Storage systems and methods for robotic picking
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Oct 24, 2023
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Apr 23, 2020
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Abstract
A storage system configured to house a plurality of containers housing inventory items includes support members, a first set of parallel rails to support a mobile, manipulator robot, and a fluid supply line having a plurality of valves disposed within the fluid supply line. Each of the valves having a closed condition in which the supply line is in fluid isolation from an outside environment and an open condition in which the supply line is in fluid communication with the environment such that the supply line is configured to supply fluid to a mobile, manipulator robot. Mobile, manipulator robots for retrieving inventory items stored within the containers and retrieval methods are also disclosed herein.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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NIMBLE ROBOTICS INC | 488 8TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103 |
International Classification(s)
- G05B:CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTION....
- B65G:TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR L....
- G05D:SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC....
- B66F:HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERW....
- B25J:MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION ....
- B60M:POWER SUPPLY LINES, OR DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR EL....

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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Kalouche, Simon | San Francisco, US | 29 | 105 |
# of filed Patents : 29 Total Citations : 105 |
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