Bot position sensing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9309050
APP PUB NO 20150239666A1
SERIAL NO

14684715

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A storage and retrieval system including a storage structure having storage shelves, each storage shelf having slats for supporting stored items where the slats are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, an autonomous transport vehicle including at least one sensor configured to sense each of the slats and output a signal indicating when a slat is sensed, and a controller for verifying a location of the autonomous transport vehicle within the storage structure based on at least the output signal.

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SYMBOTIC LLC200 RESEARCH DRIVE WILMINGTON MA 01887-4442

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Cyrulik, Michael Hollis, US 30 425
Sullivan, Robert Wilmington, US 159 4022
Toebes, Stephen C Sunderland, US 73 1822

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