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

US10611021B2 · 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 23, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 7, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0258
• 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, and 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. The programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location. The identified processing location is associated with the identifying indicia and the identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing locations. The system also includes a delivery system for receiving the object in a carrier and for delivering the object toward the identified processing location.