公开(公告)号：WO2022236038A2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：PCT/US2022/028047

申请日：2022-05-06

Applicant: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

Inventor： ROMANO, Joseph ,  BUCK, Christopher ,  ALLEN, Thomas ,  GEYER, Christopher ,  HINCHEY, Victoria ,  BAPTISTA, Charles ,  TORREY, Jacob ,  O'HERN, Ryan ,  EWART, Andrew ,  AMEND, John, Richard ,  VELAGAPUDI, Prasanna ,  COHEN, Benjamin ,  LONG, Guoming, Alex

IPC: B07C5/36 ,  B65G1/10 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  B65G2203/0241 ,  B65G2203/0283 ,  B65G2203/044

Abstract: An operator inducted object processing system is disclosed that includes an object induction station at which objects are provided for processing, said object induction station including at least one perception unit for providing perception data regarding an object, an object processing system for receiving objects from the object induction station, said object processing system including a carrier configured for movement in a first generally horizontal direction between two mutually opposing arrays of destination locations, each of which extends along the first generally horizontal direction, and the carrier also being configured for movement in a second generally vertical direction between the two mutually opposing arrays of destination locations, each of which also extends along the second generally vertical direction, wherein the movement in the first generally horizontal direction is independent of the movement in the second generally vertical direction, and wherein the carrier is further configured for movement in mutually opposing third directions that are generally orthogonal to the first and second directions, for urging an object thereon into a first end of an adjacent selected destination location, each of the destination locations including a first end that is accessible by the carrier, and a plurality of object collection stations, each of which is associated with a second end of each of the destination locations.

公开(公告)号：WO2023064465A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：PCT/US2022/046561

申请日：2022-10-13

Applicant: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

Inventor： O'HERN, Ryan ,  ROMANO, Joseph ,  HATTABAUGH, Craig ,  AMEND, John, Richard, Jr. ,  TORREY, Jacob ,  KITTREDGE, Jeffrey ,  LAPRADE, Sara ,  MYERS, Sarah ,  BEST, Joshua ,  BUCK, Christopher ,  ALLEN, Thomas

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G47/50 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B65G1/08

Abstract: An object processing system (10) is disclosed that includes an object induction station (12) at which objects are provided for processing. The object induction station (12) includes at least one perception unit (30, 32, 34) for providing perception data regarding an object, and an object processing system (14) for receiving objects from the object induction station (12), and for urging an object into a first end of one of a plurality of chute locations (60), each of which including a first end that is accessible by a carrier and a second end that is accessible by a mobile destination container of a plurality of mobile destination containers (70).