Storage material handling system

US10040630B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEXTSHIFT ROBOTICS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Charles M. Grinnell · Arlington, US
• Joe Jones · Acton, US
• John Kawola · Sudbury, US
• Mary Ellen Sparrow · Andover, US
• Stephen C. Toebes · Chelmsford, US
• Clara Vu · Cambridge, US
• Matthew Aprea · Wellesley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/49
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, the autonomous transport robot includes a payload bed having at least one reference datum surface and at least one payload justification device, the at least one payload justification device being configured to position a payload on the payload bed in substantial contact with the at least one reference datum surface to place the payload in a predetermined position on the payload bed.