Systems and Methods for Intake and Transport of Physical Objects in a Facility
First Claim
1. A system to intake and transport physical objects in a facility, the system comprising:
- a computing system disposed in a deposit area of a facility, the computing system programmed to;
identify a physical object based on an attribute associated with the physical object; and
determine a storage location of the physical object in the facility based on the attribute;
a plurality of autonomously controlled carts, each one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, the plurality of autonomously controlled carts being disposed in the deposit area and being communicatively coupled to the computing system;
wherein, in response identification of the physical object by the computing system, the computing system is configured to transmit an identifier to the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, the identifier corresponding to at least one of the attribute or the storage location; and
wherein, in response to receipt of the identifier, a first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts is configured to;
activate an indicator to indicate to the user of the computing system that the physical object is to be placed in the first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts;
determine whether a threshold capacity of the first one of the plurality of autonomous carts is satisfied; and
autonomously navigate to the storage location in response to determining that the threshold capacity has been satisfied.
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Abstract
Described in detail herein are methods and systems for an intake and transport system. A computing system can identify a physical object based on an attribute associated with the physical object. The computing system can determine a storage location of the physical object in the facility based on the attribute. In response identification of the physical object computing system can transmit an identifier to an autonomously controlled cart. The identifier corresponds to at least one of the attribute or the storage location. In response to receipt of the identifier activating an autonomously controlled cart can generate an indicator to indicate that the physical object is to be placed in the autonomously controlled cart. The autonomously controlled cart can autonomously navigate to the storage location in response to determining that the threshold capacity has been satisfied.
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1. A system to intake and transport physical objects in a facility, the system comprising:
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a computing system disposed in a deposit area of a facility, the computing system programmed to; identify a physical object based on an attribute associated with the physical object; and determine a storage location of the physical object in the facility based on the attribute; a plurality of autonomously controlled carts, each one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, the plurality of autonomously controlled carts being disposed in the deposit area and being communicatively coupled to the computing system; wherein, in response identification of the physical object by the computing system, the computing system is configured to transmit an identifier to the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, the identifier corresponding to at least one of the attribute or the storage location; and wherein, in response to receipt of the identifier, a first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts is configured to; activate an indicator to indicate to the user of the computing system that the physical object is to be placed in the first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts; determine whether a threshold capacity of the first one of the plurality of autonomous carts is satisfied; and autonomously navigate to the storage location in response to determining that the threshold capacity has been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method to intake and transport physical objects in a facility, the method comprising:
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identifying, via a computing system disposed in a deposit area of a facility, the computing system, a physical object based on an attribute associated with the physical object; determining, via the computing system, a storage location of the physical object in the facility based on the attribute; in response identification of the physical object transmitting, via the computing system an identifier to a plurality of autonomously controlled cart, each one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts being disposed in the deposit area and being communicatively coupled to the computing system, the identifier corresponding to at least one of the attribute or the storage location; in response to receipt of the identifier activating, via a first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, an indicator to indicate to the user of the computing system that the physical object is to be placed in the first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts; determining, via the first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, whether a threshold capacity of the first one of the plurality of autonomous carts is satisfied; and autonomously navigating, via the first one of the plurality of autonomously controlled carts, to the storage location in response to determining that the threshold capacity has been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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