Abstract: A tote content management system can include a robot configured to transport a tote between locations in the system, and a hopper having a variable area opening. The hopper is configured to match the opening to an area of a tote compartment. The robot is further configured to place the tote compartment under the hopper opening. Another tote content management system can include a robot configured to transport a tote between locations in the system, and a container picker configured to pick up a container and release the container into a tote. The robot may be further configured to transport the tote between the container picker and a rack.

Abstract: A container opener system can include a cutter head with an actuator to selectively extend and retract a blade, and an actuator to resiliently bias the cutter head into contact with a container component, and an actuator mount that connects the cutter head to another actuator. A method can include mounting a cutter head for displacement relative to a container, the cutter head comprising an actuator that selectively extends and retracts a blade, operating the actuator, thereby extending the blade outward, and displacing the cutter head along a container component, thereby cutting through the component. Another actuator resiliently biases the blade toward the component during the cutting. A blade handling assembly can include a blade dispenser having an actuator, a blade guide assembly, and a blade magazine containing multiple blades. The blade guide assembly discharges a blade from the blade magazine in response to actuation of the actuator.