Systems and methods for storing, retrieving and processing objects including stackable semicircular towers

US10649445B2 · 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 15, 2018
• Grant date: May 12, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0258
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A storage, retrieval and processing system is disclosed for processing objects. The system includes a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed by the processing system, said plurality of bins being provided in at least a partially generally circular arrangement, a programmable motion device that includes an end effector for grasping and moving any of the objects, said programmable motion device being capable of reaching any of the objects within the plurality of bins, and a plurality of destination containers for receiving any of the objects from the plurality of bins, said plurality of destination containers being provided in a region that is generally within the at least partially generally circular arrangement of the plurality of bins.