公开(公告)号：US11254506B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16711013

申请日：2019-12-11

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Stephane Robin ,  Abraham Cantwell ,  Andrew Tinka ,  Keith Richardson

IPC: B65G11/02 ,  B07C3/00 ,  B66F9/06 ,  B65G1/06 ,  G05B19/418 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B25J5/02 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C3/18

Abstract: Within a sortation center, robotic drives may coordinate to sort packages. In some instances, first robotic drives on a third floor may deposit packages into first chutes that transfer the packages to a second floor. Awaiting second robotic drives on the second floor may receive the packages and may deposit the packages into second chutes that transfer the packages to a first floor. At the first floor, the packages may arrive into a container associated with shipping the packages. Depositing the packages in the first chutes may align the packages with a respective container on the first floor in a first direction and depositing the packages in the second chutes may align the packages with their respective container on the second floor in a second direction.