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公开(公告)号：US20250117011A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-10
申请号：US18982730
申请日：2024-12-16
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Shenghong Zhang
Abstract: System is configured to receive article information corresponding to articles to be transported by computer-controlled vehicles, the articles comprising a first article and a second article, each having a maximum article dimension. System is also configured to assign travel routes about a grid comprising grid cells for the vehicles to travel thereon. The travel route of a first vehicle carrying the first article includes a turning maneuver at a first grid cell. System is configured to control the turning maneuver of the first vehicle in the first grid cell such that there is no contact between the first article carried on the first vehicle with a second article carried on a second vehicle present in a second grid cell that is adjacent to the first grid cell when the first vehicle is undertaking the turning maneuver.
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公开(公告)号：US12205186B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-21
申请号：US17932692
申请日：2022-09-16
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Weston R. Goode, Jr. , David Mitchell Dorsett
Abstract: Improved security checkpoint includes a security scanning system having multiple personal item intake locations, a security scanner, multiple personal item retrieval locations, and a plurality of computer-controlled vehicles for transporting personal items between the personal item intake locations, the security scanner, and the personal item retrieval locations. Personal items are placed into a tote by an individual, and the computer-controlled vehicles collect the totes containing the personal items, transport the tote to an available security scanner, deposit the tote at the security scanner, and then transport the tote either to a retrieval location or secondary screening location after the personal item has been screened.
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公开(公告)号：US20240367906A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18773114
申请日：2024-07-15
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Michael C. Futch , James M. Serstad , Ryan Fehrenbacher , Milan Patel , Ray Wells , Steven Wu , Richard C. Kaminska, III , James Edouard , Denny McKnight , John C. Spain
Abstract: Platform assembly for use with sorting articles comprises platforms connected to each other to form at least one level surface for transit thereabout by a plurality of vehicles. Each platform defines a first orientation in which the platform is in a retracted position and a second orientation in which the platform is in an extended position with a horizontal disposition. Each platform includes a first panel comprising a plurality of markers thereon, the markers forming a grid on the first panel for transit thereabout by the plurality of vehicles. Each marker includes a magnetic signature for determining an orientation of the marker. A container is positioned about at least one of the plurality of markers. In operation, the vehicle is directed by a control system to deposit an article carried thereon into a container associated with a marker based on the location and orientation of the marker.
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公开(公告)号：US12090522B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-17
申请号：US18455902
申请日：2023-08-25
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bruce D. Baring , Michael C. Futch , James M. Serstad
CPC classification number: B07C5/361 , B07C3/008 , B65G1/065 , B65G1/1373
Abstract: A multi-level induction station is disclosed. The multi-level induction station includes multiple sorting levels arranged in a vertical stacked configuration; a vertically traveling automated lift that carries articles vertically between the sorting levels along a frame positioned proximate to the multiple sorting levels; an information acquisition device positioned to read information from an article on the lift; multiple transport devices positioned on the sorting levels to receive the articles; and a control system that directs the multi-level induction station to determine a destination for an article and direct the lift to a platform where a transport device is at an article-receiving position at the sorting level to receive the article.
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公开(公告)号：US20240264598A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-08
申请号：US18598246
申请日：2024-03-07
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Shenghong Zhang
CPC classification number: G05D1/0289 , G05D1/617 , G05D1/693
Abstract: System is configured to receive article information corresponding to articles to be transported by computer-controlled vehicles, the articles comprising a first article and a second article, each having a maximum article dimension. System is also configured to assign travel routes about a grid comprising grid cells for the vehicles to travel thereon. The travel route of a first vehicle carrying the first article includes a turning maneuver at a first grid cell. System is configured to control the turning maneuver of the first vehicle in the first grid cell such that there is no contact between the first article carried on the first vehicle with a second article carried on a second vehicle present in a second grid cell that is adjacent to the first grid cell when the first vehicle is undertaking the turning maneuver.
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公开(公告)号：US11759826B1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-19
申请号：US17812055
申请日：2022-07-12
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bruce D. Baring , Michael C. Futch , James M. Serstad
CPC classification number: B07C5/361 , B07C3/008 , B65G1/065 , B65G1/1373
Abstract: A multi-level induction station is disclosed. The multi-level induction station includes multiple sorting levels arranged in a vertical stacked configuration; a vertically traveling automated lift that carries articles vertically between the sorting levels along a frame positioned proximate to the multiple sorting levels; an information acquisition device positioned to read information from an article on the lift; multiple transport devices positioned on the sorting levels to receive the articles; and a control system that directs the multi-level induction station to determine a destination for an article and direct the lift to a platform where a transport device is at an article-receiving position at the sorting level to receive the article.
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公开(公告)号：US11720122B1
公开(公告)日：2023-08-08
申请号：US18050283
申请日：2022-10-27
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Shenghong Zhang
IPC: G05D1/02
CPC classification number: G05D1/0289 , G05D1/0214 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: System is configured to receive article information corresponding to articles to be transported by computer-controlled vehicles, the articles comprising a first article and a second article, each having a maximum article dimension. System is also configured to assign travel routes about a grid comprising grid cells for the vehicles to travel thereon. The travel route of a first vehicle carrying the first article includes a turning maneuver at a first grid cell. System is configured to control the turning maneuver of the first vehicle in the first grid cell such that there is no contact between the first article carried on the first vehicle with a second article carried on a second vehicle present in a second grid cell that is adjacent to the first grid cell when the first vehicle is undertaking the turning maneuver.
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公开(公告)号：US20210268951A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-02
申请号：US17323595
申请日：2021-05-18
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Michael C. Futch , James M. Serstad
Abstract: Method of transporting an article with a computer controlled transport vehicle to a destination includes transporting an article carried by a computer controlled transport vehicle to a destination, wherein a tray, belt, or carrier attached to the computer controlled transport vehicle engages the article. The method further includes determining a characteristic for the article. The method furthermore includes manipulating the tray, belt, or carrier from a first position to a second position to deposit the article at the destination, wherein the manipulation of the tray, belt, or carrier is adjusted based on the characteristic determined for the article to adjust a deposit characteristic of the article.
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公开(公告)号：US12197228B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-14
申请号：US18598246
申请日：2024-03-07
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Shenghong Zhang
Abstract: System is configured to receive article information corresponding to articles to be transported by computer-controlled vehicles, the articles comprising a first article and a second article, each having a maximum article dimension. System is also configured to assign travel routes about a grid comprising grid cells for the vehicles to travel thereon. The travel route of a first vehicle carrying the first article includes a turning maneuver at a first grid cell. System is configured to control the turning maneuver of the first vehicle in the first grid cell such that there is no contact between the first article carried on the first vehicle with a second article carried on a second vehicle present in a second grid cell that is adjacent to the first grid cell when the first vehicle is undertaking the turning maneuver.
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公开(公告)号：US12186781B1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-07
申请号：US18470670
申请日：2023-09-20
Applicant: Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： James M. Serstad , Michael C. Futch , Adam P. Claybrook , Parthiban A. Mathavan
Abstract: Chamber bank for use in a sorting operation includes chambers for receiving a receptacle therein. Each chamber is defined by a floor, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall that together define a receiving space for a receptacle. At least one of the left and right wall is taller than the corresponding abutting side wall of the receptacle received therein. A system assigns a first number of articles occupying a first volume to the receptacle such that the first number of articles overfills the receptacle when all of the first number of articles are deposited thereinto.
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