ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,989, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Tokyo) and Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an automated storage and retrieval system including: a rack storing a plurality of bins for containing items; a picking station for picking the item from the bin; and a transportation robot for transporting the bin between the rack and the picking station. The picking station defines one or more picking positions at which the transportation robot transporting the bin is arranged to enable ...