System and method using robots to assist humans in order fulfillment

A system using one or more robots to assist a human in order fulfillment includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operationally connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising inventory items; an order robot operationally connected to th...

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Hauptverfasser:	Wise, Melonee, Ferguson, Michael
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CONVEYING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HAND TOOLS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL MANIPULATORS MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS REGULATING SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system using one or more robots to assist a human in order fulfillment includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operationally connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising inventory items; an order robot operationally connected to the server, the order robot configured to assist a human to pick an order item from the inventory items; and a human-operated device operably connected to one or more of the server, the inventory storage, and the order robot, the human-operated device configured to assist the human to pick the order item.