US 11,866,261 B2
Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing stations
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US); Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US); John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US); Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US); Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US); William Hartman Fort, Stratham, NH (US); Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US); Jennifer Eileen King, Oakmont, PA (US); Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US); Michael Cap Koval, Mountain View, CA (US); Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US); Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US); William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Cambridge, MA (US); Gene Temple Price, Cambridge, MA (US); Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US); Daniel Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US); Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US); Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,687.
Application 18/120,687 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,199, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,634,282.
Application 17/077,199 is a continuation of application No. 16/742,166, filed on Jan. 14, 2020, granted, now 10,870,538, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/742,166 is a continuation of application No. 15/971,087, filed on May 4, 2018, granted, now 10,583,986, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219762 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) [B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.