Patent ID: 11905130
Assignee: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a first instruction to a first device operating on first wheels to move in two dimensions along a floor, the first device having a source container, the first instruction causing the first device to move under a suction robot having only two degrees of freedom, the suction robot having a flexible suction end having a variable suction component that can cause suction to occur within the flexible suction end upon contact with an item in the source container, the contact being non-orthogonal of the flexible suction end and a surface of the item;
transmitting a second instruction to the suction robot causing the suction robot to retrieve the item from the source container with the flexible suction end by lowering the flexible suction end into the source container to retrieve the item to yield a retrieved item;
transmitting a third instruction to the suction robot to lift the retrieved item from the source container from a lower position to a higher position;
transmitting a fourth instruction to a second device operating on second wheels to move in two dimensions along the floor, the second device having a destination container, the fourth instruction causing the second device to move under the suction robot; and
transmitting a fifth instruction to the suction robot to move the retrieved item horizontally from the source container to the destination container.