Patent ID: 11860605
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method of assembling a retail product utilizing a mobile assembly apparatus comprising:
providing a cabinet structure comprising a work surface, a power supply, and a plurality of wheels;
by a hardware dispenser coupled to the cabinet structure, storing a plurality of hardware containment pods with hardware for assembly of a plurality of items, each of the plurality of items being assembled with hardware from the hardware dispenser from unassembled component parts to form an assembled item constituting a retail product; and
by a computing device:
receiving scan data from a scanning device of a scan of a machine-readable identifier associated with an item being assembled,
identifying an item being assembled from the plurality of items based on the scan data,
receiving assembly instructions for the identified item to form an assembled item from its unassembled component parts,
instructing the hardware dispenser to dispense assembly hardware based on the assembly instructions for the identified item,
monitoring progress of an assembly of the item using assembly data received from at least one imaging device related to a step of assembly, and
validating the step of assembly based on the assembly data and the assembly instructions.