US Patent:
20210284446, Sep 16, 2021
Inventors:
Brian Cairl - Astoria NY, US
Eric Diehr - San Jose CA, US
Levon Avagyan - San Jose CA, US
Sarah Elliott - Mountain View CA, US
Rohan Bhargava - San Jose CA, US
Russell Toris - San Jose CA, US
John W. Stewart - San Francisco CA, US
Derek King - San Jose CA, US
Melonee Wise - San Jose CA, US
Niharika Arora - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Fetch Robotics, Inc. - San Jose CA
International Classification:
B65G 1/06
B65G 1/137
G05D 1/00
G05D 1/02
Abstract:
A cart-based workflow system includes: a robot operating in a facility; a server, the server operably connected to the robot, the server configured to do one or more of send the robot a cart transfer location usable for transferring the cart and instruct the robot to specify the cart transfer location; a graphic user interface (GUI) comprising a map of the facility, the GUI operably connected to the server, the GUI configured to do one or more of receive input from a human user and provide output to the human user, the GUI further configured to be usable by the user to coordinate movement of one or more of robots and carts.