ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,125, issued on April 7, was assigned to Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Automated warehouse system and retreat mechanism" was invented by Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Tokyo), Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy (Tokyo) and Kousuke Yunoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated warehouse system with a simple configuration allowing for deployment of a shield wall is provided. The automated warehouse system includes a rack including a plurality of floors each including a plurality of floor panels. The floors permit travel of the transportation robot along surfaces of the floors. The plurality of floors are divided into a first section and a sec...