US Patent Issued to Tompkins Robotics on July 8 for "Tray, belt, or carrier on computer controlled transport vehicle" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,092, issued on July 8, was assigned to Tompkins Robotics Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Tray, belt, or carrier on computer controlled transport vehicle" was invented by Michael C. Futch (Raleigh, N.C.) and James M. Serstad (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of transporting an article with a computer controlled transport vehicle to a destination includes transporting an article carried by a computer controlled transport vehicle to a destination, wherein a tray, belt, or carrier attached to the computer controlled transport vehicle engages the article. The method further includes determining a characteristic for the article. T...