Abstract: A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, where at least one of the shoulder straps includes a rail disposed on a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, and a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap. The clip includes a rail securing member that secures to the rail, and an accessory engagement member that supports an item by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having a heel counter to prevent inward deflection of a rear portion of the upper, but the heel counter having a vertical slit to permit downward deflection of the rear portion of the upper, so as to expand a perimeter of an opening of the shoe to receive a foot and thereby facilitate donning and doffing of the rapid-entry shoe.

Abstract: A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps extending from the rear side, where at least one of the shoulder straps includes a rail disposed on a surface of the shoulder strap that opposes the rear side, and a clip that secures to the rail of the shoulder strap. The clip includes a rail securing member that secures to the rail, and an accessory engagement member that supports an item by the backpack via the clip when the backpack is worn by a user.

Abstract: A grain food product washing and hydrating system includes a mass-flow designed vessel. The vessel includes an upper wash section in the form of a cylinder. The wash section receives the grain food product and mixes the same with a fluidized liquid in a turbulent flow. Excess fluid is recycled. The washed grain food product then moves towards a frustoconical-shaped hydration section, where a treated liquid hydrates the grain food product. The shape of the hydration section allows for the mass-flow movement of the grain food product, which ensures continuous flow and enough residence time to hydrate the grain food product, before metering out the same for further processing.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having a heel counter to prevent inward deflection of a rear portion of the upper, but the heel counter having a vertical slit to permit downward deflection of the rear portion of the upper, so as to expand a perimeter of an opening of the shoe to receive a foot and thereby facilitate donning and doffing of the rapid-entry shoe.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe with a sole portion and a footbed that slide, pivot or translate relative to each other to provide both an open configuration (for ease of donning or doffing by a foot) and a closed configuration (for securement of a foot).

Abstract: A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps, each shoulder strap extending from a first fixed end at an upper portion of the rear side to a second free end, and a shoulder strap leveling structure coupled with each of the shoulder straps. Each shoulder strap leveling structure is coupled with a corresponding shoulder strap and includes a slip lock member disposed along a portion of the corresponding shoulder strap, and a bulk strap including a first end coupled with the rear side of the backpack and a second free end that is moved through a slot of the slip lock member. Each bulk strap also includes a plurality of markings arranged along a length dimension of the bulk strap that are visible through a window of the slip lock member.

Abstract: An autonomous storage and retrieval tower for receiving, storing, and dispensing free physical products.

Abstract: A robotic gripper is capable of withstanding the high temperatures of processes such as metal additive manufacturing. One or more of the fingers of the gripper include a casted ceramic insulator with a steel finger backing. Industrial thermocouples may attach to a finger for active temperature monitoring. An exemplary robotic gripper is adaptive, usable on a collaborative robot, and temperature resistant to over 1000° C. without introducing costly augmentations such as liquid cooling.

Abstract: Method and systems for an autonomous storage and retrieval tower integrated with a fulfillment system.

Abstract: A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps, each shoulder strap extending from a first fixed end at an upper portion of the rear side to a second free end, and a shoulder strap leveling structure coupled with each of the shoulder straps. Each shoulder strap leveling structure is coupled with a corresponding shoulder strap and includes a slip lock member disposed along a portion of the corresponding shoulder strap, and a bulk strap including a first end coupled with the rear side of the backpack and a second free end that is moved through a slot of the slip lock member. Each bulk strap also includes a plurality of markings arranged along a length dimension of the bulk strap that are visible through a window of the slip lock member.

Abstract: Method and systems for an autonomous storage and retrieval tower integrated with a fulfillment system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are provided for processing items within an automated storage and retrieval device. A scanned machine-readable identifier associated with an item is received at an automated storage and retrieval device. A determination is made whether the machine-readable identifier that was scanned is a container identification (ID). The machine-readable identifier is identified based on pre-defined criteria when the machine-readable identifier is determined not to be a container ID. The machine-readable identifier is mapped to an existing order using stored order information. A container ID is created by the fulfillment system and passed back to the automated storage and retrieval device. The item is stored in the automated storage and retrieval device using the created container ID.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe with a sole portion and a footbed that slide, pivot or translate relative to each other to provide both an open configuration (for ease of donning or doffing by a foot) and a closed configuration (for securement of a foot).

Abstract: A footbed system having a footbed and a removeable foot support with a bumper to adjust the size, fit and/or comfort of a shoe.

Abstract: An autonomous storage and retrieval tower for receiving, storing, and dispensing free physical products.

Abstract: A footbed having a plurality of pods that can be added, removed and/or replaced to adjust the fit and/or comfort of a shoe.