ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,308, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Robotic service device and handling method" was invented by Mark Fryer (Hatfield, Great Britain), Andy Ingram-Tedd (Hatfield, Great Britain), Siddique Shaikh (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Sverker Lindbo (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic service device is described for use on a robotic picking system grid. The robotic service device is capable of driving to any location on the grid order to perform maintenance operations or cleaning. Additionally, the service device may be used to rescue robotic load handling devic...