Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot for use in a warehouse, having a base with a top surface, a controller, and a plurality of wheels, and a tote structure on the top surface. The tote structure includes a tote magazine with vertical positions each configured to hold an order tote, a tote elevator with a platform that has two surface portions, and a lift mechanism configured to raise and lower the elevator.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot for use in a warehouse including storage units with a plurality of vertical columns of source totes. There is a tote array to hold order totes, a tote elevator having a platform, and a tote manipulator to remove the source tote from the storage unit and place it on the platform. There is a controller to align, with the lift mechanism, the platform with the first order tote and pick, using a pick arm, the first item from the first storage tote and place it in the first order tote. The controller sequentially aligns, with the lift mechanism, the platform with each other order tote in the tote array associated with the first item; and sequentially picks, using the pick arm, the first item from the first storage tote and each other of the order totes and place the first item in each other order totes.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot with a base body, a plurality of wheels and a tote structure. There is a tote array with order totes and a tote elevator having a platform to hold a source tote and an order tote. There is a tote transfer mechanism to retrieve order totes and place the order totes on the platform. There is a lift mechanism to raise and lower the tote elevator. There is a tote transfer mechanism to retrieve an order tote from the tote array and place the order tote on the platform while the mobile robot base is en-route from the initial location to the destination location. The e lift mechanism is controlled to position the platform of the tote elevator at a height of the source tote on the storage unit while the mobile robot base is en-route to the destination location.

Abstract: A tote manipulator mechanism for an autonomous mobile robot configured to operate in a warehouse. The tote manipulator mechanism has a tote manipulator device disposed on a platform of the autonomous mobile robot connected to a translation device that is configured to move the tote manipulator device across the platform between a first side of the platform and a second side of the platform, and a controller configured to cause the translation device to extend the tote manipulator device from a retracted position to an extended position, and vice versa. The tote manipulator device includes an engagement head configured to engage with a source tote.

Abstract: A composition of matter including dried whole eggs and/or lyophilized whole eggs dissolved in a solvent comprising formic acid, nitric acid, or a combination of formic and nitric acid, and a method of making the same.

Abstract: A method of attaching an azide moiety to a biomolecule. The method comprises contacting a biomolecule in a solution with an azide and a copper, for a time wherein at least one azide moiety is covalently bonded to the biomolecule to yield an azidylated biomolecule. The copper is copper (I), and can be generated from copper (II) by a reductant. The solution further comprises a copper ligand for reducing degradation of the biomolecule. The azilylated biomolecule can be attached to a reagent comprising an alkyne via a copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (“CuAAC”) reaction or a strain-promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (“SPAAC”) reaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.

Abstract: A method of attaching an azide moiety to a biomolecule. The method entails contacting a biomolecule in a solution with an azide and an oxidizing agent, for a time and at a temperature wherein at least one azide moiety is covalently bonded to the biomolecule to yield an azidylated biomolecule. The method can be used to identify hydrophobic microenvironments in soluble proteins. Also, a method of attaching a reagent comprising an alkyne to a biomolecule. The method comprises reacting a biomolecule in a solution with an azide and a reagent comprising an alkyne, for a time and at a temperature wherein at least one reagent comprising an alkyne is covalently bonded to the biomolecule via triazole linkage.

Abstract: Robot charging dock includes a charge connector configured to mate with a charging port of a mobile robot. There is a charge connector frame having a front surface on which the charge connector is mounted. The front surface has a first side edge and a second side edge. There is a front cover disposed over the charge connector frame which has an aperture through which the charge connector protrudes. At least a portion of the front cover is spaced from the front surface of the charge connector frame, defining an internal region. There is an opening to the internal region formed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture and there is a light source disposed in the internal region. The light source is directed toward the opening to allow the light source to illuminate charge connector.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.

Abstract: Robot charging dock includes a charge connector configured to mate with a charging port of a mobile robot. There is a charge connector frame having a front surface on which the charge connector is mounted. The front surface has a first side edge and a second side edge. There is a front cover disposed over the charge connector frame which has an aperture through which the charge connector protrudes. At least a portion of the front cover is spaced from the front surface of the charge connector frame, defining an internal region. There is an opening to the internal region formed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture and there is a light source disposed in the internal region. The light source is directed toward the opening to allow the light source to illuminate charge connector.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.

Abstract: A mobile robot configured to drive on a surface with irregularities, comprising: a chassis having a front end facing a forward direction of travel, a back end, a first side, and a second side. There is a first drive wheel rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the first side and interconnected to a motor to propel it. There is a second drive wheel rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the second side and interconnected to a motor to propel it. A first caster assembly is rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the front end and includes a first caster wheel configured to rotate about a first swivel axis. A second caster assembly is rigidly affixed to the chassis proximate the back end and includes a second caster wheel configured to rotate about a second swivel axis and it includes a compliant member to absorb the irregularities.