STORAGE LIBRARY SYSTEM

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20240217743A1
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18563535

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A storage library system comprises a plurality of slots for storing items, a plurality of rails, and a robot for interacting with said items. The robot has at least two foot arrangements each having a respective gripping mechanism for releasably engaging that foot arrangement with the rails. The robot also has a transfer mechanism for moving the robot, while a first one or more of the foot arrangements remains engaged with a first of the rails, from a first position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a second of the rails to a second position in which one or more of the foot arrangements is in abutment with a third of the rails. The robot also has an end-effector for interacting with the items in the slots.

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLCONE MICROSOFT WAY REDMOND WA 98052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
BLACK, Richard John Cambridge, GB 30 422
CHATZIELEFTHERIOU, Andromachi Cambridge, GB 4 15
JOYCE, Russell Cambridge, GB 1 0
ROWSTRON, Antony Ian Taylor Cambridge, GB 37 512
SWEENEY, David Cambridge, GB 17 139
WILLIAMS, Hugh Cambridge, GB 24 363

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