Generating a Path for a Mobile Drive Unit

A system for transporting inventory items includes an inventory holder and a mobile drive unit. The inventory holder has a frame with device openings. The mobile drive unit is operable to dock with an inventory holder and undock with an inventory holder. When undocked from an inventory holder, the m...

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Hauptverfasser:	BARBEHENN MICHAEL T, WURMAN PETER R, D'ANDREA RAFFAELLO, HOFFMAN ANDREW EDWARD, MOUNTZ MICHAEL CORDELL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES PHYSICS REGULATING 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
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Zusammenfassung:	A system for transporting inventory items includes an inventory holder and a mobile drive unit. The inventory holder has a frame with device openings. The mobile drive unit is operable to dock with an inventory holder and undock with an inventory holder. When undocked from an inventory holder, the mobile drive unit is further operable to traverse a path from a first location to a second location. The path passes through at least a first device opening of the inventory holder such that the mobile drive unit passes beneath the inventory holder while moving along the path.