Customer assisted robot picking

US10769716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Bruce Welty · Boston, US
• Michael C. Johnson · Alameda, US
• Karen Leavitt · Sudbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V40/172
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for customer assisted robot picking includes navigating a robot to a pose location within a retail space in proximity to an item to be picked, the retail space having items for purchase by customers, the robot identifying, by a sensor in communication with the robot, a customer located within a zone proximate the robot, communicating to the customer information identifying the item to be picked, detecting presentation of the item by the customer for identification, and updating customer performance data stored in a customer account to include data corresponding to picking of the item by the customer.