Patent ID: 11885882
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An inventory management system, comprising:
a robotic manipulator comprising an end-of-arm tool configured to engage with a container;
an inventory holder including a first side defining a compartment configured to receive the container;
a drive unit engageable with the inventory holder and comprising a propulsion system selectively operable to engage with and position the inventory holder;
sensors configured to detect a portion of the inventory holder; and
a computing device configured to:
instruct the robotic manipulator to position the end-of-arm tool at a staging position;
instruct the drive unit to position the inventory holder adjacent to the end-of-arm tool with the first side oriented toward the end-of-arm tool;
determine, using the sensors, distances from the sensors to locations on the inventory holder;
generate, using the distances, a pitch, a roll, and a yaw of the inventory holder;
generate, using the pitch, the roll, and the yaw, a location of the compartment on the first side of the inventory holder; and
instruct, using the location of the compartment, the robotic manipulator to position the end-of-arm tool at a manipulation position, wherein in the manipulation position the end-of-arm tool is positioned to move the container relative to the compartment.