Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “An automated order fulfillment system for use in supply chain s may fulfill orders for individual product items, also referred to herein as “e aches.” Traditional order fulfillment facilities store eaches in containers in a multi-level storage structure with a vertical and horizontal array of storage s paces. The automated order fulfillment system further includes mobile robots whi ch move horizontally and vertically within the storage structure to transfer con tainers to and from the storage spaces within the structure. “It is known to power these mobile robots with onboard energy storage devices wh ich require periodic recharging. The most common solution is to employ discrete charging stations, generally located at a variety of locations through the struc ture. When a robot needs recharging, the Material Control System (MCS) directs t he robot to a charge station to recharge. While there may be several charge stat ion, this method of recharge diverts the robots from their order fulfillment tas ks.
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Business/Emerging Technologies/Machine Learning/Nanorobot/Robot/Robotics/Walmart Apollo LLC
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