ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,517, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).
"Dynamic robot scheduler" was invented by Viktor Amelkin (Merion Station, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various examples, a first robot assigned to carry a first load may be determined. An estimated queuing time at a work station may be determined. A processing time associated with processing the first load at the work station may be determined. An arrival time for the first robot may be determined by: combining the estimated queuing time and the processing time to determine a total amount of time for the first robot; determining a first time period t...