ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,009, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Tokyo), Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy (Tokyo) and Kousuke Yunoki (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 transportation robot transporting the bin in the rack; and a transportation elevator which moves in the rack and can transport the transportation robot. The rack includes a plurality of floors each of which stores each of the plurality of bins, and allows...