Patent ID: 11939164
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for automated handling of items, comprising:
receiving a plurality of items by an item singulation system;
singulating, using the item singulation system and with no manual handling of the plurality of items, the plurality of items to generate a plurality of singulated items, wherein singulating the plurality of items includes:
separating each of the plurality of items to include a gap between each of the plurality of items; and
arranging each of the plurality of items in a substantially straight line;

transferring, without manual handling, the plurality of singulated items from the item singulation system to an item sortation system;
sorting, using the item sortation system and with no manual handling of the plurality of singulated items, the plurality of singulated items into a plurality of containers;
determining, using a container handling system, that a first container from the plurality of containers is full;
retrieving, using a first robotic arm of the container handling system and with no manual handling of the first container, the first container from the item sortation system;
transferring, using the first robotic arm of the container handling system and with no manual handling of the first container, the first container to an item packing system;
receiving the first container at the item packing system; and
packing, using a second robotic arm of the item packing system and with no manual handling of the first container, the first container.