公开(公告)号：US11157841B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16814674

申请日：2020-03-10

Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Hance ,  Daniel Shaffer

IPC: G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  B65G1/04 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: Examples described may enable rearrangement of pallets of items in a warehouse to an optimal layout. An example method includes receiving real-time item information including pallet locations in a warehouse and real-time inventory of items arranged on the pallets; determining a likelihood of demand for future access to the pallets based on a pallet relocation history and item receiving/shipment expectations; based on the real-time item information and the likelihood of demand, determining an optimal controlled-access dense grid layout in which distances of the pallets from a center of the layout are related to the likelihood of demand; receiving real-time robotics information and using the real-time robotics information to determine an amount of time to rearrange the pallets to the optimal layout; and, based on the amount of time to rearrange the pallets being less than a threshold, causing the robotic devices to rearrange the pallets to the optimal layout.

公开(公告)号：US10759599B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US16688541

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Hance ,  Daniel Shaffer

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: An example system includes a robotic device deployed in a warehouse environment including a plurality of inventory items. The system also includes a camera coupled to the robotic device, configured to capture image data. The system also includes a computing system configured to receive the captured image data. The computing system is configured to, based on the received image data, generate a navigation instruction for navigation of the robotic device. The computing system is also configured to analyze the received image data to detect one or more on-item visual identifiers corresponding to one or more inventory items. The computing system is further configured to, for each detected visual identifier, (i) determine a warehouse location of the corresponding inventory item, (ii) compare the determined warehouse location to an expected location, and (iii) initiate an action based on the comparison.

公开(公告)号：US10943210B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16698812

申请日：2019-11-27

Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Hance ,  Daniel Shaffer

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  B65G57/03 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06Q10/04

Abstract: Example methods and systems enable rearrangement of a warehouse to an optimal layout determined according to customizable goals. An example method includes receiving, at a warehouse management system (WMS), information of a warehouse and items of the warehouse, identifying an item shipment expectation including new items expected to be received at the warehouse at a future date and items present at the warehouse marked for delivery at the future date, determining an optimal layout of the items of the warehouse at a present date based on the item shipment expectation, determining an amount of time to rearrange the items, by one or more of robotic devices rearranging the items, to the optimal layout based on a time measurement for robotic devices to perform tasks, and determining to rearrange the items of the warehouse based on the amount of time to rearrange the items being less than a threshold amount of time.