Patent ID: 7184242

Claim:
A storage library comprising: a frame; a plurality of cells supported within the frame for holding media elements, the cells positioned within the frame to form a channel running up and down through the frame; and a robotics module having a housing, a platform movably connected to the housing to move relative to the housing, and a picker supported on the platform; wherein the robotics module is mounted to the frame such that the housing is supported by the frame and the platform is positioned within the channel to move up and down through the channel as the platform moves relative to the housing, wherein the platform is moved through the channel to move the picker through the channel and toward one of the cells for the picker to manipulate a media element held by the cell; wherein the robotics module has a contained position in which the platform meets the housing such that the picker is contained between the housing and the platform, wherein while in the contained position the robotics module is dismountable from the frame in order to provide modular replacement and removal of the robotics module into and out of the frame.