Abstract
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News – According to news reporting originatin g from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inve ntors GEAKE, Andrew (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB); SELIM, Andrew (Hatfield, Hert fordshire, GB); SHIELDS, Dean (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB), filed on February 2 2, 2022, was made available online on September 26, 2024. The assignee for this patent application is Ocado Innovation Limited (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Storage systems comprising a three-dimensional storage grid s tructure, within which storage containers/ bins are stacked on top of each other, are well known. PCT Publication No. WO2015/185628A (Ocado) describes a known st orage and fulfilment system in which stacks of bins or containers are arranged w ithin a grid framework structure. The bins or containers are accessed by load ha ndling devices remotely operative on tracks located on the top of the grid frame work structure. A system of this type is illustrated schematically in FIGS. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings.
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