US 12,421,043 B1
Method and system for moving containers
William Scott Kalm, Seattle, WA (US); Seshachalamgupta Motamarri, Sammamish, WA (US); Tait Stephen Carroll, Spokane, WA (US); Vincent Kerstholt, Harderwijk (NL); Ruben Boerhof, Harderwijk (NL); Jasper Schaapman, Harderwijk (NL); and Henk Roeberts, Harderwijk (NL)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,267.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0027 (2013.01); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/06 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); B25J 15/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of moving containers, comprising:
moving a container transport having a container receiving area comprising a first container bay and a second container bay;
aligning the first container bay of the container receiving area with a first container location;
moving, using a first manipulator of the container transport, a first container from the first container location to the first container bay;
aligning the second container bay of the container receiving area with a second container location;
moving, using a second manipulator of the container transport, a second container from the second container location to the second container bay;
aligning the first container bay with the second container location; and
moving, using the first manipulator, the first container from the first container bay to the second container location.