Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“As users increasingly make online purchases, fulfilment of such purchases and other orders may becomeincreasingly complicated. For exampl e, a fulfillment center may have output of upwards of one millionpackages per d ay. With such demands, efficiency of logistics related to processing orders and packages maybe important. Accordingly, improvements in various operations of or der fulfillment, such as improvementsto picking technology, sorting technology, packing technology, and so forth may be desired, such thatthroughput can be in creased and sustainability can be improved.