US 12,258,216 B2
Automated delivery vehicle
Simon Kalouche, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Nimble Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Nimble Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,894.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,741, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387808 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B60P 1/36 (2006.01); B60P 1/43 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B65G 1/1376 (2013.01) [B25J 9/026 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B25J 15/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/36 (2013.01); B60P 1/43 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fulfilling and delivering orders, comprising:
receiving, by one or more remote processors, an order;
identifying, by the one or more remote processors, a delivery vehicle configured to fulfill and deliver the order;
transmitting, by the one or more remote processors, the order to the identified delivery vehicle;
generating, by one or more processors associated with the identified delivery vehicle, instructions for a robotic system to perform, the robotic system including a container retrieval device disposed at least partially within a storage area of the identified delivery vehicle;
providing, by the one or more processors associated with the identified delivery vehicle, the instructions to the robotic system as the identified delivery vehicle traverses a delivery route;
extending the container retrieval device to engage a container;
moving the engaged container from the storage area of the identified delivery vehicle to a picking area; and
picking an item from the container.