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Automated shipment set item consolidation

  • US 9,751,693 B1
  • Filed: 03/24/2016
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for consolidating items of a shipment set, comprising:

  • under control of one or more processors configured with instructions for consolidating items of a shipment set, the instructions when executed by the one or more processors causing the one or more processors to at least;

    determine an item;

    determine a shipment set associated with the item;

    determine that the item is placed at an initial position on an item conveyor, wherein the item conveyor includes a plurality of positions between an initial position on the item conveyor and a consolidation position on the item conveyor;

    determine a buffer position of a consolidation tote associated with the shipment set;

    cause a first robot to pick the consolidation tote from the buffer position and place the consolidation tote at an initial position on a consolidation conveyor, wherein the initial position on the item conveyor corresponds to the initial position on the consolidation conveyor;

    cause the item conveyor to convey the item from the initial position on the item conveyor to the consolidation position on the item conveyor;

    cause the consolidation conveyor to convey the consolidation tote from the initial position on the consolidation conveyor to a consolidation position on the consolidation conveyor, wherein the item conveyor and the consolidation conveyor convey the item and the consolidation tote in a sequenced manner; and

    cause a second robot to transition the item from an item tote to the consolidation tote.

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