Patent ID: 11932489
Assignee: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 20:
21. A method of processing objects, said method comprising:
receiving at a processing station, an input bin containing one or more objects;
using a programmable motion device, grasping and removing a selected object of the one or more objects from the input bin;
moving and dropping the selected object from the programmable motion device;
receiving the dropped selected object from the programmable motion device in a carrier;
translationally moving the carrier to move the selected object;
providing an array of destination locations below the carriage such that the translational movement of the carrier is at an elevation above the array of destination locations; and dropping the selected object into a selected destination location of the array of destination locations by actuating a discharge movement of the carrier to discharge the selected object into the selected destination location.