Patent ID: 11939164
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method for automated handling of items, comprising:
receiving a plurality of items by a modular item singulation system, wherein the modular item singulation system includes a plurality of conveyors configured to receive items and singulate the received items;
singulating, using a movement of the plurality of conveyors of the modular item singulation system, the plurality of items to generate a plurality of singulated items;
directly transferring the plurality of singulated items to a modular item sortation system arranged adjacent to the modular item singulation system without any manual handling of the plurality of singulated items;
sorting, using the modular item sortation system, the plurality of singulated items by directing at least one of the plurality of singulated items into a respective one of a plurality of containers;
detecting, using a modular container handling system, that the respective one of the plurality of containers is full;
retrieving, using a first robotic arm of the modular container handling system, the respective one of the plurality of containers from the modular item sortation system and providing the respective one of the plurality of containers to a modular item packing system;
receiving, at the modular item packing system, the respective one of the plurality of containers;
engaging, using a second robotic arm of the modular item packing system, the respective one of the plurality of containers; and
packing, using the second robotic arm of the modular item packing system, the respective one of the plurality of containers onto a pallet.