Patent ID: 11912500
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. An automated store, comprising:
a storage section with storage shelves configured to store totes, the totes comprising items of inventory;
a workstation configured for defragmentation of the totes;
a plurality of mobile robots configured to transport totes between the storage section and the workstation; and
a central controller comprising one or more processors configured to implement a defragmentation mode to:
direct mobile robots of the plurality of mobile robots to transport a first tote and one or more second totes from the storage section to the workstation, and
direct consolidation of items of inventory at the workstation by transferring items of inventory between the first tote and the one or more second totes until the first tote is empty.