Patent ID: 8825196

Claim:
A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval system comprising: a housing configured to store a plurality of containers, the housing including a shelving assembly supported by the housing, the shelving assembly including a plurality of shelves, each shelf extending along a length of the housing, the plurality of shelves positioned from a bottom wall of the housing to a top wall of the housing with a predetermined space between adjacent shelves, each shelf having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein one of the top surface and the bottom surface of each shelf is at least partially covered with a foam liner, the foam liner configured to conform to a container as the container is inserted between two adjacent shelves to hold the container in position; and a container-moving assembly having a gripper assembly configured to position the container within the shelving assembly, wherein the gripper assembly is operable to maintain a gap between adjacent containers when positioning containers within the shelving assembly to prevent one container from disturbing an adjacent container.