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公开(公告)号:US20180307235A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-25
申请号:US15053958
申请日:2016-02-25
发明人: Peter R. Wurman , Michael T. Barbehenn , Matthew David Verminski , Michael Cordell Mountz , Dennis Polic , Andrew Edward Hoffman , James Raymond Allard , Eryk Brian Nice
IPC分类号: G05D1/02
CPC分类号: G05D1/0214 , B65G1/00 , B65G2207/40 , G05D1/0225 , G05D2201/0212 , G05D2201/0216
摘要: Disclosed herein is a human transport device and associated system to transport a user within an active workspace. The human transport device may include a platform to support a user, an enclosure coupled to the platform to surround the user, a drive subsystem to power the human transport device, and a control unit to control the movement of the human transport device in coordination with active mobile drive units moving within the workspace. A system implementing one or more human transport devices may include a management module to direct the movement of the one or more human transport devices and designate one or more areas within the workspace as protected areas. Unauthorized objects may be prohibited from entering the protected areas while the human transport device may be allowed within the protected areas.
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公开(公告)号:US20180181104A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15901206
申请日:2018-02-21
发明人: Andrew Stubbs , Matthew David Verminski , Michael T. Barbehenn , Andrew Brenden Tinka , Peter K. Mansfield , Peter R. Wurman
IPC分类号: G05B19/4061 , B25J5/00 , G05D1/02 , G05B19/418 , G05B19/042 , B25J9/16
CPC分类号: G05B19/4061 , B25J5/00 , B25J9/1676 , G05B19/0428 , G05B19/41895 , G05B2219/40173 , G05B2219/40202 , G05D1/0214 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0246 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/0216 , Y02P90/285 , Y02P90/60 , Y10S901/01
摘要: Techniques for controlling mobile drive units (e.g., robots) in proximity to humans in a physical area are described. A management device may send an activity message to the mobile drive units instructing the mobile drive units to perform a set of activities. If a human is detected in the physical area, the management device or another mobile drive unit may send an activity command instructing a mobile drive unit to stop, reduce the speed at which it is traveling, to change its path of travel, or to continue performing its set of activities. If the mobile drive units do not receive the activity command, the mobile drive units may stop performing the set of activities. After the management device determines that the human has left the physical area, the management device may resume sending the activity message.
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公开(公告)号:US09889563B1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US15483240
申请日:2017-04-10
CPC分类号: B25J9/1666 , B25J9/1676 , G05B2219/40202 , G05D1/0214 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/0216 , G06K7/10366 , G06K7/10376 , Y10S901/01
摘要: Short range transmissions are used to identify potential interactions between warehouse workers and warehouse robots in automated warehouses. The robot can be equipped with one or more short range transmission tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, while the warehouse worker can be equipped with a short range transmission reader, such as an RFID reader. The robot can detect a warehouse worker that is within range when the RFID tags on the robot are written to by the RFID reader. The warehouse robots and warehouse workers can also be equipped with one or more cameras to identify fiducials in the automated warehouse and to report their positions. A central control or interaction server can ensure that warehouse robots and warehouse workers are routed appropriately to avoid incidents.
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公开(公告)号:US09588519B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-07
申请号:US14660259
申请日:2015-03-17
发明人: Andrew Stubbs , Matthew David Verminski , Stephen Caldara , Robert Michael Shydo, Jr. , Gregory Edward Tierney , Peter K. Mansfield
IPC分类号: G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , G06K7/10 , B25J9/16 , G06K19/077
CPC分类号: G05D1/0214 , B25J9/1676 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/0216 , G06K7/10366 , G06K19/07762 , Y10S901/01 , Y10S901/46 , Y10S901/47
摘要: Short range transmissions are used to identify potential interactions between warehouse workers and warehouse robots in automated warehouses. The robot can be equipped with one or more short range transmission tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, while the warehouse worker can be equipped with a short range transmission reader, such as an RFID reader. The robot can detect a warehouse worker that is within range when the RFID tags on the robot are written to by the RFID reader. The warehouse robots and warehouse workers can also be equipped with one or more cameras to identify fiducials in the automated warehouse and to report their positions. A central control or interaction server can ensure that warehouse robots and warehouse workers are routed appropriately to avoid incidents.
摘要翻译: 短距离传输用于识别仓库工作人员和仓库机器人在自动化仓库中的潜在交互作用。 机器人可以配备一个或多个短距离传输标签,例如射频识别(RFID)标签,而仓库工作人员可以配备短距离传输读取器,例如RFID读取器。 当机器人上的RFID标签由RFID阅读器写入时,机器人可以检测到范围内的仓库工作人员。 仓库机器人和仓库工作人员还可以配备一个或多个摄像机,以识别自动化仓库中的基准点并报告其位置。 中央控制或交互服务器可以确保仓库机器人和仓库工作人员正确路由以避免事故发生。
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公开(公告)号:US20160274586A1
公开(公告)日:2016-09-22
申请号:US14660259
申请日:2015-03-17
发明人: Andrew Stubbs , Matthew David Verminski , Stephen Caldara , Robert Michael Shydo, JR. , Gregory Edward Tierney , Peter K. Mansfield
CPC分类号: G05D1/0214 , B25J9/1676 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/0216 , G06K7/10366 , G06K19/07762 , Y10S901/01 , Y10S901/46 , Y10S901/47
摘要: Short range transmissions are used to identify potential interactions between warehouse workers and warehouse robots in automated warehouses. The robot can be equipped with one or more short range transmission tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, while the warehouse worker can be equipped with a short range transmission reader, such as an RFID reader. The robot can detect a warehouse worker that is within range when the RFID tags on the robot are written to by the RFID reader. The warehouse robots and warehouse workers can also be equipped with one or more cameras to identify fiducials in the automated warehouse and to report their positions. A central control or interaction server can ensure that warehouse robots and warehouse workers are routed appropriately to avoid incidents.
摘要翻译: 短距离传输用于识别仓库工作人员和仓库机器人在自动化仓库中的潜在交互作用。 机器人可以配备一个或多个短距离传输标签,例如射频识别(RFID)标签,而仓库工作人员可以配备短距离传输读取器,例如RFID读取器。 当机器人上的RFID标签由RFID阅读器写入时,机器人可以检测到范围内的仓库工作人员。 仓库机器人和仓库工作人员还可以配备一个或多个摄像机,以识别自动仓库中的基准点并报告其位置。 中央控制或交互服务器可以确保仓库机器人和仓库工作人员正确路由以避免事故发生。
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公开(公告)号:US20160271800A1
公开(公告)日:2016-09-22
申请号:US14660161
申请日:2015-03-17
CPC分类号: B25J9/1666 , B25J9/1676 , G05B2219/40202 , G05D1/0214 , G05D1/0234 , G05D1/0261 , G05D2201/0216 , G06K7/10366 , G06K7/10376 , Y10S901/01
摘要: Short range transmissions are used to identify potential interactions between warehouse workers and warehouse robots in automated warehouses. The robot can be equipped with one or more short range transmission tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, while the warehouse worker can be equipped with a short range transmission reader, such as an RFID reader. The robot can detect a warehouse worker that is within range when the RFID tags on the robot are written to by the RFID reader. The warehouse robots and warehouse workers can also be equipped with one or more cameras to identify fiducials in the automated warehouse and to report their positions. A central control or interaction server can ensure that warehouse robots and warehouse workers are routed appropriately to avoid incidents.
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公开(公告)号:US20150151912A1
公开(公告)日:2015-06-04
申请号:US14617639
申请日:2015-02-09
发明人: Michael Cordell Mountz , Oleksandr Glazkov , Timothy Aaron Bragg , Matthew David Verminski , Jeremiah David Brazeau , Peter R. Wurman , John W. Cullen , Michael T. Barbehenn
IPC分类号: B65G1/137
CPC分类号: B65G1/1373 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087
摘要: In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, robotic drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders is packed and prepared for shipment. The robotic drive units are then instructed to move the prepared inventory holder to a transport vehicle such as a truck. Fiducial marks may be removably placed within the transport vehicle to aid navigation of the robotic drive units. At a destination facility, additional robotic drive units may be instructed to move the inventory holders from the truck and place the inventory holders at appropriate storage locations.
摘要翻译: 在使用移动订单履行系统的基础设施中,机器人驱动单元可能会被派发并被指示将库存持有人带到至少有一个库存持有人打包并准备出货的工作站。 然后指示机器人驱动单元将准备的库存持有人移动到诸如卡车的运输车辆。 基准标记可以可移除地放置在运输车辆内以辅助机器人驱动单元的导航。 在目的地设施,可以指示额外的机器人驱动单元从货车移动库存持有人,并将库存持有者放置在适当的存储位置。
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公开(公告)号:US08965562B1
公开(公告)日:2015-02-24
申请号:US14021949
申请日:2013-09-09
CPC分类号: B25J9/1602 , B65G1/1373 , G05B15/02 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087 , Y10S901/01
摘要: An inventory system has mobile drive units that freely and independently move about a facility to transport inventory holders. The mobile drive units may operate through communications with other drive units, or under a more centralized control of a management module. For various operating scenarios, the mobile drive units are directed to shuffle the inventory holders in a manner that minimizes travel of the mobile drive units, thereby improving overall system efficiency. One or more single mobile drive units may be used to transport inventory holders to and from a region, and to sequentially reposition or slide each of the inventory holders within the region according to a priority ordering.
摘要翻译: 库存系统具有移动驱动单元,可自由和独立地移动设施以运送库存持有者。 移动驱动单元可以通过与其他驱动单元的通信来操作,或者在管理模块的更集中控制下操作。 对于各种操作场景,移动驱动单元被指示以最小化移动驱动单元的行进的方式洗牌库存持有者,从而提高整体系统效率。 可以使用一个或多个单个移动驱动器单元来运送库存持有者到区域和从区域运送库存持有者,并且根据优先顺序顺序地重新定位或滑动区域内的库存持有者。
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公开(公告)号:US20180141211A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-24
申请号:US15865067
申请日:2018-01-08
发明人: Parris S. Wellman , Matthew David Verminski , Andrew Stubbs , Robert Michael Shydo, JR. , Ennio Claretti , Boris Aronchik , John Gregory Longtine
CPC分类号: B25J9/1602 , B25J9/0084 , B25J9/1612 , B25J9/1664 , B25J9/1669 , B25J9/1697 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/10 , B65G1/1378 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/39473 , G05B2219/39536 , G05B2219/39543 , G05B2219/39546 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087 , Y10S901/03 , Y10S901/09 , Y10S901/30 , Y10S901/31 , Y10S901/47
摘要: Robotic arms or manipulators can be utilized to grasp inventory items within an inventory system. Information can be obtained about constraints relative to relevant elements of a process of transferring the item from place to place. Examples of such elements may include a grasping location from which an item is to be grasped, a receiving location in which a grasped item is to be placed, or a space between the grasping location and the receiving location. The information about the constraints can be used to select from multiple possible grasping options, such as by eliminating options that conflict with the constraints or preferring options that outperform others given the constraints.
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公开(公告)号:US09868207B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-16
申请号:US15289864
申请日:2016-10-10
发明人: Parris S. Wellman , Matthew David Verminski , Andrew Stubbs , Robert Michael Shydo, Jr. , Ennio Claretti , Boris Aronchik , John Gregory Longtine
CPC分类号: B25J9/1602 , B25J9/0084 , B25J9/1612 , B25J9/1664 , B25J9/1669 , B25J9/1697 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/10 , B65G1/1378 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/39473 , G05B2219/39536 , G05B2219/39543 , G05B2219/39546 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q10/087 , Y10S901/03 , Y10S901/09 , Y10S901/30 , Y10S901/31 , Y10S901/47
摘要: Robotic arms may be utilized to grasp inventory items within an inventory system. Information about an inventory item to be grasped can be detected and used to determine a grasping strategy in conjunction with information from a database. Instructions for grasping an inventory item can be generated based on the detected information and the database.
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