ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,647, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).
"Climbing robot with compliant pinion drive" was invented by William J. Fosnight (Windham, N.H.), John G. Lert Jr. (Wakefield, Mass.), Michael Duquette (Candia, N.H.), Martin R. Elliott (Bedford, N.H.), Julian D. Warhurst (Portsmouth, R.I.), Charles W. Su (Stratham, N.H.) and Alan J. Grant (Nashua, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure. In one example, the compliant drive comprises a dr...