ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,218, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Cart lift robotic transport" was invented by David Clarke (Lafayette, Colo.), Danny Sekich (Berthoud, Colo.), Michael Bolotski (Seattle), Phillip Walkemeyer (Westminster, Colo.) and Wesley Caruso (Louisville, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Autonomous mobile robots for transporting carts are described. An example robotic cart transport system includes a cart for transport and a robotic transport. The robotic transport includes a transport cab and a load handler. The transport cab includes a drive system and a sensor array positioned over the transport c...