A storage, retrieval and processing system for processing objects, said storage, retrieval and processing system comprising: a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed, said plurality of bins being provided on a conveyance system; a programmable motion device that includes an end effector for grasping and moving any of the objects, said programmable motion device being capable of reaching any of the objects within at least one of the plurality of bins in an input area of the conveyance system; a perception system for providing perception data regarding a selected object that is dropped through the perception system by the programmable motion device; and wherein the storage, retrieval and processing system is characterized by further comprising: a routing conveyance system including a first track-mounted shuttle for receiving the selected object, and for moving the selected object in each of horizontal and vertical directions toward a destination container provided among a plurality of destination containers in a vertically stacked array responsive to the perception data, wherein the first track-mounted shuttle includes a conveyor mounted on a frame that is vertically movable on an elevator rod, the elevator rod extending upward from a shuttle base that is horizontally movable along a routing track circuit proximate the vertically stacked array. a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed, said plurality of bins being provided on a conveyance system; a programmable motion device that includes an end effector for grasping and moving any of the objects, said programmable motion device being capable of reaching any of the objects within at least one of the plurality of bins in an input area of the conveyance system; a perception system for providing perception data regarding a selected object that is dropped through the perception system by the programmable motion device; and wherein the storage, retrieval and processing system is characterized by further comprising: a routing conveyance system including a first track-mounted shuttle for receiving the selected object, and for moving the selected object in each of horizontal and vertical directions toward a destination container provided among a plurality of destination containers in a vertically stacked array responsive to the perception data, wherein the first track-mounted shuttle includes a conveyor mounted on a frame that is vertically movable on an elevator rod, the elevator rod extending upward from a shuttle base that is horizontally movable along a routing track circuit proximate the vertically stacked array. a routing conveyance system including a first track-mounted shuttle for receiving the selected object, and for moving the selected object in each of horizontal and vertical directions toward a destination container provided among a plurality of destination containers in a vertically stacked array responsive to the perception data, wherein the first track-mounted shuttle includes a conveyor mounted on a frame that is vertically movable on an elevator rod, the elevator rod extending upward from a shuttle base that is horizontally movable along a routing track circuit proximate the vertically stacked array.