Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:““Field of the Art“This disclosure relates to automated multi-arm robotic systems and methods for picking and/or placingparcels and efficiently dealing with exceptions.“Discussion of the State of the Art“Robotics picking systems sometimes make use of dual arm systems to speed up the induction workflow. These systems typically include two robotic arms positione d across from each other with a supplychute positioned between them. An example of a dual robotic arm system is shown in FIG. 1, where thesystem 100 includes two robotic arms 102, 104 with a supply chute 106 positioned between them. In other words, there is one robotic arm on either side of the chute 106. The chute 1 06 is a single manual lanethat may be split down the middle. The two robotic ar ms 102, 104 are picking parcels from the singlechute 106 and placing them onto a sorter, which should theoretically improve throughput relative to singlearm s ystems.
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