/Storage Systems And Methods For Robotic Picking
Abstract

A fulfillment system includes a storage structure arranged to house storage bins. The storage structure including first rails extending in a first direction and second rails extending in a second direction perpendicular that collectively forming a grid having a plurality of grid spaces. The system further includes a robot having a body including a plurality of sidewalls, a wheel assembly including a plurality of wheels arranged to move the body along the first rails and along the second rails, at least one bin holding device for holding order bins coupled to an interior surface of the body, a picking manipulator coupled to the body, and a first gripping tool coupled to the picking manipulator and moveable by the picking manipulator around an exterior of the body to pick inventory items from the storage bins.

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What is claimed is:

A fulfillment system includes a storage structure arranged to house storage bins. The storage structure including first rails extending in a first direction and second rails extending in a second direction perpendicular that collectively forming a grid having a plurality of grid spaces. The system further includes a robot having a body including a plurality of sidewalls, a wheel assembly including a plurality of wheels arranged to move the body along the first rails and along the second rails, at least one bin holding device for holding order bins coupled to an interior surface of the body, a picking manipulator coupled to the body, and a first gripping tool coupled to the picking manipulator and moveable by the picking manipulator around an exterior of the body to pick inventory items from the storage bins.
Timeline
Filed
03/31/2026
Published
07/30/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(20)
B65G 1/137:with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
B25J 5/00:Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages (takes precedence B25J 1/00; program-controlled manipulators B25J 9/00)
B25J 5/02:travelling along a guideway