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Autonomous mobile picking

  • US 9,919,872 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2016
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of fulfilling orders, each with at least one article, said method comprising:

  • autonomously routing at least one mobile robotic unit in an order fulfillment facility wherein said order fulfillment facility has a stationary robotic order-picking station with a stationary robot and vision equipment; and

    transferring articles in article receptacles to or from said stationary robotic order-picking station with said at least one mobile robotic units and sorting articles with said stationary robot into orders, wherein said at least one of said mobile robotic units includes a plurality of receptacle supports, and wherein said transferring includes transferring articles in one of said article receptacles to or from one of said supports, and wherein said mobile robotic units include an indicator system, said indicator system indicating which of said receptacle supports to transfer a receptacle of articles to or from.

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