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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION OF ITEMS BETWEEN VARIABLE ENDPOINTS

  • US 20160187886A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2015
  • Published: 06/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated material handling system comprising:

  • a reconfigurable guidance system configured to dynamically identify a changeable source endpoint and a changeable destination endpoint; and

    at least one autonomous mobile robot interacting with the guidance system for automatically moving items between the dynamically identified changeable source endpoint and the dynamically identified changeable destination endpoint;

    wherein the at least one autonomous mobile robot is configured to automatically and dynamically adapt to an identified dynamic change of the dynamically identified changeable source endpoint or the dynamically identified changeable destination endpoint, which identified dynamic change to the dynamically identified changeable source endpoint or the dynamically identified changeable destination endpoint is effected while the at least one autonomous mobile robot is in autonomous operation.

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