ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,412, issued on July 15, was assigned to inVia Robotics Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.).
"Robots for three-dimensional sortation" was invented by Lior Elazary (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Joseph Traverso (Simi Valley, Calif.), James Anderson (Oak Park, Calif.), Randolph Charles Voorhies (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Daniel Frank Parks II (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a robot for performing three-dimensional ("3D") or multi-plane sortation and/or order fulfillment. The robot may include a motorized base to move about a first plane, a lift that raises and lowers a dispensing receptacle atop the lift about a second pla...