ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,887, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for providing mobile shuttle load handling systems with mobile carriers" was invented by Joseph Corey Michal (Beverly, Mass.), William Farmer (Bolton, Mass.) and Guoming Alex Long (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object processing system is disclosed that includes an automated mobile shuttle including a mobile chassis for moving the automated mobile shuttle in a first direction, a payload for supporting at least one object thereon, the payload including a plurality of tines, and a payload translation system,...