CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) [B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A method of processing objects using a programmable motion device, said method comprising:
perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of an object of a plurality of objects associated with an input conveyance system including an input area;
acquiring the object from the plurality of objects at the input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location, said identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location being provided as one of a plurality of processing locations;
providing the object onto a carrier, said carrier being provided as one of a plurality of carriers;
dropping the object from the carrier into a carriage, said carriage being provided as one of a plurality of carriages;
dropping the object from the carriage into the identified processing location of the plurality of processing locations, said identified processing location being slidable in a first direction; and
removing the identified processing location along the first direction when the identified processing location is any of full or otherwise finished processing.
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