US Patent Issued to Rapyuta Robotics on July 28 for "Automated storage and retrieval system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,072, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Tokyo) and Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an automated storage and retrieval system including: a rack storing a plurality of bins for containing items; a picking station for picking the item from the bin; and a transportation robot for transporting the bin between the rack and the picking station. The picking station defines a plurality of picking positions at which a plurality of the transportation robots transporting the bins ar...