Patent ID: 11897696
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 21:
22. A method comprising:
positioning a plurality of movable shelves comprising data storage devices positioned on the movable shelves in a room of a facility;
moving, via respective shelf robots, respective ones of the movable shelves to a drive bay in or adjacent to the room of the facility, wherein the drive bay comprises drives configured to read or write data from the data storage devices;
retrieving, via a robotic mechanism, a given one of the data storage devices from one of the movable shelves that has been moved adjacent to the drive bay;
inserting, via the robotic mechanism, the given data storage device into a drive of the drive bay; and
reading or writing data to, or from, the given data storage device that has been inserted into the drive of the drive bay.