Inventor · Wilmington, MA, US

Robert Sullivan

87Patents
19h-index
13Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 9, 2010 → Mar 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8425173B2 Autonomous transports for storage and retrieval systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 244 Active
US8594835B2 Control system for storage and retrieval systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Active
US8954188B2 Storage and retrieval system case unit detection Physics 109 Active
US9321591B2 Autonomous transports for storage and retrieval systems Performing Operations; Transporting 90 Active
US8694152B2 Maintenance access zones for storage and retrieval systems Performing Operations; Transporting 75 Active
US8740538B2 Storage and retrieval system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Active
US9096375B2 Storage and retrieval system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US9051120B2 Control system for storage and retrieval systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Active
US9008884B2 Bot position sensing Physics 41 Active
US9423796B2 Bot having high speed stability Physics 41 Active
US8965619B2 Bot having high speed stability Physics 31 Active
US9499338B2 Automated bot transfer arm drive system Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Active
US9187244B2 BOT payload alignment and sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US9694975B2 Lift interface for storage and retrieval systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US9598237B2 Maintenance access zones for storage and retrieval systems Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US9856083B2 Storage and retrieval system Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Active
US8696010B2 Suspension system for autonomous transports Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US9327903B2 Suspension system for autonomous transports Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US10155623B2 Storage and retrieval system Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Active
US8998554B2 Multilevel vertical conveyor platform guides Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US9771217B2 Control system for storage and retrieval systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9946265B2 Bot having high speed stability Physics 16 Active
US10850921B2 Storage and retrieval system Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US9725239B2 Storage and retrieval system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9475649B2 Pickface builder for storage and retrieval systems Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.