ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,316, issued on June 23, was assigned to HAI Robotics Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Goods picking apparatus, depth measurement method, warehousing robot, and warehousing system" was invented by Huixiang Li (Shenzhen, China) and Ying Zhao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A goods picking apparatus includes a goods picking assembly, a sensor, and a depth determining module; the sensor is provided on the goods picking assembly and configured to collect a measurement signal when the goods picking assembly extends; the depth determining module is configured to determine a depth of a goods container according to the measurement...