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

Claim 0:
1. An automated store, comprising:
a storage section with storage shelves configured to store totes, the totes comprising sub-totes configured to store different units 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 sub-totes at the workstation by transferring the sub-totes between the first tote and the one or more second totes until the first tote is empty or contains all empty sub-totes.