Patent ID: 9731896
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B25J,B65G,B66F,G06Q,Y10S

Claim:
1. A robot comprising: a free moving base comprising wheels, at least a first motor driving the wheels, and batteries powering said first motor; an extendible lift coupled to the base, the extendible lift rising to any of a plurality of heights above said base; a platform mounted and affixed directly atop and over said extendible lift and elevated to any of the plurality of heights by said extendible lift, the platform comprising a flat surface upon which retrieved items are placed; and a robotic arm mounted at a back end of the flat surface of said platform and rising over said platform, the robotic arm comprising a retriever at a distal end of said robotic arm, wherein said extendible lift aligns a height of the platform approximate to a height of an item about a first location, and wherein the robotic arm retrieves said item from the first location by positioning the retriever against a front or top side of said item, engaging the item from said front or top side with the retriever, and repositioning the retriever away from said first location and onto said platform aligned at the height of the first location.