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US 12,251,829 · App. 18/369,477 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated re-circulating processing stations

Inventors: Thomas Wagner (Concord, MA); Kevin Ahearn (Nebo, NC); Benjamin Cohen (Somerville, MA); Michael Dawson-Haggerty (Pittsburgh, PA); Christopher Geyer (Arlington, MA); Victoria Hinchey (Winchester, MA); Thomas Koletschka (Cambridge, MA); Kyle Maroney (North Attleboro, MA); Matthew T. Mason (Pittsburgh, PA); Gene Temple Price (Cambridge, MA); Joseph Romano (Arlington, MA); Daniel Smith (Canonsburg, PA); Siddhartha Srinivasa (Seattle, WA); Prasanna Velagapudi (Pittsburgh, PA); Thomas Allen (Reading, MA)
Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
B25J9/0093B25J9/16B25J9/1669B65D5/4212B65G1/137B65G1/1376B65G1/1378G05B19/4182G06Q10/08G06Q10/087B65D5/001B65G2201/025B65G2201/0258B65G2203/0216B65G2203/041B65G2203/044G05B2219/31078G05B2219/39102G05B2219/39106G05B2219/40554
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Patent No.
US 12,251,829
App. No.
18/369,477
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an input conveyance system by which input bins of objects may be provided to a processing station that includes the programmable motion device that includes an end effector, perceiving at the processing station identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects at an input area of the input conveyance system, grasping the an acquired object using the end effector, moving the acquired object toward an identified processing container using the programmable motion device, the identified processing container being associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing container being provided as one of a plurality of processing containers at the processing station, and providing an output conveyance system in communication with the processing station, by which processing containers that contain processed objects may be provided.

Claims (60)

1. A processing system comprising:

an in-feed conveyor providing a plurality of source containers to a plurality of processing stations; and

an output conveyor providing a plurality of processing containers from the plurality of processing stations;

each of the plurality of processing stations being in communication with the in-feed conveyor and the output conveyor, and including:

a programmable motion device including an end effector;

at least one first inner conveyor in communication with the in-feed conveyor and providing a first subset of the plurality of source containers to be accessible by the programmable motion device when the first subset of the plurality of source containers is on the first inner conveyor, said first subset of the plurality of source containers including at least two source containers; and

at least one second inner conveyor in communication with the output conveyor and providing a second subset of the plurality of processing containers to be accessible by the programmable motion device when the second subset of the plurality of processing containers is on the second inner conveyor, said second subset of the plurality of processing containers including at least two processing containers,

said processing station being adapted to receive the first subset of the plurality of source containers at the first inner conveyor and return the first subset of the plurality of source containers to the in-feed conveyor, and being adapted to receive the second subset of the plurality of processing containers at the second inner conveyor and return the second subset of the plurality of processing containers to the output conveyor, such that the first subset of the plurality of source containers on the first inner conveyor may all be accessed by the programmable motion device for moving objects therein to any of the second subset of the plurality of processing containers on the second inner conveyor.

2. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the programmable motion device is positioned between the first inner conveyor and the second inner conveyor.

3. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system further includes an empty container conveyor in communication with the second inner conveyor system for providing empty containers to the second inner conveyor.

4. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein empty containers are provided on the output conveyor comingled with the plurality of processing containers.

5. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output conveyor is positioned above the in-feed conveyor.

6. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the first inner conveyor includes a pair of parallel conveyor sections.

7. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the in-feed conveyor is provided as a continuous loop conveyor.

8. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output conveyor is provided as a continuous loop conveyor.

9. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output conveyor is adapted to provide any of the plurality of processing containers to any of the plurality of processing stations for further processing.

10. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a homogeneous set of objects.

11. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a heterogeneous set of objects.

12. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system further includes a first outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the first inner conveyor.

13. The processing system of claim 12 , wherein the processing system further includes a second outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the second inner conveyor.

14. A method of processing objects comprising:

moving a plurality of source containers on an in-feed conveyor;

moving a plurality of processing containers on an output conveyor;

providing a plurality of processing stations in communication with the in-feed conveyor and the output conveyor, each of the processing stations including a programmable motion device including an end-effector, a first inner conveyor and a second inner conveyor, and at each processing station, the method further including:

moving a first subset of the plurality of source containers from the in-feed conveyor to the first inner conveyor proximate the programmable motion device, said first subset of the plurality of source containers including at least two source containers; and

moving a second subset of the plurality of processing containers from the output conveyor to the second inner conveyor proximate the programmable motion device, said second subset of the plurality of processing containers including at least two processing containers;

transferring using the programmable motion device a plurality of objects from among the first subset of the plurality of source containers at the first inner conveyor to the second subset of the plurality of processing containers on the second inner conveyor; and

moving the first subset of the plurality of source containers from the first inner conveyor to the in-feed conveyor.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the programmable motion device is positioned between the first inner conveyor and the second inner conveyor.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further includes providing an empty container conveyor in communication with the second inner conveyor for providing empty containers to the second inner conveyor.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method includes providing empty containers on the output conveyor comingled with the plurality of processing containers.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the output conveyor is positioned above the in-feed conveyor.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first inner conveyor includes a pair of parallel conveyor sections.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the in-feed conveyor is provided as a continuous circuit conveyor.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the output conveyor is provided as a continuous circuit conveyor.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the output conveyor is adapted to provide any of the plurality of processing containers to any of the plurality of processing stations for further processing.

23. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a homogeneous set of objects.

24. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a heterogeneous set of objects.

25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further includes providing a first outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the first inner conveyor.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the method further includes providing a second outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the second inner conveyor.

27. A method of processing objects comprising:

moving a plurality of source containers on an in-feed conveyor;

moving a plurality of processing containers on an output conveyor;

providing a plurality of processing stations in communication with the in-feed conveyor and the output conveyor, each of the processing stations including a programmable motion device including an end-effector, a first inner conveyor and a second inner conveyor, and at each processing station, the method further including:

moving a first subset of the plurality of source containers from the in-feed conveyor to the first inner conveyor proximate the programmable motion device, said first subset of the plurality of source containers including at least two source containers;

moving a second subset of the plurality of processing containers from the output conveyor to the second inner conveyor proximate the programmable motion device, said second subset of the plurality of processing containers including at least two processing containers;

transferring using the programmable motion device a plurality of objects from among the first subset of the plurality of source containers at the first inner conveyor to the second subset of the plurality of processing containers on the second inner conveyor; and

moving the second subset of the plurality of processing containers from the second inner conveyor to the output conveyor.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the programmable motion device is positioned between the first inner conveyor and the second inner conveyor.

29. The method of claim 27 , wherein the method further includes providing an empty container conveyor in communication with the second inner conveyor for providing empty containers to the second inner conveyor.

30. The method of claim 27 , wherein the method includes providing empty containers on the output conveyor comingled with the plurality of processing containers.

31. The method of claim 27 , wherein the output conveyor is positioned above the in-feed conveyor.

32. The method of claim 27 , wherein the first inner conveyor includes a pair of parallel conveyor sections.

33. The method of claim 27 , wherein the in-feed conveyor is provided as a continuous circuit conveyor.

34. The method of claim 27 , wherein the output conveyor is provided as a continuous circuit conveyor.

35. The method of claim 27 , wherein the output conveyor is adapted to provide any of the plurality of processing containers to any of the plurality of processing stations for further processing.

36. The method of claim 27 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a homogeneous set of objects.

37. The method of claim 27 , wherein each of the plurality of source containers includes a heterogeneous set of objects.

38. The method of claim 27 , wherein the method further includes providing a first outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the first inner conveyor.

39. The method of claim 38 , wherein the method further includes providing a second outer conveyor that is parallel with respect to the second inner conveyor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2023
From: WAGNER, THOMAS; AHEARN, KEVIN; COHEN, BENJAMIN; DAWSON-HAGGERTY, MICHAEL; GEYER, CHRISTOPHER; HINCHEY, VICTORIA; KOLETSCHKA, THOMAS; MARONEY, KYLE; MASON, MATTHEW T.; PRICE, GENE TEMPLE; ROMANO, JOSEPH; SMITH, DANIEL; SRINIVASA, SIDDHARTHA; VELAGAPUDI, PRASANNA; ALLEN, THOMAS
To: BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17065042 · Oct 7, 2020
Continuation 16001630 · Jun 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62638724 · Mar 5, 2018
Related Publication 20240001536A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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