TOTE HANDLING FOR CHILLED OR FROZEN GOODS
An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.
1 . An automated order fulfillment system for storing and transferring containers including eaches, the automated order fulfillment system comprising:
a multilevel container storage structure having a plurality of groups of storage locations, two or more of the plurality of groups of storage locations configured to store containers including eaches at different temperatures; and
autonomous robotic vehicles configured to maneuver the autonomous robotic vehicles for the transfer of items to and from the containers on the autonomous robotic vehicles, and maneuver the autonomous robotic vehicles to and from the plurality of groups of storage locations;
wherein the autonomous robotic vehicles are configured to limit the amount of time exposed to the colder of the groups of storage locations.