1/137 , G06Q30/0202 , G06N5/046 , G05D1/00
Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method determines a container containing one or more items associated with one or more item types, the container located at a current position in a storage facility; determines one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines a container utilization likelihood of the container based on the one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines an optimal position for the container in the storage facility based on the container utilization likelihood of the container, the optimal position being different from the current position of the container; and instructing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to transport the container from the current position of the container to the optimal position of the container in the storage facility.
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