Patent ID: 11858740
Assignee: SYMBOTIC LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A storage and retrieval system comprising:
at least one elevated storage level having an autonomous transport travel loop disposed at the at least one elevated storage level and having storage locations arranged along edges of the autonomous transport travel loop with a longitudinal axis arranged substantially transverse to the storage locations;
an inbound/outbound conveyor system configured to transport uncontained goods units to and from the at least one elevated storage level, the at least one elevated storage level having infeed and outfeed stations being configured to respectively receive and deliver uncontained goods units from and to corresponding inbound and outbound conveyors of the inbound/outbound conveyor system;
at least one autonomous transport confined to the at least one elevated storage level, the at least one autonomous transport being configured to transport the uncontained goods units between the infeed and outfeed stations of the inbound/outbound conveyor system, the autonomous transport travel loop being configured to provide the at least one autonomous transport access to each of the infeed and outfeed stations along the autonomous transport travel loop; and
a controller configured to effect operation of the infeed and outfeed stations with the at least one autonomous transport for assembling orders of uncontained goods units of different types without moving bundles of the same uncontained goods unit type throughout the storage and retrieval system.