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    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PICKING UP AND TRANSFERRING ITEMS USING A ROBOTIC DEVICE
    3.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PICKING UP AND TRANSFERRING ITEMS USING A ROBOTIC DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20200346351A1

    公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

    申请号：US16852687

    申请日：2020-04-20

    申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

    发明人： James Benjamin Edwards ,  Paul E. Durkee

    IPC分类号： B25J9/16 ,  B65G1/137

    摘要： There is provided systems and methods for picking up and transferring a variety of different types of merchandise, such as at shopping facilities. In one form, the system includes: a shopping facility with a merchandise order assembly area; an automated retrieval for transporting merchandise to the merchandise order assembly area; an image sensor; at least one robotic device including a plurality of end effectors for picking up merchandise; and a merchandise database identifying surface areas suitable for engagement with end effectors. The system also includes a control circuit that identifies a merchandise item being transported, receives images of the merchandise item and determines its orientation, chooses a surface area of the merchandise item for engagement, selects an end effector to be used to engage the merchandise item, and instructs movement and transfer of the merchandise item by the robotic device.

    Systems and methods of storing and retrieving retail store product inventory
    4.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods of storing and retrieving retail store product inventory 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10769587B2

    公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

    申请号：US16435735

    申请日：2019-06-10

    申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

    发明人： Paul E. Durkee ,  Brian C. Roth

    IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B65G1/137

    摘要： Apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful in retail store inventory storage and retrieval. Some embodiments provide systems, comprising: a rack system positioned above a dropdown ceiling and extending over the sales floor, and comprising: a plurality of racks, a rail system and the plurality of access passages; a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a plurality of access stations, wherein the access stations physically cooperate with one of the access passages; each rack comprises storage cells to receive a reusable tote; and wherein the central control circuit is configured to receive a request for a first product, identify a first access station, access the inventory tracking system to identify a first storage cell in which the first product is stored, identify an available unmanned vehicle, and communicate to the unmanned vehicle directing the unmanned vehicle to retrieve the tote and transport the tote to the first access station.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STORING AND RETRIEVING RETAIL STORE PRODUCT INVENTORY
    5.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STORING AND RETRIEVING RETAIL STORE PRODUCT INVENTORY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20200005229A1

    公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

    申请号：US16435735

    申请日：2019-06-10

    申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC

    发明人： Paul E. Durkee ,  Brian C. Roth

    IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B64C39/02

    摘要： Apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful in retail store inventory storage and retrieval. Some embodiments provide systems, comprising: a rack system positioned above a dropdown ceiling and extending over the sales floor, and comprising: a plurality of racks, a rail system and the plurality of access passages; a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a plurality of access stations, wherein the access stations physically cooperate with one of the access passages; each rack comprises storage cells to receive a reusable tote; and wherein the central control circuit is configured to receive a request for a first product, identify a first access station, access the inventory tracking system to identify a first storage cell in which the first product is stored, identify an available unmanned vehicle, and communicate to the unmanned vehicle directing the unmanned vehicle to retrieve the tote and transport the tote to the first access station.