Autonomous condensing of pallets of items in a warehouse
US10083406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 6, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G57/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Examples described may enable consolidating pallets of items in a warehouse. An example method includes receiving real-time item information including pallet locations in a warehouse and inventory of items arranged on the pallets; based on the real-time item information, identifying a set of pallets of which at least one pallet includes less than a threshold quantity of a type of item; receiving real-time robotics information and determining, based on the real-time item and robotics information, an amount of time to condense the items on the set of pallets into a single pallet and a quantity of pallets that will become empty as a result of condensing the items; and, based on the amount of time being less than a threshold time and the quantity of pallets exceeding a threshold quantity of pallets, causing robotic devices to condense the items into the single pallet.
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