Robotic fulfillment system carton release logic

US12012283B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Staples, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Robert Douglas · Orlando, US
• Yizhi Wang · Natick, US
• Stephen Nilsen · Nashville, US
• Paolo Gerli Amador · Framingham, US
• Gregory Patrick Cox · Sleepy Hollow, US
• Deepak Sharma · Kanchinakote, IN
• Daniel Jarvis · Holiday, US
• Amit Kalra · Acton, US
• Kehang Han · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A release logic system for releasing cartons into a fulfillment system is described. In an example implementation, a release logic engine may receive carton data representing a set of cartons and indicating picks for each the set of cartons. The release logic engine may determine a score for a carton of the set of cartons based on a location of a first pick of the carton in a pick-to-cart area of a fulfillment center. In some implementations, the release logic engine may assign the carton to a cart adapted to transport cartons based on the score determined for the carton, and may induct the carton into the fulfillment center for the first pick using the cart.