Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix bins

US10576621B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Berkshire Grey, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Wagner · Concord, US
• Kevin Ahearn · Nebo, US
• John Richard Amend, Jr. · Belmont, US
• Benjamin Cohen · Somerville, US
• Michael Dawson-Haggerty · Pittsburgh, US
• William Hartman Fort · Stratham, US
• Christopher Geyer · Arlington, US
• Jennifer Eileen King · Oakmont, US
• Thomas Koletschka · Cambridge, US
• Michael Cap Koval · Mountain View, US
• Kyle Maroney · Dodgeville, US
• Matthew T. Mason · Pittsburgh, US
• William Chu-Hyon McMahan · Cambridge, US
• Gene Temple Price · Cambridge, US
• Joseph Romano · Arlington, US
• Daniel Smith · Pittsburgh, US
• Siddhartha Srinivasa · Seattle, US
• Prasanna Velagapudi · Pittsburgh, US
• Thomas Allen · Reading, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/088
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a perception unit for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system, an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing bin, and the identified processing bin is associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing bins, and a delivery system for bringing the identified processing bin toward the object, where the delivery system includes a carrier for carrying the identified processing bin toward the object.