US 11,814,245 B2
Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US); Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US); John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US); Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US); Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US); William Hartman Fort, Stratham, NH (US); Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US); Jennifer Eileen King, Oakmont, PA (US); Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US); Michael Cap Koval, Mountain View, CA (US); Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US); Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US); William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Cambridge, MA (US); Gene Temple Price, Cambridge, MA (US); Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US); Daniel Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US); Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US); Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,484.
Application 17/832,484 is a continuation of application No. 16/993,364, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,390,459.
Application 16/993,364 is a continuation of application No. 15/926,497, filed on Mar. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,807,795, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,030, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/473,790, filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297935 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/02 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/02 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object processing system comprising:
a plurality of processing bins, at least some of which contain objects to be processed;
a plurality of automated mobile carts, each of which is adapted to receive and transport any of the plurality of processing bins within an automated mobile cart transport area;
a plurality of shelves within the automated mobile cart transport area and onto which any of the plurality of processing bins may be placed or removed by the plurality of automated mobile carts, each of the plurality of automated mobile carts being adapted to place any of the plurality of processing bins onto a placement designated shelf of the plurality of shelves, and being adapted to retrieve any of the plurality of processing bins from a retrieval designated shelf of the plurality of shelves;
a first bin processing area within the automated mobile cart transport area at which a first automated mobile cart of the plurality of automated mobile carts may be provided that includes a first processing bin thereon;
a second bin processing area within the automated mobile cart transport area at which a second automated mobile cart of the plurality of automated mobile carts may be provided that includes a second processing bin thereon; and
a programmable mobile device proximate the first bin processing area and the second bin processing area, said programmable mobile device including an end-effector for grasping a selected object from the first processing bin and for moving the selected object to the second processing bin.