Patent ID: 9540171
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B25J,B65G,B66F,G06Q,Y10S

Claim:
1. An autonomous order fulfillment system comprising: a first robot comprising a motorized based and a container; and a second robot comprising (i) a motorized base, (ii) a lift coupled to the base rising to any of a plurality of heights above said base, and (iii) a retriever comprising a platform atop said lift and a retrieval arm, wherein the first and second robots cooperatively fulfill a customer order for a particular item with the first and second robots navigating about a plurality of shelves containing a plurality of items to a particular shelf containing the particular item, with the second robot raising said lift to align said platform to a height of the particular item about the particular shelf, retrieving the particular item from the particular shelf using the retrieval arm, and dispensing the particular item to the first robot container, and with the first robot delivering the particular item in the container to a packaging site.