US Patent Issued to LAFAYETTE SYSTEMS CANADA on Dec. 23 for "Manufacturing system with an interconnected storage structure and manufacturing cells sharing a common robotic fleet" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,311, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LAFAYETTE SYSTEMS CANADA ULC (Calgary, Canada).

"Manufacturing system with an interconnected storage structure and manufacturing cells sharing a common robotic fleet" was invented by Scott Gravelle (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing system including an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) structure with a three-dimensional array of storage locations distributed throughout a two-dimensional footprint of the ASRS structure at multiple storage levels; workpieces stored within the storage locations of the ASRS structure; robotic storage/retrieval vehicles (RSRV...