Abstract
This patent application is assigned to Ocado Innovation Limited (Hatfield, Hertf ordshire, UnitedKingdom).The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “Storage systems comprising a three-dimensional storage grid structure, within which storagecontainers/bins are stacked on top of each other, are well known. PCT Publication No. WO2015/185628A (Ocado) descri bes a known storage and fulfilment system in which stacks of bins or containers are arrangedwithin a grid framework structure. The bins or containers are acces sed by load handling devices remotelyoperative on tracks located on the top of the grid framework structure. A system of this type is illustratedschematically in FIGS. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings.