Patents Assigned to Fetch Robotics, Inc.
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Patent number: 11427404Abstract: A cart-based workflow system includes: a robot operating in a facility; a server, the server operably connected to the robot, the server configured to do one or more of send the robot a cart transfer location usable for transferring the cart and instruct the robot to specify the cart transfer location; a graphic user interface (GUI) comprising a map of the facility, the GUI operably connected to the server, the GUI configured to do one or more of receive input from a human user and provide output to the human user, the GUI further configured to be usable by the user to coordinate movement of one or more of robots and carts.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Brian Cairl, Eric Diehr, Levon Avagyan, Sarah Elliott, Rohan Bhargava, Russell Toris, John W. Stewart, III, Derek King, Melonee Wise, Niharika Arora
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Patent number: 11331804Abstract: A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Niharika Arora, Melonee Wise, Brian Cairl, Carl Saldanha, Robert Chatman, III, Levon Avagyan, Aaron Hoy, Stefan Nusser, David Dymesich, David Robson
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Patent number: 11137742Abstract: A system for order fulfillment using one or more robots includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operably connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising order items; an actor robot operably connected to and selected by the server, the actor robot configured to perform one or more of picking the order item from inventory storage, moving the order item, and positioning the order item; and an order robot operably connected to the server, the order robot configured to collect the order item, wherein the order item is positioned by the actor robot so as to be accessible to the order robot, so as to perform order fulfillment using one or more robots.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Melonee Wise, Michael Ferguson
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Publication number: 20210291367Abstract: A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Niharika Arora, Melonee Wise, Brian Cairl, Carl Saldanha, Robert Chatman, III, Levon Avagyan, Aaron Hoy, Stefan Nusser, David Dymesich, David Robson
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Publication number: 20210284446Abstract: A cart-based workflow system includes: a robot operating in a facility; a server, the server operably connected to the robot, the server configured to do one or more of send the robot a cart transfer location usable for transferring the cart and instruct the robot to specify the cart transfer location; a graphic user interface (GUI) comprising a map of the facility, the GUI operably connected to the server, the GUI configured to do one or more of receive input from a human user and provide output to the human user, the GUI further configured to be usable by the user to coordinate movement of one or more of robots and carts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Brian Cairl, Eric Diehr, Levon Avagyan, Sarah Elliott, Rohan Bhargava, Russell Toris, John W. Stewart, Derek King, Melonee Wise, Niharika Arora
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Publication number: 20210261350Abstract: A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Eric Diehr, Andrew Zeller
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System and method for computing a probability that an object comprises a target using segment points
Patent number: 11087239Abstract: A method for computing a probability that an object comprises a target includes: performing a scan of an area comprising the object, generating points; creating a segment corresponding to the object using the points as segment points, the segment extending from a first segment point to a last segment point, the segment comprising a plurality of the segment points; and applying a metric, computing the probability that the object comprises the target.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Alex Henning, Michael Ferguson, Melonee Wise -
Patent number: 11059177Abstract: A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Niharika Arora, Melonee Wise, Brian Cairl, Carl Saldanha, Robert Chatman, III, Levon Avagyan, Aaron Hoy, Stefan Nusser, David Dymesich, David Robson
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Patent number: 11059176Abstract: A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Niharika Arora, Melonee Wise, Brian Cairl, Carl Saldanha, Robert Chatman, III, Levon Avagyan, Aaron Hoy, Stefan Nusser, David Dymesich, David Robson
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Publication number: 20210205993Abstract: A system for facility monitoring and reporting to improve safety using one or more robots includes: a network; a plurality of autonomous mobile robots operating in a facility, the robots configured to monitor facility operation, the robots further configured to detect a predetermined critical condition, the robots operably connected to the network; a server operably connected to the robots over the network; and an individual robot operably connected to the server over the network, the individual robot operating in the facility, the robots not comprising the individual robot, the individual robot configured to monitor facility operation; wherein the robots are configured to regularly produce a regular report under normal operating conditions, the report displaying data received from the server, wherein the robots are further configured to produce to the server a critical condition report upon occurrence of the critical condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Niharika Arora, Melonee Wise, Brian Cairl, Carl Saldanha, Robert Chatman, III, Levon Avagyan, Aaron Hoy, Stefan Nusser, David Dymesich, David Robson
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Publication number: 20210191376Abstract: A system includes: a cart including: four legs; at least one shelf, each shelf attached to each of the legs; the cart having a generally rectangular shape, a width of the cart being longer than a length of the robot, a length of the cart being longer than a length of the robot; four wheels, each wheel attached to a different leg at a bottom of the leg, the wheels configured to roll to facilitate movement of the cart; and a robotic dock, the robotic dock comprising four docking receptacles at ninety degree angles from adjacent docking receptacles; and a robot comprising: a sensor; and a docking module, the docking module comprising retractable docking pins, each retractable docking pin configured, when extended upward, to mate with a corresponding docking receptacle, thereby securing the robot to a bottom shelf of the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Eric Diehr, Brian Cairl, Sarah Elliott, Levon Avagyan, Rohan Bhargava, Russell Toris, John W. Stewart, III, Derek King, Melonee Wise, Niharika Arora
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Patent number: 11034524Abstract: A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Eric Diehr, Andrew Zeller
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Publication number: 20210086362Abstract: A method for selecting a preferred robotic grasp of an object-of-interest using pairwise ranking includes: identifying a robotic candidate grasp usable to grasp the object-of-interest, the object-of-interest situated in an environment; receiving a grasp preference for a preferred candidate grasp of the object-of-interest; calculating a heuristic to describe a relationship of the candidate grasp to one or more of the object-of-interest and the environment; and using the heuristic and using the grasp preference, computing a pairwise ranking of two candidate grasps to determine an ordering of the at least two candidate grasps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Russell Toris, Sarah Elliott, David Kent
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Publication number: 20210061565Abstract: A system for order fulfillment using one or more robots includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operably connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising order items; an actor robot operably connected to and selected by the server, the actor robot configured to perform one or more of picking the order item from inventory storage, moving the order item, and positioning the order item; and an order robot operably connected to the server, the order robot configured to collect the order item, wherein the order item is positioned by the actor robot so as to be accessible to the order robot, so as to perform order fulfillment using one or more robots.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics. Inc.Inventors: Melonee Wise, Michael Ferguson
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Publication number: 20210034810Abstract: A system for automatically annotating a map includes: a robot; a server operably connected to the robot; file storage configured to store files, the file storage operably connected to the server; an annotations database operably connected to the server, the annotations database comprising map annotations; an automatic map annotation service operably connected to the server, the automatic map annotation service configured to automatically do one or more of create a map of an item of interest and annotate a map of an item of interest; a queue of annotation requests operably connected to the automatic annotation service; and a computer operably connected to the server, the computer comprising a graphic user interface (GUI) usable by a human user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Levon Avagyan, Jiahao Feng, Alex Henning, Michael Ferguson, Melonee Wise, Derek King
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Patent number: 10908601Abstract: A system includes: a cart including: four legs; at least one shelf, each shelf attached to each of the legs; the cart having a generally rectangular shape, a width of the cart being longer than a length of the robot, a length of the cart being longer than a length of the robot; four wheels, each wheel attached to a different leg at a bottom of the leg, the wheels configured to roll to facilitate movement of the cart; and a robotic dock, the robotic dock comprising four docking receptacles at ninety degree angles from adjacent docking receptacles; and a robot comprising: a sensor; and a docking module, the docking module comprising retractable docking pins, each retractable docking pin configured, when extended upward, to mate with a corresponding docking receptacle, thereby securing the robot to a bottom shelf of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Eric Diehr, Brian Cairl, Sarah Elliott, Levon Avagyan, Rohan Bhargava, Russell Toris, John W. Stewart, III, Derek King, Melonee Wise, Niharika Arora
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Patent number: 10899011Abstract: A method for selecting a preferred robotic grasp of an object-of-interest using pairwise ranking includes: identifying a robotic candidate grasp usable to grasp the object-of-interest, the object-of-interest situated in an environment; receiving a grasp preference for a preferred candidate grasp of the object-of-interest; calculating a heuristic to describe a relationship of the candidate grasp to one or more of the object-of-interest and the environment; and using the heuristic and using the grasp preference, computing a pairwise ranking of two candidate grasps to determine an ordering of the at least two candidate grasps.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Russell Toris, Sarah Elliott, David Kent
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Publication number: 20210018912Abstract: A robot management system includes: a server; a plurality of robots operably connected to the server over a network, at least one robot including a sensor; and a graphic user interface (GUI) operably connected to the server, the GUI configured to display a map of a facility comprising the plurality of robots, the map configured to receive from a user the user's instructions to manage the robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: FETCH ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: David Tanner Dymesich, Melonee Wise, Nadir Muzaffar, Jenna Guergah, Russell Toris, Michael Ferguson, Rodion W. Romantsov, Michael Hwang, Jiahao Feng, Justin Chen, Sarah Eliott, Derek King, John W. Stewart
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Patent number: 10853561Abstract: A system for automatically annotating a map includes: a robot; a server operably connected to the robot; file storage configured to store files, the file storage operably connected to the server; an annotations database operably connected to the server, the annotations database comprising map annotations; an automatic map annotation service operably connected to the server, the automatic map annotation service configured to automatically do one or more of create a map of an item of interest and annotate a map of an item of interest; a queue of annotation requests operably connected to the automatic annotation service; and a computer operably connected to the server, the computer comprising a graphic user interface (GUI) usable by a human user.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Levon Avagyan, Jiahao Feng, Alex Henning, Michael Ferguson, Melonee Wise, Derek King
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Publication number: 20200348680Abstract: A system to prevent depletion of a robotic energy source includes: a mobile robot; a server operably connected to the robot via a communication system, the server configured to manage the robot; a robotic energy source configured to provide energy to the robot; a controller operably connected to the robot, the controller operably connected to the server, the controller configured to control the robot, the controller further configured to monitor an energy level of the robot; and a charging station configured to operably connect to the energy source, the charging station further configured to replenish the energy source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Fetch Robotics, IncInventors: Michael Ferguson, Edward S. King