Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “The invention generally relates to automated pr ogrammable motion control systems, e.g.,robotic, sortation and other processing systems, and relates in particular to programmable motion controlsystems inten ded for use in environments requiring that a variety of objects (e.g., articles, packages,consumer products, etc.) be processed and moved to a number of proces sing destinations.