A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device, said processing system comprising: an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location, said identified processing location being provided as one of a plurality of processing locations; and the processing system being characterized in further comprising: a perception unit (50,56) for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system; and wherein said identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia; and wherein the processing system further comprises: a delivery system for receiving the object in an automated carrier of the processing system and for delivering the object in the carrier toward the identified processing location, wherein the delivery system comprises a discontinuous track system with track sections which together form the discontinuous track system; wherein the carrier is movable in at least two dimensions, wherein the carrier is configured to carry the object toward the identified processing location and to drop the object through the bottom of the carrier into a designated opening defined by one of the track sections that leads to the identified processing location. an acquisition system for acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location, said identified processing location being provided as one of a plurality of processing locations; and the processing system being characterized in further comprising: a perception unit (50,56) for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system; and wherein said identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia; and wherein the processing system further comprises: a delivery system for receiving the object in an automated carrier of the processing system and for delivering the object in the carrier toward the identified processing location, wherein the delivery system comprises a discontinuous track system with track sections which together form the discontinuous track system; wherein the carrier is movable in at least two dimensions, wherein the carrier is configured to carry the object toward the identified processing location and to drop the object through the bottom of the carrier into a designated opening defined by one of the track sections that leads to the identified processing location. a perception unit (50,56) for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects received from an input conveyance system; and wherein said identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia; and wherein the processing system further comprises: a delivery system for receiving the object in an automated carrier of the processing system and for delivering the object in the carrier toward the identified processing location, wherein the delivery system comprises a discontinuous track system with track sections which together form the discontinuous track system; wherein the carrier is movable in at least two dimensions, wherein the carrier is configured to carry the object toward the identified processing location and to drop the object through the bottom of the carrier into a designated opening defined by one of the track sections that leads to the identified processing location.