公开(公告)号：US11427403B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17035114

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Tye Brady ,  Gregory Longtine ,  Timothy Stallman

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/10 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: High density, robotic warehouse systems and processes may include one or more blocks of a storage system, each block including a plurality of floors, and each floor including a plurality of storage grid locations for respective totes. A plurality of first robotic drive units may transfer barges carrying totes between various processing stations and the storage system. A plurality of second robotic drive units may operate within the storage system and traverse the storage grid locations using a plurality of highway grids and elevators to move totes between barges and storage grid locations. The freely movable robotic drive units, barges, and totes enable high flexibility, modularity, scalability, and serviceability of the high density, robotic warehouse systems.

公开(公告)号：US20220097966A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17035114

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Tye Brady ,  Gregory Longtine ,  Timothy Stallman

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/10 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: High density, robotic warehouse systems and processes may include one or more blocks of a storage system, each block including a plurality of floors, and each floor including a plurality of storage grid locations for respective totes. A plurality of first robotic drive units may transfer barges carrying totes between various processing stations and the storage system. A plurality of second robotic drive units may operate within the storage system and traverse the storage grid locations using a plurality of highway grids and elevators to move totes between barges and storage grid locations. The freely movable robotic drive units, barges, and totes enable high flexibility, modularity, scalability, and serviceability of the high density, robotic warehouse systems.

公开(公告)号：US20220097969A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17035110

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Tye Brady ,  Gregory Longtine ,  Timothy Stallman

IPC: B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B66F9/06

Abstract: Flexible, robotic automated storage and retrieval systems and processes may include one or more blocks of shelving systems, each block including a plurality of floors, and each floor including a plurality of storage grid locations for respective totes. A plurality of robotic drive units may traverse the storage grid locations using a plurality of highway grids and elevators to move totes between processing stations and storage grid locations. The freely movable robotic drive units and totes enable high flexibility, modularity, scalability, and serviceability of the flexible, robotic automated storage and retrieval systems.

公开(公告)号：US11148289B1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US16242523

申请日：2019-01-08

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Tye Brady ,  Anthony Catacchio ,  Brendan Patrick Collins ,  Gregory Longtine ,  Jon Taylor ,  Taylor Tobin

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G06K7/14

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an end effector for automated identification and handling of an object. The end effector includes an entangling structure that can be positioned over an entanglement point of an overpackage in which a desired object is location using sensors. Using the location information, the end effector can identify a path to the entanglement location and detect whether the overpackage is engaged by detecting environmental changes at the end effector.