Patent ID: 11866255
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
a discontinuous track system that includes a plurality of track elements;
a plurality of automated carriers on the discontinuous track system that includes the plurality of track elements; and
a control system for providing commands to each of the plurality of automated carriers to move the plurality of automated carriers a plurality of respective limited number of track elements that are each short of any final destination for each automated carrier;
wherein the commands provided by the control system to each automated carrier includes commands to leave an associated first track element of the plurality of track elements and approach an associated second track element of the plurality of track elements, and wherein the associated first track element and the associated second track element are not contiguous.