US Patent Issued to EXOTEC PRODUCT FRANCE on Nov. 4 for "Bin storage system with robots running on covers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,733, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to EXOTEC PRODUCT FRANCE (Croix, France).

"Bin storage system with robots running on covers" was invented by Marc Chatain (Zimmerbach, France), Romain Moulin (Lille, France) and Renaud Heitz (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bin storage system includes a plurality of storage columns configured to receive a stack of bins. Upper contours of the storage columns form a grid. At least one robot operates above the grid, which is capable of picking up, transporting and depositing bins. The robot includes elements for gripping and lifting at least one bin. A plurality of removable ...